ABSTRACT

This chapter reviews a number of broad ways of intervening that characterise good practice in single-session integrated cognitive behaviour therapy (SSI-CBT). SSI-CBT is an approach to helping people that involves practitioners using time very efficiently. In SSI-CBT, there is no distinction made between rapport building and getting the work done. If the client is going to get the most out of SSI-CBT, it is important that practitioners and they both share the same ideas about the purpose of their contact and what can be realistically achieved from this contact. In general, CBT is a therapeutic tradition where practitioners are called upon to adopt an active-directive therapeutic style. The goal of SSI-CBT is to help the client quickly set a goal and take away a new perspective that will allow them to move on with their lives. One of the things that experienced SSI-CBT therapists can do is use time effectively without rushing the client.