AACBT – Day

Associate Professor Melissa Day

University of Queensland

Dr Day completed her MA and Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology with a focus on pain management, and then completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in pain psychology. She is now an endorsed Clinical Psychologist and Health Psychologist in Australia, and works as an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland and is an affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington. Dr Day’s program of research has received over $15 million USD in funding and is focused on implementing randomised controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy and mechanisms of cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain conditions. She has published over 70 peer reviewed journal articles, and recently published a sole authored book with Wiley titled, “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Clinical Manual and Guide”.


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