On Monday 4 May 2026, a webinar was held for the Member Organisations of Europe Region, which aimed to present key findings from the survey “Physiotherapy in Mental Health across the Europe Region”. The online seminar explored the current status of the profession within mental health, highlighting its level of integration, existing challenges, and developments in both service provision and education across Europe. These insights are meant to support member organisations in their national advocacy efforts and contribute to strategic planning at the regional level to further strengthen the profession.

The second part of the event focused on advocacy and lobbying for physiotherapy in mental health. It addressed common challenges and barriers, and offered practical strategies and actionable ideas to guide future advocacy initiatives and advance the role of physiotherapy in mental health care.

The event brought together representatives of the Europe Region’s Member Organisations and the recording is now available on our YouTube channel!

The Europe Region would like to thank the physiotherapists who were involved in the event:

Esther-Mary D’Arcy | Chair of the Europe Region of World Physiotherapy

Katri Partanen | Chair of the Mental Health Working Group of the Europe Region of

World Physiotherapy

Cristina Bravo | Member of the Mental Health Working Group of the Europe Region of

World Physiotherapy and Professor in Physiotherapy in Mental Health at Lleida

University, Spain

Aline Descloux | Member of the Advocacy and EU Matters Working Group of the

Europe Region of World Physiotherapy and Policy Specialist in Swiss Cancer League,

Switzerland

Stavros Stathopoulos | Member of the Mental Health Working Group of the Europe

Region of World Physiotherapy and a physiotherapist at the Physical Therapy Department of

“Evaggelismos” General Hospital, Greece