ABSTRACT
Therapy does not take place in a vacuum, and when considering the conditions that facilitate Single-Session Therapy (SST) it is important to consider the environmental context in which it takes place. When an agency employs therapists and the demand for their therapeutic services can be accommodated then the agency is unlikely to offer SST. It is when supply cannot meet the demand that SST will be considered. When the agency's counsellors are provided with suitable training in the theory and practice of SST and which encourages the airing of doubts, reservations and doubts about SST, then the implementation and development of SST in that agency are encouraged. While the support of the working team is important in the implementation and maintenance of SST, this form of service delivery would not survive without positive organisational support. This support needs to be administrative, supervisory and consultative.
