{"id":5310,"date":"2026-07-05T12:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=5310"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:56:56","slug":"pearl-brock","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/ga\/faculty\/pearl-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Brock, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.bio-section {\n  max-width: 1000px;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  padding: 20px;\n  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\n  color: #2b2b2b;\n}\n.bio-heading {\n  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n  font-size: 1.9rem;\n  font-weight: bold;\n  color: #1a1a1a;\n  padding-bottom: 14px;\n  border-bottom: 2px solid #4a8299;\n  margin: 0 0 30px 0;\n}\n.bio-card {\n  background-color: #f6f4ee;\n  padding: 45px 55px;\n}\n.bio-name {\n  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\n  font-size: 1.9rem;\n  font-weight: bold;\n  color: #1a1a1a;\n  margin: 0 0 12px 0;\n  padding-bottom: 18px;\n  border-bottom: 1px solid #c9c6bd;\n}\n.bio-specialty {\n  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n  font-size: 0.95rem;\n  letter-spacing: 0.18em;\n  text-transform: uppercase;\n  color: #555555;\n  margin: 26px 0 0 0;\n}\n.bio-rule {\n  width: 90px;\n  height: 2px;\n  background-color: #4e7a5e;\n  margin: 18px 0 34px 0;\n}\n.bio-text {\n  font-size: 1.2rem;\n  line-height: 1.7;\n  color: #2b2b2b;\n  margin: 0 0 26px 0;\n}\n.bio-text:last-child {\n  margin-bottom: 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"bio-section\">\n\n\n  <div class=\"bio-card\">\n    <h2 class=\"bio-name\">Dr. Pearl Brock, PhD, MIACP, MBACP, MIAPP<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"bio-specialty\">Psychodynamics, Psychotherapy &amp; Applied Humanities<\/p>\n    <div class=\"bio-rule\"><\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"bio-text\">\n      Dr. Pearl Brock is a Consultant Clinical Psychotherapist, educator, researcher, and Clinical\n      Director of Think Well Psychotherapy Clinic, working clinically, academically, and within forensic\n      settings. Before entering full-time clinical practice and academia, she spent many years serving\n      within the Church \u2014 an experience that fostered a lifelong interest in meaning, ethics,\n      spirituality, and the depth dimensions of human experience.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"bio-text\">\n      Her work integrates psychodynamic and Jungian thought with philosophy, narrative, and the humanities.\n      She is the founder of Personal Philosophy Focused Psychotherapy (PPFP), and her research explores the\n      use of storytelling and symbolic imagination in facilitating psychological growth and individuation.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"bio-text\">\n      Professor Brock teaches, supervises, and presents internationally on psychotherapy, ethics, and the\n      application of the humanities to human flourishing.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Pearl Brock, PhD, MIACP, MBACP, MIAPP Psychodynamics, Psychotherapy &amp; Applied Humanities Dr. Pearl Brock is a Consultant Clinical Psychotherapist, educator, researcher, and Clinical Director of Think Well Psychotherapy Clinic, working clinically, academically, and within forensic settings. 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