ABSTRACT
Psychotherapists rightly see themselves as professionals. They have to be trained and accredited, and their work supervised, and also they are expected to keep up to date with developments in the field of psychotherapy. Given this, they tend to see that their clients' problems are complex. These problems are probably multi-determined and maintained by the complex interaction of intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental factors. Given this complexity, psychotherapists can be forgiven for thinking that big, complex problems require complex solutions. All of this thinking is, however, anathema to the theory and practice of Single-session therapy (SST) and, often, anathema to what clients want. The work of solution-focused therapists demonstrates this search for effective simplicity. Such a therapist would ask their client such questions as: "What would you notice that would tell you that you were beginning to solve your problem." Once this sign was identified, then the therapist would then ask the client how they would capitalise on this factor.
