ABSTRACT
You may recall that in the pre-session phone contact, I outlined a number of areas where you need to gather information to assist you in helping your client to get the most out of the SSI-CBT process. The purpose of getting this information is to make SSI-CBT an impactful experience for your client. While I have chosen to put this material here – in that it is often when the client can understand the importance of developing new meaning in relation to the adversity at ‘A’ that you can concentrate on increasing the impact of such understanding – this issue is relevant throughout the process. Here is a list of strategies that may help make the SSI-CBT process more impactful for your clients. Please bear in mind that one wellchosen strategy is likely to be more helpful than trying overly hard to increase the impact of therapy using several strategies in a short period of time. In SSI-CBT here as elsewhere, often ‘less is more’.
