Lysa Parker

CEIM

Lysa Parker (Lisa) received both her bachelor’s in education and her master’s degree in Human Environmental Sciences specializing in human development and family studies. She earned her designation of Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) from the National Council on Family Relations in 2004 and was the 2014 president for the Southeast Council on Family Relations. Lysa is also a Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM).

She co-founded Attachment Parenting International (API) in 1994, a nonprofit parenting education & support organization, she served as the executive director for thirteen years and continues to serve on the Board of Directors.

Lysa is the coauthor Attached at the Heart: Eight Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children (iUniverse 2009, HCI, 2013, Praeclarus Press 2024) and the co-developer of a new curriculum based on her book. The first edition of Attached at the Heart won the 2009 Book of the Year Gold award from Foreword Magazine.