ABSTRACT
Single-Session Therapy (SST) therapists differ concerning what issues they attend to during the single session. Some attend to problems, goals and solutions, while others attend to goals and solutions. The chapter discusses how SST therapists work with problems and goals since these are therapists’ tasks that are closer to the beginning of the session. It describes the point that some SST therapists tend only to work with goals and solutions. A client may come to SST with a number of problems. When this is the case, as there is probably only time for therapist and client to deal with one, the therapist needs to help the client to select one. The therapist’s task is to help the client to understand this and to nominate ‘dealing productively with adverse social judgment’ as their goal for SST, which is then spelt out. This example points to the distinction between ‘dealing with problem’ goals and ‘enhancing development’ goals.
