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Olivia Notter, AHPRA
Australia
AHPRA psychologist - relationships and trauma
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness practice
- Somatic awareness
About Olivia
Olivia Notter is an AHPRA-registered psychologist with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes. Olivia writes plainly and aims to help people notice what shows up in their body and mind so they can respond differently.
She combines practical talk therapy with attention to physical sensation. Sessions often include noticing bodily cues like tightness, breath changes or numbness. Olivia uses these observations as a doorway to understand thoughts, habits and emotional patterns that keep someone stuck.
Her training includes a PhD in Psychology and a Masters in Clinical Psychology, and she has worked in a range of settings with varied presentations. That background informs how she structures sessions, plans interventions and sets manageable steps for change. Olivia draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness and somatic ideas to help people test new ways of thinking and acting.
Olivia also works with attachment and relationship themes, helping people look at communication, abandonment fears and control issues. She attends to dissociation, grief, guilt and shame in ways that balance talking and bodily awareness. Practical skills such as grounding, breathing and noticing unhelpful thoughts are used alongside exploration of personal meaning.
People who contact Olivia are usually looking for clear, structured help and a clinician who pays attention to both feelings and physical experience. To begin, she asks people to describe current concerns so sessions can focus on achievable steps forward.
How Olivia uses structured approaches in online work
Olivia combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in ways that focus on clear, practical steps. CBT helps identify patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers simple experiments to test alternatives. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy complements that by encouraging people to notice values and take small actions that align with what matters to them.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas when relationship issues are central, using focused conversations to clarify emotional responses and patterns between people. The choice of approach is collaborative; Olivia will discuss which methods suit the current goals and adjust as those goals change.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Olivia will help structure sessions so they fit practical needs while keeping a clear plan for progress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Olivia help with most often?
She works with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include panic, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and issues around abandonment and communication.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and test practical behaviour changes. CBT techniques are paired with noticing bodily signals and simple mindfulness exercises.
What is her professional background?
Olivia has eight years of professional experience and holds a PhD in Psychology and a Masters in Clinical Psychology. She has worked in varied settings with different presentations.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with AHPRA and practises in Australia.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients book sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the first step to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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