John C. Norcross

John C. Norcross (born 1957) is an American professor, clinical psychologist, and board-certified specialist[1] in psychotherapy, behavior change, and self-help.[2][3]

John C. Norcross
Born1957
Alma materRutgers University–Camden (B.A.)
University of Rhode Island (M.A., Ph.D)
RelativesGeorge Norcross III (brother)
Donald Norcross (brother)

He is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University.[1] He also maintains a part-time practice of clinical psychology in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Norcross is author of over 400 publications and more than 20 books. His two self-help books are Changeology[4] and Changing for Good (the latter with James O. Prochaska and Carlo C. DiClemente). His approach to therapy has been called pragmatic, inspired in part by his interest in pragmatist philosophy, an interest that dates back at least to his undergraduate years, when he wrote an undergraduate honors thesis on pragmatist philosophers such as William James, John Dewey, and Charles Sanders Peirce.[5]:130

Norcross was born in 1957 at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, the son of George E. Norcross, Jr. and Carol Norcross. He and his three brothers, George Norcross III, congressman Donald Norcross, and Philip A. Norcross, were raised in Pennsauken and Merchantville, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University–Camden[6] with a B.A. in psychology, the University of Rhode Island with a M.A. and Ph.D in clinical psychology, and then completed his internship at Alpert Medical School.[7]

Norcross has served as president of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychotherapy, the Society of Clinical Psychology, and the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI). He received the Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Education & Training Award from the American Psychological Association[3] and the Pennsylvania Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[8] He has been elected to the National Academies of Practice.[8]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. "Norcross - Faculty - The University of Scranton". scranton.edu. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. "John C. Norcross, PhD, Receives National Register Lifetime Achievement Award". nationalregister.org. National Register of Health Service Psychologists. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. "John C. Norcross: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training". American Psychologist. 60 (8): 837–840. November 2005. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.60.8.837. PMID 16351422.
  4. "Changeology website". Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. Wolf, Abraham W. (June 2003). "Pragmatism, pluralism, and psychotherapy relationships: an interview with John C. Norcross, Ph.D.". Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. 33 (2): 129–143. doi:10.1023/A:1022887205178.
  6. "Rutgers–Camden Finest: John C. Norcross, CCAS'80". camden.rutgers.edu. Rutgers University–Camden. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. Weiner, Irving B.; Craighead, W. Edward, eds. (2010). "Norcross, John C. [brief biographical entry]". The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology. 3 (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9780470479216. ISBN 9780470170274. OCLC 429227903.
  8. Koocher, Gerald P.; Norcross, John C.; Greene, Beverly, eds. (2013). "Contributors". Psychologists' desk reference (3rd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/med:psych/9780199845491.001.0001. ISBN 9780199845491. OCLC 828265237.
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