Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dawn joined the University in 2009, having previously worked at the University of the Highlands and Islands in Inverness and the University of Northampton. Earlier in her career she was a clinical psychologist in the NHS, working with older adults in a community mental health team in Leicestershire. She obtained her BA (Hons) in Psychology from Nottingham University in 1985, her Diploma in Clinical Psychology in 1991 and her PhD in 2008 from the University of East London where she was investigating the management and repair of shame. She is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Division of Clinical Psychology, the BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section and the International Society of Critical Health Psychology. She is interested in supervising postgraduate researchers in the areas indicated below.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Health and well-being
- Transition to motherhood, in particular women's experiences of breastfeeding and moral discourse in relation to these
- Case formulation within psychological therapy
- Managment and repair of shame
- Impact of mental health stigma on users of mental health services
Research Degree Supervision
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External positions
External examiner, University of East Anglia
Feb 2015 → Sep 2018Keywords
- Psychology
- Counselling
- Mental health and wellbeing
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Breast Feeding
Medicine & Life Sciences
Shame
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Mothers
Medicine & Life Sciences
Qualitative Research
Medicine & Life Sciences
Mental Health Services
Medicine & Life Sciences
Psychology
Medicine & Life Sciences
Interviews
Medicine & Life Sciences
Alcohols
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Research Output 1998 2018
Managing the dynamics of shame in breastfeeding support
Leeming, D., 5 Sep 2018, Social Experiences of Breastfeeding: Building Bridges between Research, Policy and Practice. Dowling, S., D. P. & Boyer, K. (eds.). Bristol: Policy PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The use of theory in qualitative research
Leeming, D., 1 Nov 2018, In : Journal of Human Lactation. 34, 4, p. 668-673 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
File
Qualitative Research
Breast Feeding
Research
Research Personnel
Health
Understanding process and context in breastfeeding support interventions: The potential of qualitative research
Leeming, D., Marshall, J. & Locke, A., Oct 2017, In : Maternal and Child Nutrition. 13, 4, e12407.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Qualitative Research
Breast Feeding
Cultural Anthropology
Randomized Controlled Trials
Research Personnel
Mothers of lower socioeconomic status make the decision to formulafeed in the context of culturally shared expectations and practices
Leeming, D., 2016, In : Evidence-based nursing. 19, 1, p. 9 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Social Class
Mothers
Philosophy and Identity: The Relationship Between Choice of Existential Orientation and Therapists’ Sense of Self
Smith, V., Leeming, D. & Burr, V., 1 Jul 2016, In : Existential Analysis. 27, 2, p. 287-302 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Human Condition
Passion
World View
Philosophy
Qualitative Study
Activities 2014 2017
A Meta-Synthesis Examining the Role of Shame in Support for Breastfeeding Mothers.
Joyce Marshall (Speaker), Dawn Leeming (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Sophie Hinsliff (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)18 Jun 2017 → 22 Jun 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
The experience of infant feeding for women diagnosed with an eating disorder: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Joyce Marshall (Speaker), Rumaanah Shabir (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dawn Leeming (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)12 Jun 2017 → 14 Jun 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Managing self-conscious emotion in interactions with breastfeeding supporters: A theoretically informed meta-synthesis.
Dawn Leeming (Speaker), Joyce L Marshall (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Sophie Hinsliff (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)12 Jun 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Managing the Dynamics of Shame in Breastfeeding Support
Dawn Leeming (Speaker)2 Mar 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
The Concept of Shame and Understanding how this Might Enhance Support for Breastfeeding Mothers
Dawn Leeming (Speaker), Joyce Marshall (Speaker)10 Jun 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
Changing the Conversation: Shelving Shame
1/12/16
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities