Dr Cher McGillivray

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Dr Cher McGillivray

Clinical Psychologist, Bond University; Assistant Professor, Researcher

Dr Cher McGillivray is a registered Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Bond University. Cher has disseminated research in areas including complex trauma, childhood sexual abuse, mindfulness, and resilience in children and families. She is currently active in developing complex trauma parent interventions, assessment measures of moral injury; and research areas of self-compassion, posttraumatic growth, and recovery from adverse childhood experiences.

What is ‘parent training’ for ADHD?

Problems with focus and impulse control can be common developmental stages through which children and adolescents naturally progress.

Psychiatry

Clinical Articles

What is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing? And can EMDR help children recover from trauma?

Childhood traumatic experiences are common. Almost one in three Australians reported being physically abused as a child, 31% experienced emotional abuse, 28.5% were victims of sexual abuse and 9% were neglected.

Mental health

Podcasts

Strategies for dealing with moral injury as healthcare professionals

Normalise the conversation about moral injury- Emotional Intelligence is important to be able to verbalise.