ABSTRACT
One of the reasons why people have problems is due to the fact that they unwittingly maintain them. For Single-Session Therapy (SST) therapists who are problem-focused, identifying the problem maintenance factors helps both the therapist and the client to understand what the latter needs to change. In SST, the therapist introduces the concept and, if the client wishes to use it, they both plan how the client will implement the concept in their life as soon after the session as is practicable. The therapist encourages the client to take the concept and use it going forward into the future. We increasingly live in a world dominated by our sense of comfort. A legitimate target for change in SST is 'avoidance of discomfort' when it maintains the person's problem. When a client thinks rigidly, they have fixed ideas about how things have to be. This rigidity may apply to the adversity, their disturbed feelings about the adversity, other people or themselves.
