Single-Session Therapy (SST): 100 Key Points and Techniques

100 Key Points

by Windy Dryden

Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. Single Session 100 Key Points and Techniques presents the 100 main features of this way of working, providing an accessible, succinct overview of this way of working, based on the author's extensive work demonstrating the effectiveness of SST.



Divided into 9 sections, guiding you through every aspect of the therapy, the book covers topic such





The goals of SST



Characteristics of ‘good’ SST clients



Responding effectively to the client’s very first contact



Creating and maintaining a working focus



Making an emotional impact



Both concise and practical, Single Session 100 Key Points and Techniques will be invaluable to psychotherapists and counsellors in training and practice.

Genres: Psychology

330 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 9, 2018

About the author

Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT and has trained with Drs. Albert Ellis, Aaron T. Beck, and Arnold Lazarus.

He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey, and Israel.

He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Reviews

[Zach · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 - While I don’t know when I’ll practice SST, I thought this had some good nuggets of wisdom. Additionally, I loved the examples and techniques discussed. I’ll refer back to certain pages I tabbed.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent blueprint on how to provide very helpful therapy in just one session. We are currently undergoing a huge mental health crisis in this country and almost every provider I know has a long waiting list. Thousands of people are not getting the help they so desperately need. Single-Session Therapy could go a long way to mitigating this problem and Windy Dryden shows us how to do it.

[اینتاریوش · Rating 4 out of 5]

در کل بخش هایی از کتاب برام خسته کننده بود چون؛ چندان به موضوعش علاقه مند نبودم ولی منکر کاربردی بودنش نمیشم؛ بالاخره خیلی از درمان ها و رویکردهای سنتی طولانی و گران هستند و برای همین نهادها و شرکت های بیمه زیربار تقبل هزینه هاش نمیرن و مردم هم خیلی تمایل به درگیر شدن در درمان های طولانی مدت نیستند. با توجه به این موارد ظهور رویکرد درمان تک جلسه ای (SST) به نظر اجتناب ناپذیر میاد.