ABSTRACT
While it is not possible to detail the exact birth of single-session therapy (SST), it is easier to chart its development by highlighting key contributions to its growth. Psychoanalysis is usually a long-term therapy, but its founder, Sigmund Freud, did conduct two single sessions which showed what could be achieved in a short period. Milton Erickson is considered the father of modern hypnotherapy and as one of the most innovative of psychotherapists. A single session was the most common length in all of Erickson's known cases and thus, he can be said to have significantly contributed to the development of SST. Bloom was one of the first to offer a coherent, focused approach to SST. His approach was informed by psychodynamic therapy, and therapy sessions lasted from between 60 and 80 minutes.
