"Promoting School-Based Family Counseling Globally"
Dr. Meegan Brown Keynote Speaker 2025
Dr Meegan Brown, PhD, AFHEA (Indigenous Knowledges), is a senior lecturer and the
Study Area Co-ordinator of the Master of Education School Guidance and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Meegan is on the executive committee for the Queensland Guidance and Counselling Association and is the President of the Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools. Prior to coming to QUT in 2020, Meegan worked for over 20 years in remote areas of Queensland as a teacher, principal, school counsellor, and senior school counsellor. She worked with students, families and communities living with the effects of intergenerational trauma, and the teachers and principals working in these remote schools. Her research and teaching interests include trauma-informed schooling, rural and remote education, and educators and school counsellors’ experiences of working with students living with the effects of trauma. Meegan also works directly with schools to support them in becoming culturally safe and trauma-informed.