Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice
Dr. Morley D. Glicken is the former Dean of the Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio; the founding director of the Master of Social Work Department at California State University, San Bernardino; the past Director of the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Alabama; and the former Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Greater Tucson. He has also held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Department of Social Work at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.Dr. Glicken received his BA degree in social work with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota and holds an Master of Social Work degree from the University of Washington and the Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Social Work degrees from the University of Utah. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity.In 2010, Praeger Press published his books on workaholism and retirement and another on mature love. In 2009, Praeger Press published his bookA Simple Guide to Retirement(with Brian Haas). Elsevier, Inc. published his booksEvidence-Based Practice with Troubled Children and Adolescents: A Psychosocial Perspectiveand,Evidence Based Counseling and Psychotherapy with an Aging Population, also in 2009. In 2008he publishedA Guide to Writing for Human Service ProfessionalsforRowman and Littlefield Publishers. In 2006 he publishedLife Lessons from Resilient People, published by Sage Publications. He publishedWorking with Troubled Men: A Practitioner’s Guidefor Lawrence Erlbaum Publishersin 2005 andImproving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practicein 2004 for Sage Publications. In 2003 he publishedViolent Young Children, andUnderstanding and Using the Strengths Perspectivefor Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers. Dr. Glicken published twobooks for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers in 2002:The Role of the Helping Professions in the Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Crime(with Dale Sechrest) and,A Simple Guide to Social Research.Dr Glicken has published over 50 articles in professional journals and has written extensively on personnel issues for Dow Jones, the publisher of theWall Street Journal.He has held clinical social work licenses in Alabama and Kansas and is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Social Work at California State University, San Bernardino and Executive Director of the Institute for Personal Growth: A Research, Treatment, and Training Institute in Prescott, Arizona offering consulting services in counseling, research, and management.More information about Dr. Glicken may be obtained on his website: www.morleyglicken.com. A listing of all of his books may be found on Amazon.com at:https://authorcentral.amazon.com/v/1973805540 and he can be contacted by email at: mglicken@msn.com.