About Olivia
Olivia Notter is a psychologist with eight years of clinical experience who works with people facing relationship struggles, trauma, low self-worth and major life changes. She writes plainly about the role of the body in healing and invites a curious, grounded approach to distress. Olivia is registered with AHPRA and works in Australia.
Olivia practises in a holistic way. She pays attention to physical sensations as well as thoughts and emotions.
Background and approach
That means sessions may include talking, guided body awareness and gentle exercises to notice where feelings sit in the body. This is often useful when past hurt has left people feeling disconnected from themselves. Her training includes a PhD in Psychology and a Masters in Clinical Psychology, and these inform her clinical thinking.
Alongside formal training, she draws on personal experience of growth and self-discovery to relate to people who feel unseen. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Olivia uses a range of approaches, including Somatic Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, as well as emotionally focused and Jungian perspectives.
She adapts methods to what shows up in the room rather than following one fixed model. People meet Olivia to work through anxiety, depression, trauma, panic, difficulties with trust and feelings of isolation. She aims to help clients feel safer in their bodies, notice patterns that keep them stuck and find practical ways to move forward.
If her approach sounds like a match, a short message can start the conversation.
How Olivia adapts body-aware approaches to online therapy
Olivia often combines Somatic Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Somatic Therapy focuses on noticing bodily sensations and using that information to better understand emotions and trauma reactions, which can help people who feel disconnected or overwhelmed. ACT encourages noticing thoughts and values-led action rather than fighting inner experience, and is useful for anxiety, depression and life transitions. CBT looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful cycles.Finding the right mix of approaches is a shared process. Olivia will work with each person to identify goals and preferences, and then tailor techniques from somatic awareness, ACT or CBT as needed. That collaborative planning helps clients test what feels useful and change course if something does not fit.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video work allows for visual and embodied noticing, while phone and text options suit people who need flexibility or low-intensity check-ins. These options make it easier to attend sessions from home, during work breaks or when travel is difficult, helping people maintain consistency while exploring body-based and psychological work.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English