Dr. John Beck, AZ Psychologist PSY-000956

Dr. John Beck is a licensed psychologist in Arizona, listed as AZ Psychologist PSY-000956, who brings more than 40 years of clinical experience and a specialty background in neuropsychology and medical psychology. He holds a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed an APA-approved internship in Medical Psychology at Washington University School of Medicine. He is also nationally board certified, a distinction held by fewer than 10% of licensed psychologists.

Across his career he has served in leadership and academic roles, including Director of Pediatric Psychology at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Assistant Director of a Family Medicine Residency Program in Scottsdale, and multiple appointments at the University of Arizona School of Medicine in Pediatrics, Family and Community Medicine, and Orthopedics working with chronic pain issues. For two decades he directed a large internal Employee Assistance Program serving a hospital system of roughly 10,000 employees and their dependents, work that informed his understanding of life-work balance and corporate stress. He retired two years ago and sold his private practice.

His therapeutic approach is eclectic and tailored to the individual or family, drawing on methods such as cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, solution-focused work, existential perspectives, and somatic techniques as appropriate. He commonly emphasizes short-term, solution-oriented problem solving augmented by educational material when useful. He is non-judgmental and tolerant of diverse lifestyles, and often encourages small, practical changes that can produce meaningful improvement.