“I understand how the positive power of presence in our lives
can help us shift into freedom”

MEET NICOLE

B.PHTY, MPH(Pain) | Registered Mindfulness-Based Interventions Teacher (MTIA-NZ)| Certified Pain reprocessing Therapy Practitioner, Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center, USA

MACP, APA Pain Physiotherapist

Director mindfulBeing

Senior Pain Physiotherapist, Project & Clinical Lead, Merri Health’s Chronic Pain Service

Nicole is a senior mindfulness instructor (Meditation Australia) and pain physiotherapist (MACP, APA). She is deeply committed and experienced in working with intractable pain and to the scientific and experiential inquiry of the Mindbody system -particularly the interface between pain and suffering and the arising potential for insight and growth.

Nicole was a neurological physiotherapist before dedicating her practice to the lived experience of persistent pain. Nicole’s interest in the Psycho-neuro-immuno-endocrine ‘Super System’, and the healing potential of bioplasticity is also a personal one, observed through nurturing meditative and embodiment practices since the age of fifteen. Nicole has undergone intensive training in retreat centers and ashrams (in the Vipassana tradition) throughout Australia, England, Germany, Thailand, India, and Sri Lanka. In 2016 Nicole was accepted as a registered mindfulness-based interventions teacher with the Mindfulness Training Institute of Australasia (MTIA-NZ).

Nicole has consulted across tertiary and community interdisciplinary pain services alongside leading medical pain specialists. In 2018 she was awarded a titled membership to the Australian College of Physiotherapists (MACP) in pain management.

Nicole is a certified Pain Reprocessing Therapy practitioner via the Pain Reprocessing Therapy Centre (USA) and has a special interest in diagnosing and assessing Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD). Using a holistic, integrative neuroplasticity approach, she is passionate about empowering her clients to more effectively respond to their bodies, broaden visibility into the drivers of their symptoms, cultivate more self-compassion, and respond more effectively to themselves and the world around them.

Nicole is a board member and educator for Yoga for Pain Care Australia, the APA’s Victorian Pain Group, and the Electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration (ePPOC) Clinical and Management Advisory Committee. Nicole is an active member of the Australian Pain Society (APA) and has presented at conferences, co-authored National guidelines, and more recently co-developed an interdisciplinary education package.

2023 Finalist - Merri Health Chronic Pain Service

Victorian Health Care Awards

2021 Australian Pain Society Annual Scientific Conference

“Pain in the older person” Half day multidisciplinary workshop

APS conference.jpg — 2016 Australian Pain Society Annual Scientific Conference

“Mindfulness, yoga and beyond: how to integrate mindfulness into a multidimensional pain management approach”

Additional positions:

VIC BOARD MEMBER, AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION PAIN NETWORK
CASUAL LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, DOCTOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY POST GRAD
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER & EDUCATOR, YOGA FOR PAIN CARE AUSTRALIA
BOARD MEMBER, ELECTRONIC PERSISTENT PAIN OUTCOMES COLLABORATION (EPPOC) CLINICAL AND MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Professional membership:
AHPRA | SENIOR TEACHER MEDITATION AU | APA PAIN SIG | AUSTRALIAN PAIN SOCIETY | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN - PAIN, MIND AND MOVEMENT SIG | Australian Physiotherapy Association | Member of the AUSTRALIAN COLLAGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS (MACP) | Member of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA)