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Dr. Joel Block

SPECIALIST IN: Love and Sex

Joel D. Block, Ph.D., is an award-winning psychologist, practicing couple/sex therapy and conducting couple-relationship seminars throughout the United States. In his writing and practice, Dr. Block has spent three decades specializing in couple and sexual issues. He has trained and supervised countless psychologists in couple/sex therapy.

Dr. Block is the author of numerous magazine articles and 15 books, including: Naked Intimacy: How to Increase True Openness in Your Relationship; Broken Promises, Mended Hearts: Maintaining Trust in Love Relationships; and Secrets of Better Sex, featured in the New York Times. His latest book: Making it Work When You Work a Lot: 10 Power Strategies for Connecting as a Couple will be published in October 2005.

Dr. Block has appeared on all three morning network news shows (CBS, NBC and ABC), countless radio shows, and has been a psychology consultant to ABC. In addition, he is a senior psychologist on the staff of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Block provides clear and knowledgeable advice on sexuality issues on his programs for The Hypnosis Network. A believer in the power of hypnosis to help with these issues, Dr. Block teams with Sex Therapist and Hypnotist Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D., on these groundbreaking programs.

Dr. Block is also “Ask the Relationship Guru," for Lifestyle Condoms. You can find him answering questions about sexuality at www.Lifestyles.com.
Education & Professional Details
EDUCATION
  B.S., Education and Psychology, State University of New York
M.S., Counseling Psychology, State University of New York
  Ph.D., Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Syracuse University
Post-Doctorate, Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy, Institute for Advanced Study of Rational Emotive Psychotherapy
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
  Diplomate Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology
  Diplomate, Family Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  American Psychological Association
  American Association of Marital and Family Therapists
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists
New York State Psychological Association
Nassau County Psychological Association
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
BOOKS
  Block, J.D. (2002). Naked Intimacy: How to Increase True Openness in Your Relationship. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Block, J.D. (2001). Broken Promises, Mended Hearts: Maintaining Trust in Love Relationships. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Block, J.D. (2001). Secrets of Better Sex. New York: Prentice-Hall.
Block, J.D. (1997). The Romance of Sex: Tips for Romantic Lovemaking. New York: Prentice Hall Art.
Block, J.D. (1998). Special Days & Nights For Lovers. New York: Barnes & Noble.
Block, J.D. (1998). Sex Over 50. Grand Rapids, MI: Parker Publishing Company.
Block, J.D. (2001). Love Recreated: A Tale of Relationship Success. Gretna, LA: SelfHelpBooks.com.
Block, J.D. (2000). The Magic of Lasting Love. Gretna, LA: Wellness Institute
Block, J.D. (2000). The Other Man, The Other Woman: Understanding and Coping With Extramarital Affairs. Gretna, LA: Wellness Institute.
Block, J.D. Lasting Love.
PUBLICATIONS
  Block, J.D. (1980). Effects of rational-emotive therapy on overweight adults. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 17:277-280.
  Block, J.D. (1978). Effects of a rational-emotive mental health program on poorly achieving, disruptive high school students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 25:60-65.
AWARDS
  2003 Outstanding Couple and Family Therapist of the Year
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Professional Experience
CURRENT
  Private Practice, Individual, Marital/Sex and Family Therapy, Long Island, NY
  Senior Psychologist, Human Sexuality Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Columnist, “Ask the Relationship Guru," Lifestyle Condoms, www.Lifestyles.com website.
PAST
  Consulting Psychologist, American Health Foundation, New York, NY
  Psychologist/Team Leader, New York City Bueau of Child Guidance, Richmond Hill, NY
Staff Psychologist, Jamaica Center for Psychotherapy, Jamaica, NY