ABSTRACT
By and large, the field of single-session therapy (SST) emphasises the importance of client determination, and this is especially true concerning who is responsible for choosing whether or not a therapy is to be single-session or not. The therapist mentions that it is possible to get the work done in one session, but if not then further sessions are available. When SST is planned then the client exercises their choice at the outset. They either agree to attend a planned single-session intervention (organised in advance), or they attend a 'walk-in' service where they are seen immediately. To address the problem of waiting lists and offer help to students when they need it, the service was restructured so that students can make an appointment for an immediate single counselling session. Client choice is still present but limited by the exigencies of supply of and demand for therapy sessions in a student population.
