Steven Walker
Sessional lecturer
University of Essex
UK
Biography
Steven is an Alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science where he gained an MSc in Social Work and Social Policy. He qualified as a Psychotherapist in 1991 from Birckbeck College, University of London and specialized in working in child protection and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. During his academic career, he gained an MPhil in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and was appointed Principal Lecturer, Head of Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Anglia Ruskin University where he designed an award-winning, multidisciplinary training course for all staff working with troubled young people. Steven has published 14 books and over 50 International peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented his research at 10 International Conferences in Russia, Spain, Australia, Hong Kong, Buenos Aries, Greece, Scotland, and the UK. He currently works as a sessional lecturer with Ph.D. Psychology students at Essex University and as a volunteer Counsellor with a local Youth Charity
Research Interest
Cyberbullying, multi-cultural service provision, refugees and asylum seekers, and feminist practice