Tamara Leeuwerik

Dr. Tamara Leeuwerik serves as a Senior Lecturer at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology within Canterbury Christ Church University's School of Sciences, Psychology, Arts and Humanities, Computing, Engineering and Sports. Her work bridges clinical practice and academic research in high-impact psychological domains.

Her research portfolio spans critical areas of applied psychology:

• Child and adolescent mental health with focus on school refusal/aversion mechanisms
• Substance abuse rehabilitation for adult men with histories of school exclusion and incarceration
• Integration of trauma therapy with psychosexual treatment approaches
• Psychological adjustment metrics for children in care systems

She actively supervises doctoral candidates on complex clinical topics:

• Robert Bristow: Systemic analysis of school refusal behaviors
• James McCartney: Decision-making patterns in residential substance rehabilitation
• Nicola Pinder: Trauma-informed psychosexual therapy integration

Her supervision emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration with clinical faculty across addiction medicine and child psychology specialties. Based at the Lucy Fildes Building in Tunbridge Wells, she operates within the Salomons Institute's trauma-responsive research ecosystem focused on translating clinical insights into practical interventions for vulnerable populations.