Bernadette Smith

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President of the Australian Pain Society

Graduating from UTAS in 1992 Bernadette spent the next 10 years working as a Psychologist for Community Mental Health Services in Tasmania (Child & Adolescent/Adult Community). Bernadette has also worked for UTAS as honorary clinical lecturer with the School of Psychology and Rural Clinical School at the Cradle Coast Campus.

Bernadette moved into private practice (Psychology Plus) in 2003 where she developed a special interest in the treatment of chronic pain and health education. In 2016, Bernadette completed her Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) through the University of Sydney. Aside from consulting in private practice Bernadette co-facilitates a federally funded Group Pain Management Program (OPAL) on the North West Coast of Tasmania and has done so for the past 8 years. Bernadette is also co-director of Pain Solutions a multi-disciplinary team working with compensable patients suffering chronic pain.

Bernadette is a big supporter of the Pain Revolution; she rode for the first time in 2018 and is currently a mentor for local pain educators through the local pain education program.

Partnering with the partner: two minutes that can change a chronic pain consult

How a partner responds to someone's chronic pain can make a major difference to outcomes...

Partnering with the partner: two minutes that can change a chronic pain consult

How a partner responds to someone's chronic pain can make a major difference to outcomes...

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