Lisa Kendall Damour (born November 7, 1970) is an American clinical psychologist, author & vodcaster specializing in the development of teenagers. She is an expert contributor on CBS Mornings.

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Born in 1970 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 with a BA, Damour worked for the Yale Child Study Center. She then received a doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan.

Damour 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.^{[citation needed]}

Damour maintains a private psychology practice while also serving as senior advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University and was the founding director of Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls.^[1][2]

Damour has published 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.^[3][4] 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.^[5][6] Under Pressure was a New York Times best seller.^[7] 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.^[8][9]

Damour writes about adolescents for The New York Times and is a regular contributor to CBS News^[10] and UNICEF.^[11]

Damour served as a consultant for the Walt Disney Pictures movie Inside Out 2.^[12][13] The production team frequently consulted her and used her books as guidance on portraying how teenagers' emotions change during puberty.^[14]

Damour has hosted the Ask Lisa Podcast along with Reena Ninan to help with parenting tips since the summer of 2020.^[15][16][17]

Damour has given TED Talks.^[18][19]

Damour lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.^[20]

In 2016, Damour received a Books for a Better Life: Childcare and Parenting Award for Untangled.^[21]

In 2019, Damour was recognized as a Thought Leader by the American Psychological Association.^[22]

• 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

• Official Website