ABSTRACT
There are times when the person is better served when the therapist helps them to consider making a change in their environment in order to solve their problem. In discussing environmental change with a Single-Session Therapy client, this chapter encourages them to think of themselves as a plant. It points out that different plants thrive in certain environments and wither in others. There are, of course, situations where it is clear that the client does need to make an environmental change, and equally there are situations in which the client cannot change their environment. However, in most other situations the client can solve their problem either by making an internal change or by changing their environment. In this situation, the therapist and the client need to decide together whether to pursue an individual-focused change or an environment-focused change. Both forms of change may be possible, but the consequences of each form may be very different.
