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Robert Schweitzer Ph.D.

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Robert D. Schweitzer, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the School of Psychology and Counselling at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, where he established the clinical psychology program with a focus on integrative approaches to psychotherapy. He is a clinician, teacher, and researcher, with an active research program focusing on people from refugee backgrounds. He is an author of the book Phenomenology and the Extreme Sport Experience.

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Recent Posts
The group of mental health workers outside The Trauma Centre in Cape Town, South Africa in 2019
De-Stigmatizing Mental Health

A video made in collaboration with mental health workers in Africa addresses a significant issue: stigmatization of mental illness.

A video made in collaboration with mental health workers in Africa addresses a significant issue: stigmatization of mental illness.

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Learnings from a Grassroots Initiative in Cameroon

Contemporary perspectives on psychotherapy often assume that they are superior to indigenous healing practices. However, locally developed practices have much to teach us

Contemporary perspectives on psychotherapy often assume that they are superior to indigenous healing practices. However, locally developed practices have much to teach us

The Coronavirus Pandemic: A Perspective from Ghana

COVID-19 occurs within particular cultural contexts in the populations in which it has emerged. The collectivist culture of Africa is seen as shaping the experience.

COVID-19 occurs within particular cultural contexts in the populations in which it has emerged. The collectivist culture of Africa is seen as shaping the experience.

Global Mental Health: Two Zimbabwean Initiatives

The Friendship Bench is not conventional. Therapy rooms are outdoors, under trees, and therapists are elderly Zimbabwean women, known as community grandmothers.

The Friendship Bench is not conventional. Therapy rooms are outdoors, under trees, and therapists are elderly Zimbabwean women, known as community grandmothers.

Stigmatization of Mental Illness in Africa

World Mental Health Day, held on 10 October each year is an opportunity to raise awareness of mental health internationally. Stigma needs to be a priority in the African context.

World Mental Health Day, held on 10 October each year is an opportunity to raise awareness of mental health internationally. Stigma needs to be a priority in the African context.