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John Norcross | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Rutgers University-Camden (BA) University of Rhode Island (MA, PhD) |
| Relatives | George Norcross (brother) Donald Norcross (brother) |
John C. Norcross (born 1957) is an American professor, clinical psychologist, and author in psychotherapy, behavior change, and self-help.[1][2]
He is Distinguished Professor and chair of psychology at the University of Scranton and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University.[3] He also maintained a part-time practice of clinical psychology in Scranton, Pennsylvania for 36 years.[citation needed]
Norcross is author of over 400 publications and more than 23 books. His two self-help books are Changeology and Changing for Good (the latter with James O. Prochaska and Carlo C. DiClemente). His approach to therapy has been called integrative and pragmatic, inspired in part by his interest in pragmatist philosophy, an interest that dates back to his undergraduate years.[4]: 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 attorney Philip A. Norcross, were raised in Pennsauken and Merchantville, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University–Camden[5] 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 Brown University Medical School.[6]
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 has received many awards, such as the Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Education & Training Award from the American Psychological Association[2] and the Pennsylvania Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[7] He has been elected to the National Academies of Practice and is fellow of a dozen professional associations. [7]
- ^ "John C. Norcross, PhD, Receives National Register Lifetime Achievement Award". nationalregister.org. National Register of Health Service Psychologists. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Norcross - Faculty - The University of Scranton". scranton.edu. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ 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. S2CID 36811056.
- ^ "Rutgers–Camden Finest: John C. Norcross, CCAS'80". camden.rutgers.edu. Rutgers University–Camden. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ Weiner, Irving B.; Craighead, W. Edward, eds. (2010). "Norcross, John C. [brief biographical entry]". The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9780470479216. ISBN 9780470170274. OCLC 429227903.
- ^ a b 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.