ABSTRACT
Single-session therapy (SST) is predicated on the idea that it is possible for therapeutic change to occur when one person has a brief encounter with another person. While this can and does occur in a formal setting, it may also occur as a result of a more informal, even casual, encounter between two people. If personal change only occurred after lengthy therapy, then SST would not exist. The fact that personal change can occur as a result of a brief, and even a very brief, exposure to what other people have to offer in both direct or indirect form indicates important possibilities for SST. In SST, therapeutic change is rarely profound 'quantum change' rather, it is often small and reflects the fact that it is always possible to have a different, more productive perspective on life's adversities.
