John C. Norcross

Who is John C. Norcross?

John C. Norcross, PhD, 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.

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.

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 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.