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Olivia Meyers

Dip. Couns; B.A Couns; Cert Aboriginal Narrative Practice; Cert. Clinical Supervision; Prof. Cert Indigenous Research; PhD Candidate.

Olivia is a Badtjala woman from Fraser Coast, Queensland. She is a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, educator, and PhD candidate with over 10 years’ experience across the non-profit sector and private practice. Her work is grounded in trauma-informed, culturally responsive approaches, with a sustained focus on relational healing and community wellbeing. Olivia’s clinical experience has informed a commitment to advancing both practice and practitioner development. As an academic, Olivia’s research and publications are committed to elevating the voices of First Nations women, with a focus on intersectional experiences. Across clinical, community, and academic contexts, her work is oriented toward generating meaningful impact, contributing to structural change.

In the next teaching period, Olivia will be lecturing into First Nations health subjects. She is also currently contributing to the development of content for the Bachelor of First Nations Mental Health, an exciting new degree that creates meaningful opportunities to bring clinical practice, cultural knowledge, and teaching together.

Olivia’s research sits at the intersections of Indigenous knowledges, reproductive justice, gendered violence, mental health, and culturally responsive practice. Her PhD explores the lived experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women navigating assisted reproductive technologies with critically calling into frame the role of colonial governance and biomedical power on grief, identity, and relational healing. Across her publications and academic work, Olivia is committed to elevating First Nations women’s voices, challenging deficit-based frameworks, and contributing to more ethical, culturally grounded approaches to research, clinical practice, curriculum development, and practitioner education across mental health and higher education.

Olivia is a Level 4 clinical member of the Australian Counselling Association and a member of the ACA College of Supervisors.