1st Edition
How to Think and Intervene Like a Single-Session Therapist
Part I: SST ‘Orientation’ Thinking 1. One Session or More – Be Open to Both Possibilities 2. Help at the Point of Need 3. It Is Possible to Conduct a Session in SST Without Prior Knowledge of the Person 4. View the Session as a Whole, Complete in Itself 5. Potentially Anyone Can Be Helped in a Single Session 6. Focus on the Person, Not the Disorder 7. The Client-Therapist Relationship Can Be Established Rapidly 8. SST is Client-Led 9. The Power of Now 10. Less is More 11. Take Nothing for Granted Part II: SST ‘Pre-Session’ Thinking 12. Informing Potential Clients About SST 13. Responding to Potential Clients’ Questions About SST 14. Eliciting Informed Consent From Clients 15. Helping Clients to Prepare for the Session 16. Preparing Oneself for the Session Part III: SST ‘In-Session’ Thinking 17. Beginning the Session 18. Helping the Client to Nominate a Goal 19. Discovering What Help the Client is Seeking from the Therapist 20. Creating a Focus and Maintaining it 21. Understanding the Problem 22. Searching for a Solution 23. Embedding the Solution 24. Encouraging the Client to Rehearse the Solution 25. Helping the Client to Develop and Implement an Action Plan 26. Ending the Session Afterword: After the Session Appendices
Biography
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 275 books.
