John C. Norcross

John C. Norcross is an American professor, board-certified clinical psychologist, and author in psychotherapy, behavior change, and self-help.
He is Distinguished Professor and chair of Psychology at the University of Scranton and Clinical 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 400 publications and more than 23 books. His two self-help books are Changeology and Changing for Good. His approach to therapy has been called integrative and pragmatic, inspired in part by his interest in pragmatist philosophy, an interest that dates back at least to his undergraduate years.
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.