2025 Australian Pain Society 45th Annual Scientific Meeting in the IASP Global Year about Pain Management, Research and Education in
Low- and Middle-income Settings13 - 16 April 2025 | Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, VIC

CALHN Pain Management Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

SA Australia

Michelle has worked as a Psychologist in the CALHN Pain Management Unit since 2003. She has experience working with a range of chronic pain conditions in both adult and paediatric services, and regularly provides training to postgraduate university students and health professionals. She is endorsed in the areas of Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology, and is a Psychology board-approved supervisor. She has a special interest in pelvic pain conditions, including pain associated with the use of pelvic mesh, and the applications of mindfulness and hypnosis to pain management.

Divergent Futures, Brisbane

QLD Australia

Monique is an Autistic and ADHD Clinical Psychologist and board-approved supervisor in private practice. She is Co-Director of Divergent Futures Training, and co-host of The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast which has 1.7 million downloads. Monique has also co-authored an Amazon best-seller therapy book, “The Neurodivergence Skills Workbook for Autism and ADHD”. She has consulted on the National Autism Strategy in the Diagnosis, Services and Supports Working Group. Monique's clinical interests are Neurodivergence in Women and Girls, Chronic Pain and Illness and Trauma.

Pain Service, Northern Health

VIC Australia

Dr Laura Prendergast is a Senior Health Psychologist at the Northern Health Pain Service in Melbourne, Victoria, where she delivers group programs and provides assessment and individual treatment to clients with persistent pain. She also consults on the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Clinical Panel, reviewing and providing advice for psychologists treating people who have been touched by road trauma. She is passionate about multidisciplinary pain management and enjoys the challenge of improving educational resources for people with pain in her clinical practice. Laura is a strong advocate for Health Psychology and its focus on prevention and population level interventions in addition to targeted clinical work.

Laura served as the Victorian Director on the board of the Australian Pain Society from 2017 to 2022 and was appointed Treasurer in 2022.

Vive Pain and Fatigue

NSW Australia

Sophie is an APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist, founder of Vive Pain and Fatigue, and PhD Candidate at Charles Sturt University. She has a special interest in pain, fatigue and invisible illness stemming from her own lived experience, and regularly works with neurodivergent patients experiencing pain and other complex conditions.