Elisabeth Schauer

Elisabeth Schauer is a Public Mental Health Professional specialised in the field of Psychotraumatology, Women & Children's Health and Violence & Human Rights.
She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a focus on trauma treatment in crisis regions (University of Konstanz; Germany), an M.A. in Education and a MPH with a focus on International Health (Yale University, USA).
Furthermore, she has completed trainings in Advanced Mediation Skills, holds a Post-Graduate Degree in Adult Education and is a certified Client-Centred Counsellor, Gestalt Trainer and Gender Trainer.
Her professional focus on Global Health led her towards the implementation of projects for adults and children in resource poor countries, mostly in Southern and Eastern Africa, combining issues of human-, women- and children's rights with public health interventions and rights-based policy formulation. She worked for organisations such as UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO and UNAIDS, mainly in African, Eastern European, Central- and South Asian countries.
Since 2001, Elisabeth has taken over the coordination of vivo (please visit http://www.vivo.org/), an international NGO that aims at research, prevention and therapy of the consequences of traumatic stress on violence and conflict-affected individuals and communities.
She is experienced in the conceptualisation of community-based mental health structures after conflict and disasters, including the implementation of evidence-based trauma treatment approaches as well as the coordination, training, supervision of international as well as local staff teams.