Adjunct Professor
Robert Schweitzer
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Biography
Research interests- Phenomenological, qualitative and quantitative, clinical psychology
- Psychotherapy process and outcome
- Refugee related issues
- Global health including Transcultural issues
- Schizophrenia - psychotherapeutic approaches
- Phenomenological psychology.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Keywords
Child abuse - reporting behaviour, Counselling and psychotherapy process, Psychotherapy outcome, Refugees, Suicide ideation & behaviour
Research field
Psychology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
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
Teaching
Robert's focus is on postgraduate teaching with responsibilities relating to clinical psychopathology, clinical interventions, psychodynamic theory, and psychotherapy process.
Publications
- Wong, W., Schweitzer, R. & Khawaja, N. (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, 19(4), 1095–1117. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/224044
- 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, 2018(11), 341–351. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119883
- Schweitzer, R., Vromans, L., Brough, M., Asic-Kobe, M., Correa-Velez, I., Murray, K. & 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, 16, 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121716
- 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, 90(4), 668–685. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/105936
- Banham, J. & 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, 89(2), 148–162. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/86132
- Schweitzer, R., Van Wyk, S. & Murray, K. (2015). Therapeutic practice with refugee clients: A qualitative study of therapist experience. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 15(2), 109–118. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/81646
- Van Wyk, S. & Schweitzer, R. (2014). A systematic review of naturalistic interventions in refugee populations. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 16(5), 968–977. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60689
- Bargenquast, R. & Schweitzer, R. (2014). Metacognitive Narrative Psychotherapy for people diagnosed with schizophrenia: An outline of a principle-based treatment manual. Psychosis, 6(2), 155–165. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/56178
- Schweitzer, R., Brough, M., Vromans, L. & 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, 45(4), 299–307. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40622
- Schweitzer, R., Melville, F., 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, 40(2), 179–187. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/3879
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Robert, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- 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
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Development of Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy: Manualization and Evaluation of Therapist Training and Clinical Outcomes in the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety (2017)
- The relationship between therapist outcome, therapist language and reflexivity amongst clients experiencing Major Depressive Disorder (2016)
- Therapist Reflective Functioning, Therapist Attachment and Therapist Effectiveness (2013)
- Desire in the winters pale: a hermeneutic interpretation of the experience of sexual desire in older age (2011)
- Parent and child experiences of childhood cancer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis approach (2009)
- Process and Outcome of Narrative Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder in Adults: Narrative Reflexivity, Working Alliance and Improved Symptom and Inter-personal Outcomes (2008)