ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the nature of single-session therapy (SST) by considering what it is not. It is important to realise that SST is not a therapeutic model. In fact, as Michael Hoyt et al. note, there is not one approach to SST. Rather, SST can be practised by therapists from a range of different approaches. Thus, it is best viewed as a way of delivering therapeutic services rather than as a therapeutic approach or model such as Cognitive behaviour therapy or Ericksonian therapy. When people are first enthused by SST, it is easy for them to think that SST is the answer to everything. It has its place, but it is best seen as standing alongside other ways of delivering therapeutic services rather than replacing them. Some people see SST as an attractive intervention because it saves money. While this may be true, this is not the prime reason for this way of delivering therapeutic services.
