John Norcross

John C. Norcross, PhD, (born 1957) is a university professor, clinical psychologist, and specialist in psychotherapy, behavior change, and self-help.

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

Norcross is author of over 300 publications and more than 20 books. His two self-help books are Changeology and Changing for Good (the latter with James O. Prochaska and Carlo C. DiClemente).

Among his professional books are Psychotherapy Relationships that Work, History of Psychotherapy, Leaving It at the Office: Psychotherapist Self-Care, and Self-Help that Works. He has also coauthored 10 editions of the Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical & Counseling Psychology and 8 editions of Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis (with Prochaska).

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, Donald Norcross, and Philip A. Norcross) were raised in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University 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 School of Medicine.

Norcross is past-president of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychotherapy as well as the Division of Clinical Psychology. He received the Distinguished Contributions to Education & Training Award from the American Psychological Association. He was named Pennsylvania Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He has been elected to the National Academies of Practice.