Dr Peter Stilwell - pain punk

Encourager

Peter is doing fine work in helping us think about pain in different and progressive ways. He tells me about his journey so far, and has a bright outlook for the future of pain. Peter has noticed a significant shift in the student's interests towards people, communication skills and the biopsychosocial model over techniques and practices. Great! He also sees some issues around the BPS model that we discuss. We uncovered part of Peter's philosophy that emerges from being a skateboarder: punk rock, swimming against the tide, thinking differently. He looks at pain through the enactive lens, describing this and the other E's: embodied, embedded, emotive and extended. Plus some ecology. Fascinating chat. It appears that we might be two pain geeks. Or perhaps people first geeks? Anyway, enjoy and let me know what you think. You can read Peter's work here and follow him on Twitter.