Nadia Pavich is a chaplain, clinical pastoral/spiritual care practitioner, theologian, and author with more than 30 years of ministry experience in facilitating spiritual retreats and providing pastoral and spiritual care to vulnerable persons, including survivors of child sexual abuse both within and without the institutional Church context. She is a survivor and advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse. She has completed a BTh and MA (Specialising in Chaplaincy) at the Sydney College of Divinity (SCD). Her master’s research project explored Tractio Divina (TD) – a particular Christian spiritual discipline – and its usefulness to transform trauma.

Her research interest is to gain a deeper understanding of the spiritual impacts of child sexual abuse - including child sexual abuse in Church related contexts, with the aim of responding to the particular spiritual needs of survivors of child sexual abuse. To read more see Publications.