ABSTRACT
One of the major influences on the author's development as an Single-Session Therapy (SST) therapist was watching Albert Ellis demonstrate Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) at what was known then as the 'Friday Night Workshop'. This chapter discusses the practices of Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations (VBTCs) by several principles: REBT; Working alliance theory; Flexibility; and Pluralistic practice. REBT helps the volunteer to: identify one problem and select a specific example of this problem; identify through assessment their major unhealthy emotion e.g. anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, hurt and the problematic forms of anger, jealousy and envy; and identify the rigid and/or extreme attitude that underpins their problem. Pluralistic practice Prioritising a client's views is one feature of pluralism in psychotherapy.
