Applied Psychology for Social Workers
Paula Nicolson, Rowan Bayne (auth.)Psychology research & skills can be applied to social work and this book shows how this can be done in specific practical situations, such as the community and residential staff groups. Also included is material on child abuse, bereavement and loss and psychological type.
Paula Nicolson retired from her post as professor and former department head at Royal Holloway, the University of London in 2011. She is a Fellow and Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, the Academy of Social Sciences and the author of many academic papers, press articles and books. She now divides her time between writing academic books, novels and plays.
Rowan Bayne is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Counselling at the University of East London. His main expertise is in applied personality theory, counselling and counsellor training. He has published 18 books and has run courses on selection interviewing, personality differences and counselling for several major organisations such as the BBC, British Rail, the City of London and Warwick University.