QUT | Staff Profiles | Robert Schweitzer

Name: Professor Robert Schweitzer
Position(s): Professor
Faculty of Health,
School - Psychology and Counselling; IHBI Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects,
IHBI Psych and Counc - HDHS
Discipline *: Psychology
Phone: +61 7 3138 4617
Fax: +61 7 3138 0486
Email: r.schweitzer@qut.edu.au
Location: View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
Identifiers and profiles
Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa), MA (Clin Psy)
Professional memberships and associations: Society for Psychotherapy Research
Australian Clinical Psychology Association
Australian Psychological Society
Keywords: Child abuse - reporting behaviour, Counselling and psychotherapy process, Psychotherapy outcome, Refugees, Suicide ideation & behaviour

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Wong W, Schweitzer R, Khawaja NG, (2018) Individual, pre-migration, and post-settlement factors in predicting academic success of adolescents from refugee backgrounds: A 12-month follow-up, Journal of International Migration and Integration p1095-1117
Lysaker P, Gagen E, Moritz S, Schweitzer R, (2018) Metacognitive approaches to the treatment of psychosis: a comparison of four approaches, Psychology Research and Behavior Management p341-351
Schweitzer R, Vromans LP, Brough MK, Asic-Kobe M, Correa-Velez I, Murray KE, Lenette C, (2018) Recently resettled refugee women-at-risk in Australia evidence high levels of psychiatric symptoms: individual, trauma and post-migration factors predict outcomes, BMC Medicine p1-12
Schweitzer R, Greben M, Bargenquast R, (2017) Long-term outcomes of Metacognitive Narrative Psychotherapy for people diagnosed with schizophrenia, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice p668-685
Banham JA, Schweitzer R, (2016) Trainee-therapists are not all equal: Examination of therapeutic efficiency, effectiveness and early client dropout after 12 months of clinical training, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice p148-162
Schweitzer R, Van Wyk S, Murray K, (2015) Therapeutic practice with refugee clients: A qualitative study of therapist experience, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research: linking research with practice p109-118
Van Wyk S, Schweitzer R, (2014) A systematic review of naturalistic interventions in refugee populations, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health p968-977
Bargenquast R, Schweitzer R, (2014) Metacognitive Narrative Psychotherapy for people diagnosed with schizophrenia: An outline of a principle-based treatment manual, Psychosis p155-165
Schweitzer R, Brough MK, Vromans LP, Asic-Kobe M, (2011) Mental health of newly arrived Burmese refugees in Australia: Contributions of pre-migration and post-migration experience, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry p299-307
Schweitzer R, Melville FA, Steel Z, Lacheres P, (2006) Trauma, Post-Migration Living Difficulties, and Social Support as Predictors of Psychological Adjustment in Resettled Sudanese Refugees, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry p179-187

For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

Title: Developing Best Practice for Settlement Services for Refugee Women-at-Risk
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: LP140100609
Start year: 2014
Keywords: Refugee Women; Health And Wellbeing; Settlement

Title: Whole-Of-Family Treatment of Trauma in African Refugees: An Individual, Family and Community Approach
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: LP0776558
Start year: 2007
Keywords: Refugees; Bilingual; Health Psychology; Bicultural Therapy Model; Human Services; Transcultural Health

Current supervisions

Mechanisms of Change of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Naturalistic Study
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Robert King
Bipolar Mood Disorders: The Relationship between Metacognitive Capacities, Associated Correlates, and Functional Status
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Kate Murray
Therapists Working With Trauma Exposed Clients: Identifying and Understanding Expressions of Vicarious Trauma
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Ronald Frey, Professor Jane Shakespeare-Finch
The Reparative and Therapeutic Functions of Musical Narratives in Therapy with Adolescents from Refugee Backgrounds
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Michael Whelan

Professor Robert Schweitzer

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Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

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