Maggie Schauer is a clinical psychologist specializing in trauma-related disorders. She is the director of the Centre of Excellence for Psychotraumatology at the University of Konstanz. Her research projects are focused on multiple and complex traumatizations as well as the transgenerational consequences of violence and neglect.

Dr. Schauer works with child and adult survivors of organized and domestic violence. In collaboration with Professors Frank Neuner and Thomas Elbert, she developed Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), an intervention for the treatment of trauma-related disorders after multiple and complex trauma. Dr. Schauer coordinates Therapy and Social Interventions in war and crisis regions, in refugee camps after humanitarian crises and natural disasters, in demobilization projects for child soldiers. She is also active in treating survivors of torture and human rights violations both in their land of origins and in Germany with refugees and asylum seekers. She is a founding member of Vivo international (www.vivo.org), an NGO for the prevention and treatment of traumatic stress. And she is a founding member and advisor of the Babyforum, a network of experts specialized in the care of pregnant women, child welfare, and early intervention.