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Zali O'Dea

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Dr Zali is a survivor of a car accident as a newborn.  Zali  lives with facial disfigurement and knows intimately the daily issues people living with facial disfigurement face.  She is the Founding Director, Principal Counsellor and Educator here at Karibu Anawim.Dr Zali thrives on helping people realise their full potential, knowing very well the limitations society places on people living with facial disfigurement. She enjoys assisting people find 'The Way of Victory' in their own lives. Her seminal work on the lived experience of people living with facial eye disfigurement (FED) is being read and cited internationally. Dr Zali regularly presents to a wide audience. Zali is a qualified and experienced speaker, counsellor, educator and mum.

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Qualifications

• Diploma of Arts: Professional Writing & Editing – Ballarat University (Federation University)
• Bachelor of Education – Monash University
• Masters of Counselling – Monash University
• PhD – Monash University

Publications

• O'Dea, Z. (2018). The Ayes have it! The Qualitative Report,23 (10), 2313-2336. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol23/iss10/6
• O'Dea, Z. (2015). Special Ethical Considerations for Facially Distinctive Counsellors. Counselling Australia, 15(3), 28-32. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285512309_Special_Ethical_Considerations_for_Facially_Distinctive_Counsellors
• O’Dea, Z., & Southcott, J. (2023) “I’m his Mum and it is My Job to Keep him Safe”: Mothering a Child Living with Facial Eye Disfigurement. Applied Research in Quality Life. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10199-4
• O’Dea, Z., & Southcott, J. (2023). “My Mummy Has a Hole in Her Face”: Living with Facial Eye Disfigurement. The Qualitative Report, 28(11), 2995-3015. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2023.6098

Affiliations

• ACA – College of Supervisors – COS Registered Supervisor
• ACA – College of Clinical Counsellors

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