Prof. Dr. Sarah K. Schäfer
Co-group leader at the LIR, Full professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of Children and Adolescents & scientific head of the psychotherapy outpatient units for children and adolescents at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
1991
Co-group leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz (together with Prof Dr Klaus Lieb)
Full professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of Children and Adolescents & scientific head of the psychotherapy outpatient units for children and adolescents at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
PhD in Psychology (Dr rer nat), Saarland University (summa cum laude)
Master of Science in Psychology, Saarland University
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Saarland University
Licensed Psychotherapist for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (adults, additional training in psychotherapy for children and adolescents)
Co-group leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (together with Prof Dr Klaus Lieb)
Full professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of Children and Adolescents & scientific head of the psychotherapy outpatient units for children and adolescents at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
Parental leave
Assistant professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of Children and Adolescents & scientific head of the psychotherapy outpatient units for children and adolescents (JuKiPsy, BiPsy) at Technische Universität Braunschweig
Postdoctoral researcher, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (head: Prof Dr Klaus Lieb)
Postdoctoral researcher, University Medicine Greifswald, Division of Prevention Research and Social Medicine (head: Prof Dr Susanne Wurm)
PhD student, Saarland University, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (head: Prof Dr Tanja Michael)
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research Young Investigator Award
Peer Mentoring Program, German Psychological Society, Health Psychology Section (together with Dr Anne Möhring, Greifswald University Medicine)
Dissertation price, Saarland University
Scholarship holder of German Academic Exchange Service, conference travel
Scholarship holder of German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.)
Schaubruch LM, Schäfer CG, Burmeister CF, Lieb K, Schäfer SK (2025) The World Health Organization's Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions: A systematic review on current evidence regarding effectiveness and implementation. Psychother Psychosom. 1-31. doi: 10.1159/000549240
>> Link to PubmedSchäfer SK, von Boros L, Schaubruch LM, Kunzler AM, Lindner S, Koehler F, Werner T, Zappalà F, Helmreich I, Wessa M, Lieb K, Tüscher O (2024) Digital interventions to promote psychological resilience: a systematic review and meta-analysis. npj Digit Med. 2024;7(1):30. Published 2024 Feb 8. doi:10.1038/s41746-024-01017-8
>> Link to articleSchäfer SK, Supke M, Kausmann C, Schaubruch LM, Lieb K, Cohrdes C (2024) A systematic review of individual, social, and societal resilience factors in response to societal challenges and crises. Commun Psychol. 2024;2(1):92. Published 2024 Oct 5. doi:10.1038/s44271-024-00138-w
>> Link to articleSchäfer SK, Thomas LM, Lindner S, Lieb K (2023) World Health Organization’s low-intensity psychosocial interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of Problem Management Plus and Step-by-Step. World Psychiatry. 22(3):449-462. doi: 10.1002/wps.21129
>> Link to PubmedSchäfer SK, Fritz J, Sopp MR, Kunzler AM, von Boros L, Tüscher O, Göritz AS, Lieb K, Michael T (2023) Interrelations of resilience factors and their incremental impact for mental health: insights from network modeling using a prospective study across seven timepoints. Transl Psychiatry. 13(1):328. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02603-2
>> Link to PubmedSchäfer SK, Kunzler AM, Kalisch R, Tüscher O, Lieb K (2022) Trajectories of resilience and mental distress to global major disruptions (2022) Trajectories of resilience and mental distress to global major disruptions. Trends Cogn Sci.. 2022 Dec;26(12):1171-1189. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.017. Epub 2022 Oct 24.
>> Link to Pubmed