DoctorSarah Whitcombe-Dobbs

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar

School of Health Sciences

  • Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
    School of Health Sciences

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Trauma symptom changes among children aged 5-12 years receiving intervention for harmful sexual behaviour: a retrospective pre-post evaluation of community-based services
    15 Jul 2026 - 22 Sep 2027
    Wang, Lotus
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Quantitative analysis of a community-based treatment for adolescents who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour. A retrospective pre-post comparative study, evaluating harmful sexual behaviour indicator change and mediator effects.
    16 Feb 2026 - 15 Nov 2027
    Jones, Callahan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Stable housing as a moderator of maltreatment impact
    1 Feb 2026
    Busse, Cara
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A journey to independence: stabilising factors for young people negotiating their way out of State Care
    1 Jun 2025
    Jaquiery, Nathan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Co-production of an autism focused training programme for the Aotearoa mental health workforce
    1 Mar 2024
    Scott, Taylor
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Constructs of parental identity development amongst fathers completing a mandated non-violence program: A qualitative study
    1 Mar 2024
    Soares, Desiree
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Effects on emotional regulation from an online mindfulness programme for children with Attention-deficit disorder and whānau in Aotearoa, New Zealand
    1 Mar 2024
    Ten Hove, Tabitha
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigating the agreement between mothers and children’s perceptions of the child’s mental wellbeing in Polynesian families' population over time
    1 Mar 2024
    Williams, Tom
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Feasibility and acceptability of the Mentalisation-Based Parenting Intervention for parents involved with Child Protection Services
    1 Sep 2023
    Aqsa, Aqsa
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Entering out-of-home care in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A qualitative inquiry into the recalled experiences of young people
    1 Mar 2023 - 17 Feb 2025
    Cagney, Ellen
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Navigating a Tunnel Without Sight: The Experiences of Children of Parents with Mental Illness (COPMI) in Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Mar 2023 - 28 Feb 2024
    George, Natasha
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Parenting Practices Associated with Positive Health Outcomes for Pacific Early Adolescence
    1 Mar 2023
    Dai, Diana
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An evaluation of the factors associated with treatment completion of adolescent boys attending the Te Poutama Arahi Rangatahi programme.
    2 Feb 2023
    Tarectecan, Irene
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The influence of parentification on mental health help-seeking behaviours: A phenomenological study
    1 Feb 2023 - 28 Feb 2024
    Malagayo, Nikki
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluating the effect of dog presence on comfort and distress indicators in children receiving therapy who are living in whānau or out of home care
    1 Aug 2022
    Hona, Joanne
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Freedom from exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood and emotional regulation during middle childhood, among Pacific children growing up in Aotearoa/New Zealand
    1 Apr 2022 - 28 Mar 2024
    Hakeemi, Humaira
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Support needs of support staff: wellbeing of workers caring for children exposed to trauma
    1 Feb 2022
    Boswell, Kimberley
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Beliefs about sleep in parents who have and have not managed a sleep problem in their child with autism: Effects on help-seeking behaviour and treatment choice
    1 Mar 2019
    Hutchinson, Liam Matthew
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The exploration of solution-focused prompts to help anxious adolescents move towards their preferred future.
    1 Mar 2019 - 1 Jan 2020
    Field, Emma