Local Author, Dr. Lise Deguire, Embarks on National Speaking Tour

Dr. Lise Deguire, clinical psychologist and author of the multi award-winning memoir, Flashback Girl: Lessons on Resilience from a Burn Survivor, has an important message that is now reaching thousands of readers and event attendees around the world. Since the book’s release in 2020, Dr. Deguire has been approached to speak in-person and virtually for a variety of groups, including: national burn conferences, psychological associations, corporations, government organizations, women’s empowerment groups, chamber of commerce events, schools and colleges, faith-based congregations and book clubs.

From March through October, she has already been invited to speak at 16 events. She will be appearing in New York, Las Vegas, and Arizona, in addition to speaking locally. She will be keynoting as well as moderating and participating in panels. Topics include: “Finding and Cultivating Your Resilience,” “Triumph Over Trauma,” “From Trauma into Community,” and “Living Lessons.”

“My goal when I wrote Flashback Girl was to help others overcome grief and trauma by shining an example from my own personal life experiences. I hoped to provide both inspirational and practical strategies that others could utilize as a tool kit to help lead a happy and joy-filled life, despite life’s tragedies. I am extremely grateful to all of these in-person and online forums that have provided me the opportunity to reach others. Whether someone has experienced trauma first-hand or not, there are many benefits to hearing my story. Among them include lessons of compassion, empathy, gratitude, coping mechanisms, self-love and embracing the love of others.”

Dr. Deguire’s full schedule of 2022 presentations can be viewed here.

Dr. Lise Deguire is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Pennington, NJ. At the age of four, she was third degree burned over 65% of her body, a result of both maternal and corporate negligence. Against the odds, she lived through this injury, enduring countless surgeries, extended hospital stays, and while attending different schools, faced loneliness, ostracism, and bullying. She grew up in a dysfunctional family and lost four members of her family to suicide. Despite these life challenges, Dr. Deguire has forged a triumphant path towards love, health, and life satisfaction. She waited 50 years, until all of her family members had died to tell her story. She is the author of her multiple award-winning memoir Flashback Girl: Lessons on Resilience from a Burn Survivor.