He earned his Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and his Doctoral Degree from Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Block is a Licensed Psychologist in Maryland, where he previously lived, and California. He has been a clinical supervisor, teacher and mentor to many aspiring clinicians in his role as a faculty member at the University of Maryland Medical School Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Block has been in private practice for over twenty years and his clinical training has included a fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health and an internship at Spring Grove Hospital Center in Baltimore, Maryland.