ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses two perspectives on 'client criteria'. The first is to state that there are the indications and contraindications and to outline what they are. The second is to argue that no criteria exist and to defend the position. When therapists adopt a criteria-based approach to Single-Session Therapy (SST), they tend to outline a long list of indications and contra-indications. The example of this approach is people experiencing everyday, non-clinical emotional problems of living. Examples include anxiety, non-clinical depression, guilt, shame, anger, hurt, jealousy and envy. There are two groups of SST therapists who tend to be against adopting a criteria-based approach to SST. The first is the 'SST embedded' group and the second is the 'walk-in' therapy group. The second group of SST therapists who do not advocate a criteria-based approach to SST are those who work in a walk-in therapy service.
