Windy Dryden

Single-Session Therapy

An Essential Companion

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Windy Dryden discusses the integral components of single-session therapy. Each point is presented succinctly so that the main issue stands out. The book is divided into four parts:The Nature and Foundations of Single-Session Therapy The Single-Session Therapy Mindset and Its Implications for Practice The Practice of Single-Session Therapy Other Issues This book is designed to be an essential companion to Windy Dryden's one-day and two-day workshops, which follow the same format.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Onlinevents Publications
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9781914938375
• ISBN-10: 1914938372
• Artikelnr.: 72288966

Autorenporträt

Windy Dryden is an Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London and is in part-time independent practice. His interests include helping people at the point of need and encouraging therapists to use single-session interventions, developing the single-session mindset that best helps them to practise SST. He refers to his own work in this area as ONEplus therapy.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents

Preface

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 such choice may be limited



13. Three key themes: Mindset, time and client empowerment



14. An SST-informed attitude to clinical work



15. The diverse nature of SST



16. The goals of SST



17. SST challenges established beliefs about therapy and change



18. The length of SST



19. Different approaches to SST


Part 2: The Assumptions of SST


20. Client-centred and client-driven



21. Reciprocity in openness and feedback



22. Future-oriented, but present and past sensitive



23. Readiness



24. Strengths-based



25. Resources-based



26. Complex problems do not always require complex solutions



27. A journey begins with the first few steps


Part 3: Facilitative Conditions for SST


28. Intentionality



29. Expect change



30. Clarity



31. Effective session structure



32. Effective goal-setting



33. The therapist's use of expertise rather than being the expert



34. Helpful attitudes for SST therapists



35. Characteristics of 'good' SST therapists



36. SST: The do's



37. SST: The don'ts



38. A conducive environment for SST



39. The pluralistic nature of SST



40. Characteristics of 'good' SST clients


Part 4: Criteria for SST


41. The client criteria question



42. Therapist indications and contra-indications for SST



43. Service indications and contra-indications for SST


Part 5: Getting SST Off on the Right Foot


44. Respond effectively to the person's very first contact



45. Prepare for the face-to-face session: I. Getting relevant information



46. Prepare for the face-to-face session: II. Tipping the balance towards change



47. Prepare for the face-to-face session III. How do you think I can best help you?



48. Suggest possible tasks between the pre-session contact and the session



49. Consider sending an email summary



50. Realise that the pre-session contact may be sufficient


Part 6: Getting the Most from the Session


51. Agree or review parameters



52. Be mindful of the working alliance in SST



53. Begin the session: I. Focus on tasks and activities carried out by the client between the pre-session contact and the face-to-face



54. Begin the session: II. When there has been no prior contact between therapist and client



55. Focus on a problem that can be solved, not one that can't be solved



56. Create and maintain a working focus



57. Help clients deal with adversity, if possible



58. Negotiate a goal



59. Understand how clients unwittingly maintain their problems and use this understanding to help them solve these problems



60. What to change: I. Individual-focused change



61. What to change: II. Environment-focused change



62. Focus on and use pivot chords



63. Agree markers for change



64. Notice and encourage change



65. Focus on the second response not the first



66. Look for exceptions



67. Look for instances of the goal already happening



68. Encourage the client to do more of what works or might work and less of what doesn't work



69. Make an emotional impact



70. Utilise the client's strengths and resources



71. Utilise the client's role model



72. Utilise topophilia in SST



73. The use of stories and parables



74. Use humour



75. Use paradox



76. Use the friend technique



77. The use of chairwork in SST



78. Convert meaning into a useful and memorable phrase



79. Educate when clients appear to lack information or have faulty information.



80. Agree on the solution



81. Encourage the client to practise the solution in the session



82. Summarise the process



83. Take-homes



84. End the session



85. After the session: Reflection, the recording and the transcript



86. Follow-up



87. Example of an SST structure: AUB


Part 7: Walk-in Therapy


88. Two pathways to help



89. The nature of walk-in therapy



90. The case for walk-in therapy



91. Foster an alliance with the service rather than with a specific therapist



92. How walk-in services are advertised



93. A guideline for walk-in session structure influenced by brief narrative therapy



94. Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about walk-in therapy


Part 8: Other Forms of SST


95. Clinical demonstrations



96. Filmed training tapes



97. Second opinions

Part 9: SST: Personal Contributions and Learning

98. 'Single Session Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy' (SSI-CBT)

99. 'Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations' (VBTCs)

100. Personal lessons learned from practising SST

Epilogue: The Future of SST - Interviews with Key Figures