This book provides the theoretical underpinnings, research, support, and techniques, to implement open-access/single-session therapy.
Open-access services have moved beyond walk-in or drop-in services and expanded to on-demand teletherapy, virtual, or same-day scheduling. This book explains how best to implement single-session therapy in all such services, highlighting how this kind of therapy can reduce barriers to care. It includes chapters on training single-session therapists, global applications, and major obstacles. A team of expert contributors provide clinical examples and applications from around the world.
This book is essential for clinicians and professionals offering or thinking about offering single-session therapy in open-access services.
Table of Contents:
1 Welcome to Open-Access/Single-Session Therapies by Arnold Slive and Monte Bobele
2 The Journey From Walk-In To Open-Access/Single-Session Therapies by Arnold Slive and Monte Bobele
3 Single-Session Therapy in Three Acts by Monte Bobele and Arnold Slive
4 Single-Session Therapy with Complex Cases by Monte Bobele and Arnold Slive
5 Implementing Open‑Access Therapy in the Province of New Brunswick by Katie Burke and Bernard Goguen
6 The Eastside Community Mental Health Service: The Evolution of a Walk‑In Single‑Session Service to an Open‑Access Mental Health Hub by Janet Stewart, Nancy McElheran, and Dan Neuls
7 Walk-In Together: Online Therapy For Families, When and Where They Want It by Lynda Moore, Aaron Knuckey, Nick Barrington, Kelly Tsorlinis, Elizabeth George, Karen Story, Eliza Hartley, Jennifer McIntosh, and Jeff Young
8 Applying Walk-In/Single-Session Therapy In Indigenous Mexican Communities by Saúl Cruz Valdivieso and Montana M. Holmes
9 A Visit To Our Home: A Brief Journey Through the History of the Community Care Center At Casa Tonalá by Marina González
10 Single-session Therapy for Survivors of Acid Attack Violence in Cambodia by John K. Miller, Jason J. Platt, and Sokhon Marn
11 Everyone Matters. The One Session Center In Italy by Vanessa Pergher and Flavio Cannistrà
12 Miracle On Ice And Snow – How Walk-In Therapy Caught on in Finland? by Tuomas Perkiö and Mikko Mäkelä
13 Walk-In Single Session Therapy at a University Counselling Clinic and Clinicians’ Experience by Cheryl-Anne Cait, Alesya Courtnage, Cheri Lilitz, and Sean Ruby
14 Looking Forward by Arnold Slive and Monte Bobele
About the Author :
Monte Bobele, PhD, is a psychologist, family therapist, and professor emeritus at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author and co-editor of numerous publications including When One Hour Is All You Have: Effective Therapy for Walk-In Clients, Single-Session Therapy by Walk-in or Appointment, and Creative Therapy in Challenging Situations.
Arnold Slive, PhD, is a psychologist and family therapist in independent practice in Austin, Texas. He is the author and co-editor of numerous publications including When One Hour Is All You Have: Effective Therapy for Walk-In Clients and Single-Session Therapy by Walk-in or Appointment.
Review :
“This book will save lives! Seeing people at the point of their need is what we should be aiming for in mental health services across the world. The contributors to this seminal book, superbly edited by Drs. Bobele and Slive, show how this can be done. So, ‘come in, sit down, no appointment needed’.”
Windy Dryden PhD, emeritus professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies, Goldsmiths University of London
“As often happens in human history, a great challenge, in this case, the COVID-19 pandemic, forced a better solution. The open-access (OA) service delivery model developed by Bobele, Slive, and others expands their earlier Walk-In No-Appointment-Necessary SST model to a much wider and breakthrough service model. This is a groundbreaking and must-read book for all mental health providers, clients, managers, and policymakers.”
Moshe Talmon, PhD, founder of International Center for Single-Session-Therapy. Author of Single Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and Often Only) Therapeutic Encounter
“Implementing Single-Session Psychotherapy: When No Appointment Is Necessary is a major development in improving mental health services around the planet. Kudos to Bobele, Slive, and their colleagues for this important contribution!”
Michael F. Hoyt, PhD, independent practice, author of Single Session Therapy: A Clinical Introduction to Principles and Practices and Brief Therapy and Beyond
“Implementing Single-Session Psychotherapy: When No Appointment Is Necessary is a critical read for those committed to transformative changes in access to mental healthcare. Bobele and Slive, renowned experts in the field, skillfully demonstrate the capacity of single-session therapy to effectively and sustainably address the needs of diverse populations. Scaling single-session therapy within the context of whole-system transformation has the potential to address many existing shortcomings in mental healthcare worldwide.”
Peter Cornish, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, founder Stepped Care 2.0
“Implementing Single-Session Psychotherapy: When No Appointment Is Necessary is essential when we aim to be useful and creative in highly complex scenarios: violence, lack of resources, and inequalities. OA/SST provides a socially just and effective meaningful conversations at the right time, addresses clients’ specific concerns, and maximizes everyone’s resources. This book provides a unique mindset for current and future Mexican therapist’s toolboxes.”
Nora Rentería-Cobos, Marriage and Family Therapist, Psychology Department, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City
“The editors and contributors are among the world’s most respected of single-session therapy (SST) practitioners. Discover how SST adapts to the digital age offering virtual, phone, and text-based services in addition to the more familiar in-person format. A timely and culturally responsive volume that empowers therapists of all theoretical orientations to enhance accessibility.”
John J. Murphy, PhD, professor emeritus and author of Solution-Focused Therapy (2024, American Psychological Association)
“Implementing Single-Session Psychotherapy: When No Appointment Is Necessary is an excellent practice guide for psychotherapists offering immediate psychological support. Readers will find the most relevant strategies for working in culturally diverse client treatment settings and addressing complex themes. The authors emphasize cultural sensitivity as a key factor, making this book appealing to us in Mexico. This text is undoubtedly an essential everyday tool for therapists.”
Clara Haydee Solis Ponce, PhD, Profesora del Área de Psicología Clínica y de la Salud, Carrera de Psicología, FES Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
