Liesje Donkin Psychology and Consulting

24/02/2026

We are a team of researchers from AUT, seeking to hear from people who support people who have been pregnant, experienced pregnancy loss, or have given birth and who experience pregnancy, post-natal or birth-related distress (such as depression, anxiety, OCD or trauma).

We would like to hear about your perspectives of wellbeing and distress, and how distress is picked up or screened, and how we could do this better (including what is missing from our current screening methods).

Participation is by a confidential interview with a member of the research team at a time that suits you.

We will use what we learn to build a better screening tool for Aotearoa so that people experiencing this distress can be identified earlier.

To find out more about the research study or receive a summary of findings, please click here https://lnkd.in/ex5uXCv7.

If you have any questions about this research study or are interested in participating, you can also contact Associate Professor Liesje Donkin at liesje.donkin@aut.ac.nz.

AUTEC Reference number 24/296. This study has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (24/723).

19/01/2025

We are a team of researchers at AUT conducting research and are seeking to hear from people who have been pregnant, experienced pregnancy loss, or have given birth in the last four years and have experienced pregnancy-related distress (such as depression, anxiety, OCD or trauma) or whānau/support people who have supported someone experiencing distress or have experienced this distress themselves. We would like to hear about your perspectives of wellbeing (mauri ora) and of distress (mauri noho), and how the distress was picked up by healthcare professionals (if it was). We would also like to hear your views about how healthcare professionals could better pick up when someone is distressed. There are two ways to be part of this project; by a confidential interview or by doing an online anonymous survey.

To find out more about the research study please click the study link below.

If you have any questions about this research study, contact Associate Professor Liesje Donkin at liesje.donkin@aut.ac.nz or on (021) 131 9856 or Marie-Claire Bidois-Putt on marie-claire.bidois-putt@aut.ac.nz or (021) 112 3979

Study information can be found at https://tinyurl.com/PNDNZ
AUTEC Reference number 24/296.

This study has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (24/723).

26/06/2024

We are closing this study at the end of this month! Please feel free to share with your networks as we'd like to hear from as many caregivers as possible

We are seeking to hear from people who have attended to the needs of a loved one who is diagnosed with or suspected of having an eating disorder. We want to learn about what supports you accessed as a caregiver, your experiences of these supports and how these supports could be improved. The anonymous survey will take around 10-20 minutes.

The survey closes 31st May 2024.

You can participate if you:
- Are over the age of 18
- Reside in New Zealand
- Are or were the caregiver of someone with an eating disorder (diagnosed or suspected).

You can access the survey or further information using the link below:
https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bDVHaHOTW7H1s4C

This study is being conducted in partial fulfilment of a Master of Health Science (Counselling Psychology) for the primary researcher, Rebecca Sinclair. For any enquiries, the primary researcher can be contacted via email (qgh4443@autuni.ac.nz).

30/05/2024

We will this study on the 7th of June. Please feel free to participate if you have been or are a caregiver of someone with a diagnosed or suspected eating disorder or to share with your networks

We are seeking to hear from people who have attended to the needs of a loved one who is diagnosed with or suspected of having an eating disorder. We want to learn about what supports you accessed as a caregiver, your experiences of these supports and how these supports could be improved. The anonymous survey will take around 10-20 minutes.

The survey closes 31st May 2024.

You can participate if you:
- Are over the age of 18
- Reside in New Zealand
- Are or were the caregiver of someone with an eating disorder (diagnosed or suspected).

You can access the survey or further information using the link below:
https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bDVHaHOTW7H1s4C

This study is being conducted in partial fulfilment of a Master of Health Science (Counselling Psychology) for the primary researcher, Rebecca Sinclair. For any enquiries, the primary researcher can be contacted via email (qgh4443@autuni.ac.nz).

27/03/2024

We are seeking to hear from people who have attended to the needs of a loved one who is diagnosed with or suspected of having an eating disorder. We want to learn about what supports you accessed as a caregiver, your experiences of these supports and how these supports could be improved. The anonymous survey will take around 10-20 minutes.

The survey closes 31st May 2024.

You can participate if you:
- Are over the age of 18
- Reside in New Zealand
- Are or were the caregiver of someone with an eating disorder (diagnosed or suspected).

You can access the survey or further information using the link below:
https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bDVHaHOTW7H1s4C

This study is being conducted in partial fulfilment of a Master of Health Science (Counselling Psychology) for the primary researcher, Rebecca Sinclair. For any enquiries, the primary researcher can be contacted via email (qgh4443@autuni.ac.nz).

29/07/2023

14/05/2023

You may have noticed that my activity level on here has dropped. Many of you know why but for those that don't, my 8-year-old son was diagnosed with a aggressive brain tumour over the Christmas holiday period. This means that I am spending as much time with him as I can and not taking on new clients at the moment.

If you are looking for a clinical psychologist, please check the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists site for the list of providers.

Boy with "sparkle in his eyes" diagnosed with inoperable brain tumor just after Christmas.

26/10/2022

Excited to be part of the PADA Māori Mental Health hui today at Tangatarua Marae meeting amazing wāhine toa and sharing ideas to do better.

05/09/2022

And here’s a much better photo of the students in action

05/09/2022

Big two days of conference, both supporting my amazing students presenting their Honors work and the brilliant in the mahi she has done with us. Thanks for a great event

22/08/2022

Do you care for someone with an intellectual disability or do you support someone with an intellectual disability? We are researchers through AUT exploring the experience of hospitalisation for people with intellectual disabilities and want to hear your view. We are hoping that this study will help to better support people with intellectual disabilities when when they are in hospital.

You can participate by being interviewed by a member of the research team or by completing an online survey. To do an interview, please email liesje.donkin@aut.ac.nz to arrange.

To complete the online survey:
If you are someone with an intellectual disability click here for the survey https://tinyurl.com/whaiora

If you are someone who is a caregiver or whānau member of someone with an intellectual disability click here for the survey https://tinyurl.com/IDCaregivers

If you are a community stakeholder, support worker, or clinician supporting someone with an intellectual click on this link for the survey https://tinyurl.com/IDStakeholders

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03/08/2022

Do you know someone with an intellectual disability? Or know someone who supports someone with an intellectual disability. We are looking to interview people with intellectual disabilities, their caregivers, and people who provide support to people with intellectual disabilities when they are in hospital to try to better understand this experience and how it can be improved. If you are someone or know of someone who might be willing to be interviewed, please email me or ask the person to email me on liesje.donkin@aut.ac.nz

An alternative way to participate is by survey (although we are particularly keen to find people to interview). The survey links can be found below...

For the survey for people with intellectual disabilities

https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0x0ArFtBDRC2nR4

For the survey for caregivers or support people of people with intellectual disabilities

https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cu14GCSuWLFe6hM

For the survey for community stakeholders who support people with intellectual disabilities

https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IDibuJTdK39Dng

Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone that may be interested in participating so that they can read about the study and make a decision about participating. Please do not forward their contact details to us directly as we require them to make contact with us themselves.

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