Olivia Pointer, PhD is a cancer psychologist, specifically a clinical health psychologist with specialization in psychosocial oncology. She completed her PhD at the University of Denver in Counseling Psychology with longstanding emphasis in behavioral medicine and psychosocial oncology research, and has worked primarily in major hospital settings across integrated inpatient and outpatient services. She has held national leadership roles and is the recipient of several competitive academic and teaching awards. Her dissertation examined rural cervical cancer survivors’ experiences of gender roles with theoretical application of social constructionism.

To pursue her strong interest in the psychological dimensions of oncologic illness, she completed specialty postdoctoral training as the Psychosocial Oncology Fellow through the University of Colorado Cancer Center at Anschutz Medical Campus, a designated National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center. In this role, she provided evidence-based care for medical oncology and hematology oncology populations with prioritization of the patient-provider relationship.

As influenced by her research and enduring clinical focus on the intersection of oncology and women’s health psychology, Dr. Pointer offers a unique trauma-informed women’s health sub-specialization at Oncopsychology Care.