Elizabeth Johnson Lee

Elizabeth Johnson Lee was born in Palo Alto, California. She graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1983 with a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts, then earned her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, San Francisco in 1988. Elizabeth became a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in July, 1998. She is a Spiritual Counselor and Legal Clergy in her community and lives in Palo Alto, California with her husband, two children and their hyperactive poodle. She and her son both have Tourette syndrome. She is grateful for readers posting reviews of her book on Amazon. Email her at liz@funghi.com, or visit her at http://elizabethjohnsonlee.com. Check out her blog at http://elizabethjohnsonlee.dreamwidth.org.

Elizabeth's article Scatterbrain won first prize in the 1999 Jack London Writer's Contest on March 6, 1999.

The Bay Area Parent magazine published her article, Tourette Syndrome: Bay Area Mother Helps Child to Succeed (October, 2003).

http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/growing_up_with_tourette_syndrome.html.

She is a Contributor to the Palo Alto Weekly. They published her columns:

Safety is Everyone's Responsibility, and What's the Hurry Anyway? (December 13, 2006)

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=3694

What to do if Your Child is Bullied (January 30, 2008)

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=7604

Some Therapist (and Mom) Thoughts on Adolescent Depression (June 12, 2009)

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=11148

Smiling (Ruefully) at Responses to Bi-Racial Families (July 9, 2010)

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=13245

'Alternative High Schools" Used to be Palo Alto's Solution to Overstressed Students (October 1, 2010)

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/toc.php?i=388

Solving a Problem of Giving, Receiving ... and Giving Back? (November 26, 2010)

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=13996

'Welfare Moms' Need Respect (January 28, 2011)

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=14316

New Living Magazine published her article, Why Parents and Educators Should Always Intervene When a Child is Bullied (June 30 2013)

Modern Sage Magazine published her article, Surprising Truths about Tourette Syndrome--and Natural Alternatives to Medications (July 12, 2013)

http://www.modernsage.com/surprising-truths-about-tourette-syndrome-and-natural-alternatives-to-medications/

USA Today published her article, The Torture of Tourette (September 2013)