ABSTRACT
The most frequently occurring number of therapy sessions that clients attend is 'one'. Given this, what would therapists do if they took this point seriously and were to adopt a Single-session therapy (SST) approach to clinical work in general. In answer to this question, J. Young recommended that the therapist adopts the following points and principles. The therapist would approach the initial session with the idea firmly in mind that it could be the only session that the client would attend. Controversially, perhaps, Young recommends that the therapist does so regardless of the severity or complexity of the client's problem and regardless of any diagnosis the client may have received. The therapist would discuss with the client what they would want to achieve by the end of the session rather than by the end of therapy. This encourages the client to specify a goal that is immediate rather than one that is a long way into the future.
