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Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa), MA (Clin Psy)
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.
Projects (Chief investigator)
Additional information
- 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/119393
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)