Dr. Tina Hsu Schweizer (she/they) is a Staff Psychologist in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Center at EBTCS. She has significant training and experience in evidence-based interventions for adolescents and adults dealing with emotion dysregulation, suicidality, self-harm, depression and anxiety.
Dr. Schweizer completed a B.A. in Psychology at New York University, M.A in Psychology at Stony Brook University, M.A. in Child Clinical Psychology at the University of Denver, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their research examines how cognitive, emotional, and environmental factors influence one another to contribute to depression and co-occurring difficulties (e.g., anxiety) across significant developmental transitions.
Dr. Schweizer became especially interested in DBT during her predoctoral internship at the University of Washington, School of Medicine where she completed specialized training in DBT and provided therapy services at Seattle Children’s Hospital. They completed their postdoctoral fellowship with the DBT Center at EBTCS.
In addition to DBT, Dr. Schweizer has significant experience with other evidence-based interventions including mindfulness-based approaches, exposure therapy, and behavioral parenting training.
Dr. Schweizer strives to work collaboratively and compassionately with clients and their caregivers, and is passionate about providing gender affirming and culturally responsive care.
Dr. Schweizer is a member of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53. They are licensed psychologist in the state of Washington and a member of PSYPACT with authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology (APIT).
Outside of work, Dr. Schweizer enjoys spending time in nature, yoga, mindfulness, art, and dancing.
PUBLICATIONS AND MORE INFORMATION
Hankin, B. L., Schweizer, T. H., & Young, J. F. (2025). Trajectories of Rumination and Negative Cognitive Style From Late Childhood Through Adolescence: Modeling Normative Growth Patterns and Predicting Cognitive Vulnerabilities. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(6), 1126-1145. doi: 10.1177/21677026251335346
Osborne, T. L., Ravid, A., Harper, J., Shope, M., & Schweizer, T.H. (2024). Factors associated with burnout among cognitive-behavioral therapists during COVID-19. The Behavior Therapist, 47, 214-226.
Schweizer, T.H., Snyder, H.R., Young, J.F., & Hankin, B.L. (2021). Prospective Prediction of Depression and Anxiety by Integrating Negative Emotionality and Cognitive Vulnerabilities in Children and Adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00839-4
Lee, Y., Schweizer, T.H., Young, J.F., & Hankin, B.L. (2021). The interplay of chronic interpersonal stress and rumination on nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00820-1
Schweizer, T. H., Snyder, H. R., Young, J. F., & Hankin, B. L. (2020). The breadth and potency of transdiagnostic cognitive risks for psychopathology in youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(3), 196–211. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000470
Schweizer, T.H., Snyder, H.R., & Hankin, B.L. (2018). A reformulated architecture of cognitive risks for psychopathology: Common and specific dimensions and links to internalizing outcomes in adolescence. Assessment, 1-22. doi: 10.1177/1073191118804878
Schweizer, T.H., & Hankin, B.L. (2018). Cognitive risks: Translating stress into psychopathology. In K. Harkness & E.P. Hayden (Eds.), The oxford handbook of stress and mental health. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190681777.001.0001
Long, E.E., Griffith, J.M., Haraden, D.H, Jivanjee, F.F., Schweizer, T.H., & Hankin, B.L. (2017). Depressive disorders in childhood. In Encyclopedia of child and adolescent development. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Schweizer, T.H., Olino, T.M., Dyson, M.W., Laptook, R.S., & Klein, D.N. (2018). Developmental origins of rumination in middle childhood: The roles of early temperamental anger, inhibitory control and positive parenting. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2017.1359787
Hankin, B.L., Snyder, H.R., Gulley, L.D., Schweizer, T.H., Bijttebier, P., Nelis, S., … & Vasey, M.W. (2016). Understanding comorbidity among internalizing problems: Integrating latent structural models of psychopathology and risk mechanisms. Development and Psychopathology, 28(4), 987-1012. doi:10.1017/S0954579416000663