3rd Edition
Single-Session Therapy Informed by Client Factors and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Distinctive Features
Introduction
THEORY
1. Single-Session Therapy Informed by Client Factors and CBT (SST: ICF & CBT): What it is and some basic assumptions
2. The single-session mindset in SST: ICF & CBT
3. Working alliance theory: A generic framework for SST: ICF & CBT
4. Human beings have the capability to help themselves quickly under specific circumstances
5. It is important to privilege clients' viewpoints in SST: ICF & CBT - [ICF Focus]
6. It is important to draw upon a range of client variables in SST: ICF & CBT - [ICF Focus]
7. Dealing with the suitability issue
8. A focus on problems, goals and solutions is important in SST: ICF & CBT
9. People largely create and maintain their problems by a range of cognitive-behavioural factors – [CBT Focus]
10. As far as possible, clients should be helped to deal healthily with the adversity involved in their problem, whether real or inferred - [CBT Focus]
11. Carry out a full assessment of the client's nominated problem drawing on case formulation principles [CBT Focus]
12. In SST: ICF & CBT, it is possible to help clients identify and deal with a central mechanism responsible for the existence of their problems
13. The client's subsequent responses to their first reaction are often more important than the first reaction itself
14. Helpful client characteristics for SST: ICF & CBT
15. Helpful therapist characteristics for SST: ICF & CBT
PRACTICE
16. Good practice in SST: ICF & CBT
17. An overview of the SST: ICF & CBT
18. The first contact
19. Pre-session preparation
20. The session: 1. Beginning well
21. The session: 2. Creating a focus
22. The session: 3. Understanding the nominated problem
23. The session: 4. Setting a goal
24. The session: 5. Identifying the central mechanism
25. The session: 6. Dealing with the central mechanism and finding a solution
26. The session: 7. Making an impact
27. The session: 8. Encouraging your client to rehearse the solution in the session and develop an action plan
28. The session: 9. Ending well
29. After the session
30. The follow-up session
Biography
Windy Dryden, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is an international authority on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and Single-Session Therapy and is in part-time clinical and consultative practice. He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 50 years and is the author and editor of over 300 books.
