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
- Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Keywords
Child abuse - reporting behaviour, Counselling and psychotherapy process, Psychotherapy outcome, Refugees, Suicide ideation & behaviour
Discipline
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.
Selected 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), pp. 1095-1117.
- 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, 2018 (11), pp. 341-351.
- 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, pp. 1-12.
- 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, 90 (4), pp. 668-685.
- Schweitzer R, Banham J, (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), pp. 148-162.
- 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), pp. 109-118.
- Van Wyk S, Schweitzer R, (2014) A systematic review of naturalistic interventions in refugee populations, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 16 (5), pp. 968-977.
- Bargenquast R, Schweitzer R, (2014) Metacognitive Narrative Psychotherapy for people diagnosed with schizophrenia: An outline of a principle-based treatment manual, Psychosis, 6 (2), pp. 155-165.
- 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), pp. 299-307.
- 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), pp. 179-187.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Robert, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Research projects
- Title
- Developing Best Practice for Settlement Services for Refugee Women-at-Risk
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 78270885
- 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
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Understanding Mechanisms of Change of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
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: Associate Professor 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
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)