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Lisa Damour

PhD
Damour in 2017
Damour in 2017
BornLisa Kendall Damour
(1970-11-07) November 7, 1970 (age 53)
Denver, Colorado, United States
Occupation
  • Clinical psychologist
  • Author
  • Public speaker
  • Researcher
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Education
Period2000–current
Subjects
  • Adolescence
  • Parenting
  • Child development
  • Stress and anxiety
Website
www.drlisadamour.com

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

Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

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.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

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.[6][7] Under Pressure was a New York Times best seller.[8]

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.[9][10]

Damour writes about adolescents for The New York Times and is a regular contributor to CBS News[11] and UNICEF.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Damour lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.[13]

Honors and awards[edit]

In 2016, Damour received a Books for a Better Life: Childcare and Parenting Award for Untangled.[14] In 2019, Damour was recognized as a Thought Leader by the American Psychological Association.[15]

Books[edit]

  • First day to final grade: A graduate student's guide to teaching, with Anne Curzan, 2000, 2006, 2011. ISBN 978-0472067329
  • Abnormal psychology, with James Hansell, 2005, 2008. ISBN 978-0471389828
  • Untangled: Guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood, 2016. ISBN 978-0553393071
  • Under pressure: Confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls, 2019. ISBN 978-0399180057
  • The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents, 2023. ISBN 978-0593500019

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References[edit]

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