ABSTRACT
Pluralism is defined as the philosophical belief that "any substantial question admits of a variety of plausible but mutually conflicting responses". It shows a commitment to valuing diversity and suspicion of single, all-embracing 'truths'. Several pluralistic principles relevant to Single-Session Therapy (SST) are: there is no one absolute right way of understanding clients' problems and solutions—different viewpoints are useful for different clients; there is no one absolute right way of practising SST—different clients need different things, and therefore SST therapists need to have a broad practice repertoire. SST therapists should ideally acknowledge and celebrate clients' diversity and uniqueness. Clients should ideally be involved fully throughout the SST process. It is important that SST therapists take a critical perspective on their own theory and practice: being willing to look at their own investment in a particular position and having the ability to stand back from it.
