Windy Dryden (Gold Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies

Single-Session Therapy (SST)

100 Key Points and Techniques

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• 100 Key Points
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 125mm x 197mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781032478784
• ISBN-10: 1032478780
• Artikelnr.: 67822742

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 can't 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