Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. The second edition of Single-Session Therapy enables therapists to work with clients for one session and achieve possible and realistic results.
Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. The second edition of Single-Session Therapy enables therapists to work with clients for one session and achieve possible and realistic results.
This book presents the 100 main features of the approach, providing an accessible, succinct overview. Based on the author's extensive work demonstrating the effectiveness of Single-Session Therapy (SST), this concise and practical book covers topics such as:
- The goals of SST
- Characteristics of good SST clients
- Responding effectively to the clients very first contact
- Creating and maintaining a working focus
- Making an emotional impact
Updated with refocused key points and references, this second edition will also include new information about therapists misconceptions of SST, the single-session mindset, and the working alliance.
Both concise and practical, the book will be invaluable to psychotherapists and counsellors in training and practice.
Part 1: THE NATURE AND FOUNDATIONS OF SST
1. What is SST?
2. The
development of SST
3. What SST is not
4. Even a brief encounter can be
therapeutic
5. The expandable nature of therapy length
6. The modal number of
therapy sessions internationally is one', and the majority of people who
attend for one session are satisfied
7. It is difficult to predict, with
accuracy, how many therapy sessions a client will attend
8. What is a
drop-out'?
9. Intermittent therapy through the life cycle
10. Sooner is
better and less is more
11. Human beings can help themselves quickly under
specific circumstances
12. The choice of SST is the client's, but sometimes
this choice is limited
13. Time in SST
14. The SST mindset and its practical
implications
15. Client empowerment
16. Service delivery
17. The diverse
nature of SST
18. The goals of SST
19. SST challenges established beliefs
about therapy and change
20. The length of SST
21. Different approaches to
SST
22. Different types of help in SST Part 2: THE ASSUMPTIONS OF SST
23.
Client-centred and client-driven
24. Reciprocity in openness and feedback
25.
Future-oriented, but present and past sensitive
26. Readiness
27.
Strengths-based
28. Use of external resources
29. Complex problems do not
always require complex solutions
30. The journey begins with the first few
steps Part 3: FACILITATIVE CONDITIONS FOR SST
31. Intentionality
32. Expect
change
33. Clarity
34. Effective session structure
35. Effective goal-setting
36. The therapist's use of expertise rather than being the expert
37. Helpful
attitudes for SST therapists
38. Characteristics of good' SST therapists
39.
SST: the do's
40. SST: the don'ts
41. A conducive environment for SST
42. The
pluralistic nature of SST
43. Characteristics of good' SST clients
44. The
process of SST Part 4: CRITERIA FOR SST
45. The client criteria question
46.
Therapist indications and contra-indications for SST
47. Service indications
and contra-indications for SST Part 5: GETTING SST OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT
48.
Respond effectively to the person's very first contact
49. Helping the client
to prepare for the session Part 6: GETTING THE MOST FROM THE SESSION
50.
Agree or review parameters
51. Be mindful of the working alliance in SST
52.
Begin the session
53. Focus on a problem that can be solved, not one that
cant be solved
54. Create and maintain a working focus
55. Help clients deal
with adversity, if possible
56. Negotiate a goal
57. Understand how clients
unwittingly maintain their problems and use this understanding to help them
solve these problems
58. What to change: I. Individual-focused change
59.
What to change: II. Environment-focused change
60. Focus on and use pivot
chords
61. Agree markers for change
62. Notice and encourage change
63. Focus
on the second response not the first
64. Look for exceptions to the problem
65. Look for instances of the goal already happening
66. Encourage the client
to do more of what works or might work and less of what doesn't work
67. Make
an emotional impact
68. Utilise the client's internal strengths and external
resources
69. Identify and utilise the client's role model
70. Utilise
topophilia in SST
71. The use of stories and parables
72. Use humour
73. Use
paradox
74. Use the friend technique'
75. The use of chairwork in SST
76.
Convert meaning into a useful and memorable phrase
77. Educate when clients
appear to lack information or have faulty information
78. Agree on the
solution
79. Encourage the client to practice the solution in the session, if
possible
80. Have the client summarise the process
81. Take-aways
82. Action
planning and implementation
83. End the session I. General points
84. End the
session II. Accessing further help
85. After the session I. Reflection, the
recording and the transcript
86. After the session II. Client feedback
87.
Follow-up: Outcome and service evaluation
88. Example of an SST structure
Part 7: WALK-IN THERAPY
89. Two pathways to help
90. The nature of walk-in
therapy
91. The case for walk-in therapy
92. Foster an alliance with the
service rather than with a specific therapist
93. How walk-in services are
advertised
94. A guideline for walk-in session structure influenced by brief
narrative therapy Part 8: OTHER FORMS OF SST
95. Therapy demonstrations
96.
Filmed training tapes
97. Second opinions Part 9: SST COMMON ERRORS, COMMON
CONCERNS AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
98. Common errors made in SST
99. Common concerns therapists have about SST
100. Frequently asked questions
about SST and walk-in therapy
Windy Dryden is in clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on Single-Session Therapy. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 45 years and is the author or editor of over 265 books.
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