Professor James McAuley
Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader, NeuRA
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Filipe Luis Souza
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PhD Candidate
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Filipe is a PhD candidate at UNSW/NeuRA, working with Prof James McAuley and Dr Rodrigo Rizzo at the Centre for Pain IMPACT, supported by the University International Postgraduate Award. His PhD focuses on investigating hypnosis-based interventions for chronic conditions, with a particular interest in digital health settings. As a psychologist, his research combines his interest in mental health with the IMPACT group's focus on pain.
As part of the NOTUS Trial, Filipe leads the mediation, process, and economic evaluations of a mobile-delivered hypnosis intervention for people with chronic low back pain. He is also conducting a Study Within a Trial (SWAT) to test strategies for improving participant adherence in digital health interventions.
Filipe's methodological interests include randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and research integrity. He is committed to building an international collaborative network for clinical hypnosis research, currently developing an intercontinental investigation on digital hypnosis for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Publications
2026, 21 Apr
Family Constellations for All Clinical Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Showing a Lack of Supporting Evidence
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.19.26351231
2025, 19 Dec
Intervenções psicológicas para enlutados por suicÃdio: Uma revisão de escopo
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/ePTPCP17531.en
2025, 12 Jun
An upper limb orthosis for people neurological limitations controlled via brain-computer interface: a crossover-controlled trial and development of a prototype
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.54033/cadpedv22n8-114
2025 May
Conversational Agents to Support Pain Management: A Scoping Review
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70016
2025, 03 Apr
Current Practices and Perspectives in Brazilian Hypnosis (HYPNO CENSUS 2024): Addendum to an International Survey
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2025.2469845
2024, 26 Nov
VOCÊ NÃO AJUDOU O PACIENTE: Um recurso teórico sobre vieses confundidores
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.22289/2446-922X.V10A2A46
2024 Nov
Hypnosis for depression: Systematic review of randomized clinical trials with meta-analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2024.101913
2024, 10 Oct
High-Risk Bias Crisis in Hypnotherapy Clinical Research: A Commentary on Ramondo et al.
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/g6bdq
2024, 15 Jul
Hypnotherapy for major depressive disorder: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.15.24310435
2024, 28 Feb
How to ruin a decent study with SHIFTy reporting: A commentary on Faerman et al. (2024)
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pbyhj
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