Maggie Schauer
Professor Margarete Schauer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margarete "Maggie" Schauer |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Clinical psychologist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Konstanz |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Konstanz |
Margarete "Maggie" Schauer is a German is a clinical psychologist specializing in trauma-related disorders. She is affiliated with the University of Konstanz. She is known for her work in trauma research and therapy, particularly as a co-developer of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).
Education and career
[edit ]Schauer earned her doctorate from the University of Konstanz and later completed her habilitation at the same institution. She leads the Psychotraumatology Competence Center at the University of Konstanz and is involved in research on multiple and complex traumatization, childhood trauma, and the transgenerational consequences of violence and neglect.
She leads the Psychotraumatology Competence Center at the University of Konstanz, where her research focuses on multiple and complex traumatization as well as the transgenerational effects of violence and neglect. Schauer has worked with children and adults affected by organized and family violence. Along with Frank Neuner and Thomas Elbert, she co-developed Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), a treatment for trauma-related disorders resulting from multiple and complex traumatic experiences.[1] She has also coordinated therapy and aid projects in conflict and crisis zones, refugee camps, and demobilization initiatives for former child soldiers. Additionally, she has worked with survivors of torture and human rights violations, both in their home countries and in Germany, including refugees and asylum seekers.[2]
Professional Affiliations
[edit ]Schauer is a founding member of vivo international, a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on the prevention and treatment of traumatic stress. She is also a founding member of Babyforum, a network of specialists dedicated to maternal and early childhood care.[3] Since 2022, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (SISST).
Recognition
[edit ]In 2015, Schauer received the August Forel Prize from the Board of Trustees of the Forel Clinic in Switzerland[4] and was awarded the Jaap Chrisstoffels Visiting Professorship at the University of Amsterdam. In 2016, she and Thomas Elbert were jointly awarded the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Prize by the German National Academy of Sciences for their contributions to trauma research.[5]
Selected books
[edit ]- Schauer, Maggie; Bleuel, Nataly; Elbert, Thomas (2024). Die einfachste Psychotherapie der Welt: wie wir die Ursache von Stress und Krankheit behandeln und den Kreislauf von Trauma und Gewalt durchbrechen. Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag. ISBN 9783644018037.[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Traumatized communities". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "Trauma und Therapie - Es gibt kaum Täter ohne eigene seelische Wunden". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German).
- ^ "Babyforum". University of Konstanz. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "Forschung gegen eine humanitäre Katastrophe". Universität Konstanz.
- ^ "Nationalakademie Leopoldina und Stifterverband ehren die Psychologen Maggie Schauer und Thomas Elbert mit dem Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker-Preis 2016". Leopoldina. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "»Die einfachste Psychotherapie der Welt«: Erzählen gegen Trauma und Angst". Spektrum.de (in German).