ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses the therapist indications and contraindications for Single-Session Therapy (SST). In considering the various lists that appear in the literature concerning what are therapist indications for SST, it seems that all can be placed under flexibility and pluralism. Flexible as a practitioner in SST basically means two main things. First, It means that while the therapist may have their practice preferences, they are flexible in the implementation of the practices and will not use favoured interventions when it is clear that the are not proving useful or are nor relevant for the client. Second, the therapist varying their style of participation in the process, but in a genuine manner to enable the client to get the most out of SST. Pluralistic as an SST therapist means to hold and embrace seemingly contradictory positions at different times and with different clients. By contrast, therapist contra-indications for SST seem to fall into two main classes: rigidity and poor skill.