Lisa Lombard, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist in independent private practice for 30 years treats children and adults experiencing anxiety, stress-mediated health concerns, and pain. She draws upon her clinical and research training in hypnosis to help children and families (re)-discover resiliency. She is a former Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research (CFAAR), and for many years has been a school-based clinical psychologist and consultant. She is also the psychological advisor for Alerje, a start-up firm that has developed a multi-disciplinary app to support patients engaged in oral immunotherapy (OIT). While on the NU faculty she researched psychosocial factors related to chronic health conditions like food allergies. She also led the development of a free, web-based platform of tiered behavioral health support for healthcare providers and staff.
In March 2022 she formed an initiative, Comfort Kits for Children, in collaboration with NPHTI and Health Frontiers. This organization, soon to be a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, has sent about 300 kits/guidance pamphlets that support children’s emotional re-regulation after exposure to trauma to Ukraine and Poland, offered webinars to pediatric healthcare providers in Ukraine and elsewhere, and launched a website of curated behavioral health resources for children and caregivers. In August 2022 the mission expanded to offer these resources to children in Chicagoland exposed to traumatic experiences.
She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology/Human Development from the University of Chicago, where she conducted research on self-directed hypnosis with Erika Fromm, PhD. She is an ASCH Approved Consultant and the President of the Chicago Society for Clinical Hypnosis. She is the APA Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis) Council Representative and is a former Clinical Section Head of the Illinois Psychological Association (IPA). She has been on the NPHTI faculty since 2012, joined the NPHTI Board of Directors in 2020, and was elected President of the Board of Directors in January 2021.
