ABSTRACT
This chapter considers and discusses the components of what is called the therapist’s Single-Session Therapy (SST) mindset. It outlines what it considers to be the client’s SST mindset. An excellent overview of this mindset is provided by Jeff Young, which he calls an “SST informed attitude to clinical work”. Instead of asking the client what they want to achieve by the end of therapy, the SST therapist, mindful that this may be the only session that they have with the client, has it in mind to ask the client what they would like to achieve by the end of the session. All SST therapists agree that it is crucial to help the clients to identify their strengths and apply them to the SST process both within the single session and to the application of learning after the session has ended.
