Description
SINGLE-SESSION THERAPY WITH OR WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT
Book Summary
This work explores the Single-Session Therapy (SST) model, an approach that demonstrates how a single therapeutic encounter can generate significant change. Far from being an isolated technique, SST is presented as a delivery system that leverages the client's own resources to produce beneficial results. The book offers a practical and theoretical guide on how to implement single sessions, whether planned or unplanned, in diverse clinical contexts. With real-world examples and current evidence, this manual is an essential tool for professionals seeking to optimize their practice and respond to the growing demand for brief, effective interventions.
What is it about?
The book delves into the Single-Session Therapy (SST) model, defined as a unique therapeutic encounter with no preceding or subsequent sessions, where each intervention is treated as a singular event. It is based on the premise that clients possess the innate capacity to alter their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to produce beneficial change. Throughout the work, it is explained how SST is not a specific therapeutic school, but a delivery system that can be integrated into any clinical approach. It analyzes the dilemma of offering a single session that is sufficient while maintaining options for ongoing support. The text includes detailed clinical examples, recent research, training and supervision strategies, as well as administrative arrangements for its application in clinics, hospitals, and private practices.
Main Topics
- Foundations and principles of Single-Session Therapy (SST) as a contextual model.
- Strategies to maximize the impact of a single therapeutic intervention.
- Integration of SST in different clinical contexts and public health systems.
- Empirical evidence supporting the effectiveness of single sessions.
- Training, supervision, and administrative aspects for model implementation.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is intended for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, therapists, and graduate students in mental health sciences. It is also of great use to professionals working in primary care services, hospital emergency departments, community clinics, and private practices, as well as to those interested in optimizing therapeutic resources and offering brief, effective interventions.
What this book offers
- Provides a theoretical and practical framework for applying single-session therapy effectively.
- Offers real clinical examples illustrating how to address single sessions, whether planned or unplanned.
- Presents the most recent evidence on the efficacy of SST and its growing demand in the clinical field.
- Helps professionals activate client resources to facilitate significant changes in a single intervention.
- Includes guidelines for training, supervision, and administrative organization of the SST model.
Technical Specifications
- Author: Not specified
- Publisher: EDITORIAL ELEFTHERIA SL
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Collection: ELEFTHERIA
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: March 2022
- Number of pages: 472
- Weight: 350 g
Editorial Review
This work represents a significant contribution to the field of clinical psychology, addressing a therapeutic model that responds to current needs for immediacy and efficiency. Its practical approach, supported by evidence and clinical examples, makes it a valuable resource for professionals seeking to expand their brief intervention tools. The clarity with which the foundations and application of SST are set out facilitates its understanding and potential implementation in diverse settings, making it especially useful both for experienced therapists and those just starting with this approach.