Communication & Behaviour Change Skills For Clinical Practice
New Course!
Presenter: Matt Phillips
Format: Online, interactive (Zoom)
Duration: THREE SESSIONS × 4 HOURS = 12 hours total
Target Audience: Soft Tissue Therapists, Sports Therapists, Massage Therapists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Dieticians / Nutritionists, Coaches / Personal Trainers
Next Course Dates:
• Session 1 – Saturday 21st February 1pm to 5pm
• Session 2 – Saturday 28th February 1pm to 5pm
• Session 3 – Saturday 7th March 1pm to 5pm
🗨️ Why This Course Matters
Effective communication is at the heart of quality healthcare. Whether you’re supporting a client or patient through health related behaviour & lifestyle changes, or collaborating with colleagues, your ability to communicate clearly, empathetically, and persuasively can dramatically influence outcomes. Rather than blaming clients for ‘not doing what we told them’, we now understand that achieving a behaviour or lifestyle change, even if temporary, is often not as easy as it sounds, and we the practitioner can often be the catalyst for either success or failure.
‘Communication & Behaviour Change Skills for Clinical Practice‘ is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the skills and strategies needed to navigate the complex human dynamics of clinical practice. Delivered online by Matt Phillips, host of The STA Clinician Podcast and creator of Runchatlive.com, this course will guide you through a selection of approaches that illustrate how small, simple tweaks to our normal way of communicating can help clients & patients embrace positive, meaningful behaviour change, and see opportunity in our professional advice rather than hinderance & challenge. Blending evidence-based communication techniques with practical behaviour change models, the course will help you to:
✨Build stronger relationships with patients
✨ Encourage adherence to treatment plans
✨ Handle challenging conversations with confidence
✨ Promote long-term health behaviour change
Over the three sessions, you will explore real-world scenarios, practice key techniques, and reflect on your own communication style. By the end of the course, you will have a toolkit of approaches to enhance your clinical effectiveness and improve patient outcomes.
Communication & Behaviour Change Skills For Clinical Practice
New Course!
Presenter: Matt Phillips
Format: Online, interactive (Zoom)
Duration: THREE SESSIONS × 4 HOURS = 12 hours total
Target Audience: Soft Tissue Therapists, Sports Therapists, Massage Therapists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Dieticians / Nutritionists, Coaches / Personal Trainers
Next Course Dates:
• Session 1 – Saturday 21st February 1pm to 5pm
• Session 2 – Saturday 28th February 1pm to 5pm
• Session 3 – Saturday 7th March 1pm to 5pm
🗨️ Why This Course Matters
Effective communication is at the heart of quality healthcare. Whether you’re supporting a client or patient through health related behaviour & lifestyle changes, or collaborating with colleagues, your ability to communicate clearly, empathetically, and persuasively can dramatically influence outcomes. Rather than blaming clients for ‘not doing what we told them’, we now understand that achieving a behaviour or lifestyle change, even if temporary, is often not as easy as it sounds, and we the practitioner can often be the catalyst for either success or failure.
‘Communication & Behaviour Change Skills for Clinical Practice‘ is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the skills and strategies needed to navigate the complex human dynamics of clinical practice. Delivered online by Matt Phillips, host of The STA Clinician Podcast and creator of Runchatlive.com, this course will guide you through a selection of approaches that illustrate how small, simple tweaks to our normal way of communicating can help clients & patients embrace positive, meaningful behaviour change, and see opportunity in our professional advice rather than hinderance & challenge. Blending evidence-based communication techniques with practical behaviour change models, the course will help you to:
✨Build stronger relationships with patients
✨ Encourage adherence to treatment plans
✨ Handle challenging conversations with confidence
✨ Promote long-term health behaviour change
Over the three sessions, you will explore real-world scenarios, practice key techniques, and reflect on your own communication style. By the end of the course, you will have a toolkit of approaches to enhance your clinical effectiveness and improve patient outcomes.
Get in Touch Today
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As well as delivering his ‘Communication & Behaviour Change Skills for Clinical Practice‘ CPD course and ‘Gait Analysis For Runners, A Modern Approach‘, Matt Phillips is also the creator & host of The STA Clinician Podcast (formerly the Sports Therapy Association Podcast), launched in 2020 to help therapists get back to work following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Five years on (with over 260 episodes recorded live every week), and the podcast has become a hugely valuable resource for not only sports therapists, sports rehabilitators and sports massage therapists, but any healthcare professional looking for conversations that embrace & nurture multidisciplinary care.
Everyone is welcome to join the LIVE recordings every Tuesday at 8pm (UK) on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel, and Sports Therapy Association Facebook Page, to listen & ask questions to special guests discussing topics including women’s health, tendinopathy, concussion, physical disability, hypermobility, Crossfit, men’s health, nutrition, mental health, red flags, industry regulation, and so much more.
For those of you unable to join us live, the audio of the recording is uploaded to all popular podcast platforms, and the video is available on YouTube and Facebook.
The STA Clinician Podcast
As well as delivering his ‘Communication & Behaviour Change Skills for Clinical Practice‘ CPD course and ‘Gait Analysis For Runners, A Modern Approach‘, Matt Phillips is also the creator & host of The STA Clinician Podcast (formerly the Sports Therapy Association Podcast), launched in 2020 to help therapists get back to work following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Five years on (with over 260 episodes recorded live every week), and the podcast has become a hugely valuable resource for not only sports therapists, sports rehabilitators and sports massage therapists, but any healthcare professional looking for conversations that embrace & nurture multidisciplinary care.
Everyone is welcome to join the LIVE recordings every Tuesday at 8pm (UK) on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel, and Sports Therapy Association Facebook Page, to listen & ask questions to special guests discussing topics including women’s health, tendinopathy, concussion, physical disability, hypermobility, Crossfit, men’s health, nutrition, mental health, red flags, industry regulation, and so much more.
For those of you unable to join us live, the audio of the recording is uploaded to all popular podcast platforms, and the video is available on YouTube and Facebook.

