Joyce Block, Ph.D.

Joyce Block, Ph.D. grew up in New York City and earned her doctorate in psychology from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 1982. She received her clinical training from Coney Island Hospital and St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center and completed a two year post-doctoral fellowship in psychology at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. After working in a variety of inpatient and out-patient mental health settings, she opened her private practice in 1985....See more

Joyce Block, Ph.D. grew up in New York City and earned her doctorate in psychology from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 1982. She received her clinical training from Coney Island Hospital and St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center and completed a two year post-doctoral fellowship in psychology at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. After working in a variety of inpatient and out-patient mental health settings, she opened her private practice in 1985. Transplanted in 1991 to South Bend Indiana (a veritable culture shock for a psychologist who had never been in the midwest before) she has been teaching and practicing psychotherapy for over twenty years. She is the author of two previous books: Motherhood as Metamorphosis. Change and Continuity in the Life of a New Mother, which was published originally by E. P. Dutton in 1990, and Family Myths. Living our Roles, Betraying Ourselves, which was published by Simon and Schuster in 1994. Both books were translated into German by Bechtermunz, Verlag. In connection with her books, Dr. Block has appeared on numerous television and radio talk shows, including "Good Morning America," "Sonya Live," "The Fairfield Exchange," and "Chicago Talks." Trained as a facilitator by the Anti-Defamation League, "World of Difference Institute," Dr. Block has led workshops on social-cultural difference and tolerance for community organizations as well as high school students. She developed her own diverity program, "A Face not a Name," for the John Adams High School in South Bend. Her practice includes a wide variety of people from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, all of whom share a common struggle to make sense of themselves and their lives. Their conflicts and questions concerning what it actually means to feel worthwhile, healthy and happy, are echoes of her own. They have been the inspiration for this book. See less