ABSTRACT

Single-Session Therapy by Walk-in or Appointment is based on the idea that one session is often all a client will need and choose to attend. The option of a single-session responds to the growing need for greater accessibility and responsiveness of mental-health services.  With considerable data supporting both the demand for and the effectiveness of walk-in and by-appointment single sessions, the field is expanding rapidly. This book includes many clinical examples and cultural nuances, as well as discussions of recent research, training and supervision, and implementation and administrative arrangements. This is an essential title for clinicians, program developers, and policy makers interested in providing the effective, client-responsive, economic option of one-at-a-time single-session therapy on a walk-in or by-appointment basis.   

part 1|2 pages

Editors’ Introduction

part 2|2 pages

Administrative

chapter 3|19 pages

Single-Session Therapy

The Misunderstood Gift That Keeps On Giving 1

chapter 4|13 pages

Change in the Winds

The Growth of Walk-In Therapy Clinics in Ontario, Canada

chapter 6|13 pages

The Walk-In Counseling Model

Research and Advocacy

chapter 8|19 pages

Single-Session Therapy in the Majority World

Addressing the Challenge of Service Delivery in Cambodia and the Implications for Other Global Contexts

chapter 9|12 pages

Walk-In Counseling Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul

The Magic of Our Model for Clients and Volunteers

part 3|2 pages

Clinical

chapter 10|6 pages

The Eternal Now

On Becoming and Being a Single-Session Therapist

chapter 11|20 pages

Single-Session Therapy

Stories, Structures, Themes, Cautions, and Prospects

chapter 12|11 pages

One … Two … Three Ways to Help You Today

Therapeutic Models in a Single-Session Therapy Program

chapter 14|19 pages

“Coming In for Tune-Ups”

A Family’s Experience of Episodic Long-Term Single-Session Therapy at the Bouverie Centre, Melbourne 1

chapter 15|30 pages

Westside Stories

Walk-In and Single-Session Therapy in San Antonio

chapter 18|21 pages

Coincidence Favors the Prepared Mind

Single Sessions with Couples in Sweden

chapter 19|12 pages

Terapia Breve Sin Cita

Collaboration with a Marginalized Community in Mexico City

part 4|2 pages

Supervisory

chapter 22|7 pages

The First Time

Teaching Skills that Prepare Interns and New Therapists for Walk-In Counseling

chapter 23|13 pages

Supervision and the Single-Session Therapist

Learnings from Ten Years of Practice

chapter 24|20 pages

Capturing the Moment in Supervision