About the Book
Single Session Thinking and Practice teaches readers how to implement single session approaches by encouraging practitioners and clients to collaborate in making the most of every encounter. Single session/one-at-a-time approaches are applicable in a multitude of settings, including clinics, private offices, medical centers, and student counseling services – and can be used both in person and online.
Leading international figures and those practicing on the front lines provide guidance for conducting SST in a variety of contexts. Chapters feature descriptions of theoretical underpinnings, pragmatic clinical examples, cross-cultural applications, research findings, service delivery models, and implementation tips.
This text will be an instant and essential reference for anyone in the fields of brief therapy, casework, and healthcare, as well as walk-in and by-appointment single session services.
Table of Contents:
Foreword; SECTION 1: Editors’ Introduction; 1. Single Session Thinking and Practice Going Global; SECTION 2: Orientations: Single Session Thinking; 2. The Hope and Joy of Single-Session Thinking and Practice; 3. Translating Single Session Thinking into Practice; 4. An Open Invitation to Walk-In Therapy: Opening Access to Mental Health Care; 5. Single Session Family Consultation; 6. The Vital Role of the Therapist’s Mindset; 7. Gradually and Suddenly: What Zen Teaches Us about Change in SST; SECTION 3: Implementation: Single Session Practice; 8. Implementing Single Session Thinking in Public Mental Health Settings in Queensland: Part 1 — Introducing Single Session Family Consultations into Adult Inpatient and Community Care; 9. Implementing Single Session Thinking in a Public Mental Health Settings in Queensland: Part II — Adapting and Integrating Single Session Therapy into an Acute Care Setting; 10. One-Off Sessions to Address a Waitlist: A Pilot Study; 11. The Story of the Eastside Family Centre: 30 Years of Walk-In Single Session Therapy; 12. Embedding Single Session Family Consultation in a National Youth Mental-Health Service: Headspace; SECTION 4: Single Session Thinking and Practice in Different Clinical Contexts; 13. Introducing Single Session Therapy at a University Counseling Center; 14. Sign Up, Meet Up, Speak Out: Single Sessions in the Context of Meet-Up Groups; 15. Making the Leap with Couples in Sweden: One-at-a-Time Mindset in Action; 16. Complex and Challenging Issues in SST: Reflections on the Past and Learnings for the Future; 17. Strengthening Family Resilience Using a Single Session Mindset: Supporting Families Following a Child’s Diagnosis of Autism; 18. Single Session Approaches with Infants: A Collaborative Single Session Model; 19. Single Session Therapy for People with a New HIV Diagnosis: Achieving a Positive Result; SECTION 5: Applications in Cross-Cultural/Non-Western Contexts; 20. Following the River’s Flow: A Conversation about Single Session Approaches with Aboriginal Families; 21. Hope in Remote Places: Single Session Therapy in Indigenous Communities in Canada; 22. Single Session Family Consultation Implementation in Aotearoa New Zealand: Cultural Considerations; 23. Single Session Team Family Therapy (SSTFT) in China: A 7-Step Protocol for Adapting Western Models in Eastern Contexts; 24. Single Session Ericksonian Strategic Hypnotherapy for Disasters in Mexico; SECTION 6: Single Session Thinking and Practice with Families; 25. Families at First Sight: Practice Innovations Towards Making Family SST More Friendly and Effective; 26. Embedding the "Family Oriented Collaboration Utilising Strengths" (FOCUS) Clinic in a Child and Youth Mental Health Service and University Partnership; 27. Integrating a Single Session Family Therapy Approach in Two Child and Youth Mental Health Services; 28. Single Session Therapy with Those Affected by Gambling: Listening to Clients and Their Therapeutic Counselors; 29. Single Session Family Consultation with Adults Affected by Eating Disorders; 30. Collaborative First Meetings with Young People Who Have Eating Disorders and Their Families; SECTION 7: Editors’ Conclusion; 31. Single Session Thinking and Practice: Themes, Lessons, and a Look Toward the Future
About the Author :
Michael F. Hoyt, PhD, is a psychologist based in Mill Valley, California. He was one of the originators (with Moshe Talmon and Robert Rosenbaum) of the Single Session Therapy approach and is the author/editor of numerous publications, including Brief Therapy and Beyond.
Jeff Young, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, director of The Bouverie Centre and professor of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a coeditor of Single-Session Therapy by Walk-In or Appointment (with M.F. Hoyt, M. Bobele, A. Slive, & M. Talmon).
Pam Rycroft, MPsych, is a psychologist and family therapist at The Bouverie Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She has published numerous papers in the field of Single Session Therapy and was actively involved in planning the first and third international symposia on SST and walk-in services.
Review :
"For a multicultural, life-span effective therapeutic approach applied across a variety of disorders, you need to read immediately this book on the innovative application of Single Session Therapy. This practical book will cause you to think creatively about your clinical activities."
Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, research director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention, Miami; and author of The Evolution of Cognitive Behavior Therapy
"The editors and authors have provided a fascinating and inspiring journey of applications for single session thinking and practice. Contributors from across the world remind us that SST is real therapy. Its presence is important as a choice in the landscape of service delivery everywhere."
Karen Young, MSW, RSW, director, Windz Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; international single-session and walk-in therapy workshop trainer and author of numerous articles and book chapters on brief narrative therapy
"The expanding field of single-session thinking and practice is one of the most exciting developments in the world of therapy and counseling today. This excellent volume makes a great contribution. The range of contexts and issues covered is extremely wide and there will be something for everyone, regardless of their chosen modality, to take away into their day-to-day practice. Highly recommended!"
Harvey Ratner, BA, cofounder of BRIEF, London, U.K.; coauthor of Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
"For a multicultural, life-span effective therapeutic approach applied across a variety of disorders, you need to read immediately this book on the innovative application of Single Session Therapy. This practical book will cause you to think creatively about your clinical activities."
Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, research director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention, Miami; and author of The Evolution of Cognitive Behavior Therapy
"The editors and authors have provided a fascinating and inspiring journey of applications for single session thinking and practice. Contributors from across the world remind us that SST is real therapy. Its presence is important as a choice in the landscape of service delivery everywhere."
Karen Young, MSW, RSW, director, Windz Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; international single-session and walk-in therapy workshop trainer and author of numerous articles and book chapters on brief narrative therapy
"The expanding field of single session thinking and practice is one of the most exciting developments in the world of therapy and counseling today. This excellent volume makes a great contribution. The range of contexts and issues covered is extremely wide and there will be something for everyone, regardless of their chosen modality, to take away into their day-to-day practice. Highly recommended!"
Harvey Ratner, BA, cofounder of BRIEF, London, UK; coauthor of Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
