ABSTRACT
This chapter presents two pathways to help, one based on providing help at the point of need and the other based on providing help at the point of availability. It looks at the assumptions underlying each pathway, it is clear that Single-Session Therapy (SST) is based on providing help at the point of need. The idea of SST can often be tangled up in the minds of professionals with notions such as ‘quick fix’, ‘flight into health, ‘spontaneous remission’, ‘treatment dropout’ and ‘superficial change’. Nobody in the helping professions would argue with the ideal that all people who require psychological assistance should be offered the help they need at the point of that need. Help provided at the point of need Help provided at the point of availability. It is better to respond to client need by providing some help straightaway rather than by waiting to provide the best possible help.
