Lise DuPont is a former licensed clinician. She graduated from high school from Our Lady of the Mountains Academy in New Hampshire. She has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Maine, a Master's degree from the University of New England, and completed two years of Post-Graduate training at the Center for the Awareness of Patterns. She was born in the suburbs of Quebec City, Province of Quebec, Canada, and is now a citizen of Maine. She is married and has three grown sons, Steve, Brad, and Joey. She also has four grandchildren Marina, Nathan, Quinn, and Evan. Ms. DuPont became interested in research and law for approximately twenty-five years, and some of that research is the result of this book.