The Book That Explains Why Our Approach to Teen Unhappiness Is All Wrong

Despite being a rule-follower with a pathological need to turn my homework in on time, I still excelled at teen angst. There were nights when all I wanted to do was shut myself in my bedroom, crank up Sarah McLachlan’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (if you know, you know), and surrender to the mood swings of adolescence.

In her new book The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, Lisa Damour, a clinical psychologist, author, and host of the Ask Lisa podcast, makes a profound observation about how our view of adolescent distress has changed over the past 20 years. Despite being more in tune with the language of therapy and mental health, we have, as a culture, become more uncomfortable with the painful feelings that inevitably go along with being a teenager. And that is having a negative impact on teens and parents.

As Damour writes, “Twenty years ago, I still felt myself to be part of a broader society that accepted, albeit begrudgingly, that painful feelings are a natural part of life. Today, I am trying to figure out how uncomfortable feelings came to be seen as psychological states that ought to be prevented

Recognized as a thought leader by the American Psychological Association, Dr. Lisa Damour co-hosts the Ask Lisa podcast, writes about adolescents for the New York Times, appears as a regular contributor to CBS News, and works in collaboration with UNICEF. She is the author of two New York Times best sellers, Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood and Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls. Dr. Damour serves as a Senior Advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University and has written numerous academic papers, chapters, and books related to education and child development. She maintains a clinical practice and also speaks to schools, professional organizations, and corporate groups around the world on the topics of child and adolescent development, family mental health, and adult well-being.

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Lisa Damour

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
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The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
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Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
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The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
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The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
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Estresse e ansiedade: Encarando a epidemia nas garotas
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Lisa Damour Collection 3 Books Set
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Desenredadas: Una guía para comprender y acompañar a las adolescentes en las siete fases clave hacia la edad adulta
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Lisa Damour

Lisa Damour Books

  • The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

  • Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls

  • Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

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