Lisa Damour Explained

Lisa Damour
Honorific Suffix:PhD
Birth Name:Lisa Kendall Damour
Birth Date:November 7, 1970
Birth Place:Denver, Colorado, United States
Occupation:
  • Clinical psychologist
  • Author
  • Public speaker
  • Researcher
Language:English
Period:2000–current
Subjects:
  • Adolescence
  • Parenting
  • Child development
  • Stress and anxiety

Lisa Kendall Damour (born November 7, 1970) is an American clinical psychologist, author & vodcaster specializing in the development of teenage girls and young women.

Early life and education

Born in Denver, Colorado, Damour was raised in Denver, London, and Chicago. She graduated from Denver's Manual High School in 1988 before attending Yale University. After graduating with honors from Yale, Damour worked for the Yale Child Study Center. She then received her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan.[1]

Throughout these years, she held fellowships from Yale's Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy, the University of Michigan's Power Foundation, and the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Career

Lisa currently hosts the Ask Lisa Podcast along with Reena Ninan from Good Trouble Productions to help with parenting tips.[2] [3]

Damour maintains a private psychotherapy practice while also serving as senior advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University and executive director of Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls.[4] [5]

Damour has published academic papers, chapters, and books related to education and child development, including two editions of the college textbook Abnormal Psychology with James Hansell (2005, 2008) and three editions of First Day to Final Grade with Anne Curzan (2000, 2006, 2011).

Her first New York Times best seller, Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood (Random House, 2016), describes the seven distinct developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups.[6] [7]

Damour's 2019 book, Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls (Random House), examines sources of stress and anxiety for adolescents and ways that adults can support them.[8] [9] Under Pressure was a New York Times best seller.[10]

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents (Random House, 2023), another New York Times best seller, helps parents understand the emotional lives of their teenagers and support them through that developmental stage.[11] [12]

Damour writes about adolescents for The New York Times and is a regular contributor to CBS News[13] and UNICEF.[14] She also served as a consultant for the film Inside Out 2.

Personal life

Damour lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.[15]

Honors and awards

In 2016, Damour received a Books for a Better Life: Childcare and Parenting Award for Untangled.[16] In 2019, Damour was recognized as a Thought Leader by the American Psychological Association.[17]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lisa Damour, Ph.D. . Dr. Lisa Damour . 20 October 2019.
  2. https://www.purewow.com/family/best-parenting-podcasts The 20 Best Parenting Podcasts That Will Make You Laugh, Cry and Possibly Get Your Tubes Tied
  3. https://www.purewow.com/family/best-parenting-podcasts https://www.purewow.com/family/best-parenting-podcasts The 20 Best Parenting Podcasts That Will Make You Laugh, Cry and Possibly Get Your Tubes Tied
  4. Web site: Lisa Damour Joins Schubert Center as Senior Advisor . Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University . 20 October 2019.
  5. Web site: Lisa Damour, Ph.D. . Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls . 20 October 2019.
  6. News: Holbrook . Sharon . The mystery of parenting teen girls is "Untangled" with author Lisa Damour . 22 October 2019 . The Washington Post . February 9, 2016.
  7. News: Lee . Rebecca . Teen girls' transitions into adulthood "Untangled" . 22 October 2019 . CBS This Morning . February 9, 2016.
  8. News: Jensen . Erin . 'Under Pressure' author Lisa Damour talks 'normal' anxiety for girls, when to get help . 22 October 2019 . USA Today . February 18, 2019.
  9. Web site: Book review: Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls. 2020-06-13. Publishers Weekly.
  10. News: 2019-03-03. Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books - Best Sellers - March 3, 2019. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-06-13. 0362-4331.
  11. Web site: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents . Publishers Weekly . Publishers Weekly . 17 February 2023.
  12. Web site: Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous . New York Times . 4 March 2023.
  13. Web site: Lisa Damour. The New York Times. 20 October 2019.
  14. Web site: Damour. UNICEF. 13 November 2021.
  15. Web site: Lisa Damour, Ph.D. . Penguin Random House . 20 October 2019.
  16. Web site: Books for a Better Life Awards 2016 . Book Reporter . 20 October 2019.
  17. Web site: Thought Leader Q&A: Reframing Stress for Our Modern Culture . convention.apa.org . 17 February 2020 . en . 6 June 2019.