Cher J McGillivray Ph.D.

Cher McGillivray, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Bond University and a registered Clinical Psychologist, researcher, speaker, writer and media commentator on children, families and community wellbeing. McGillivray focuses on positive social change and advocates for the rights and wellbeing of children and restoring familial foundations for families and communities that care for them. Her research endeavors include childhood maltreatment, complex trauma, and posttraumatic growth. McGillivray aims to foster a deeper understanding of these critical issues, facilitating more effective responses within the realms of policy, public health, and the legal system to better respond and ultimately prevent intergenerational childhood maltreatment. She has developed a complex trauma parenting intervention to assist parents of children who have experienced childhood maltreatment and a Moral Injury Assessment Measure of Childhood Maltreatment. She researches self-compassion, mindfulness, resilience, moral injury and posttraumatic growth. Her research also involves bridging the gap between victim and victim offenders to ultimately empower victims and reduce gendered based violence.