Single Session Thinking and Practice in Global, Cultural, and Familial Contexts Expanding Applications

Single Session Thinking and Practice teaches readers how to implement single session approaches by encouraging practitioners and clients to collaborate in making the most of every encounter. Single session/one-at-a-time approaches are applicable in a multitude of settings, including clinics, private offices, medical centers, and student counseling services – and can be used both in person and online. Leading international figures and those practicing on the front lines provide guidance for conducting SST in a variety of contexts. Chapters feature descriptions of theoretical underpinnings, pragmatic clinical examples, cross-cultural applications, research findings, service delivery models, and implementation tips. This text will be an instant and essential reference for anyone in the fields of brief therapy, casework, and healthcare, as well as walk-in and by-appointment single session services.

List of Figures List of Tables About the Contributors Acknowledgments Foreword by Moshe Talmon SECTION 1: Editors’ Introduction 1. Single Session Thinking and Practice Going Global ... Michael F. Hoyt, Jeff Young & Pam Rycroft SECTION 2: Orientations: Single Session Thinking 2. The Hope and Joy of Single-Session Thinking and Practice ... Michael F. Hoyt 3. Translating Single Session Thinking into Practice ... Pam Rycroft & Jeff Young 4. An Open Invitation to Walk-In Therapy: Opening Access to Mental Health Care ... Monte Bobele & Arnold Slive 5. Single Session Family Consultation ... Brendan O’Hanlon & Naomi Rottem 6. The Vital Role of the Therapist’s Mindset ... Flavio Cannistrá 7. Gradually and Suddenly: What Zen Teaches Us about Change in SST ... Robert Rosenbaum SECTION 3: Implementation: Single Session Practice 8. Implementing Single Session Thinking in Public Mental Health Settings in Queensland: Part 1 — Introducing Single Session Family Consultations into Adult Inpatient and Community Care ... Catherine Renkin, Karen Alexander, & Marianne Wyder 9. Implementing Single Session Thinking in a Public Mental Health Settings in Queensland: Part II — Adapting and Integrating Single Session Therapy into an Acute Care Setting ... Jillian McDonald, Paul Hickey, & Marianne Wyder 10. One-Off Sessions to Address a Waitlist: A Pilot Study... Henry von Doussa, Kelly Tsorlinis, Kate Cordukes, Julie Beauchamp, & Jennifer E. McIntosh 11. The Story of the Eastside Family Centre: 30 Years of Walk-In Single Session Therapy ... Nancy McElheran 12. Embedding Single Session Family Consultation in a National Youth Mental-Health Service: Headspace ... Suzanne Fuzzard SECTION 4: Single Session Thinking and Practice in Different Clinical Contexts 13. Introducing Single Session Therapy at a University Counseling Center ... Alexandra M. Robinson, Grace Harvey, Molly McDonald, and Turi Honegger 14. Sign Up, Meet Up, Speak Out: Single Sessions in the Context of Meet-Up Groups ... Windy Dryden 15. Making the Leap with Couples in Sweden: One-at-a-Time Mindset in Action ... Martin Söderquist, Malena Cronholm-Nouicer, Lars Dannerup, and Karin Wulff 16. Complex and Challenging Issues in SST: Reflections on the Past and Learnings for the Future ... Patricia A. Boyhan 17. Strengthening Family Resilience Using a Single Session Mindset: Supporting Families Following a Child’s Diagnosis of Autism... Aspacia Stacey Rabba 18. Single Session Approaches with Infants: A Collaborative Single Session Model ...Rosalie Birkin 19. Single Session Therapy for People with a New HIV Diagnosis: Achieving a Positive Result ... Kieran O’Loughlin SECTION 5: Applications in Cross-Cultural/Non-Western Contexts 20. Following the River’s Flow: A Conversation about Single Session Approaches with Aboriginal Families ... Alison Elliott, James Dokona, & Henry von Doussa 21. Hope in Remote Places: Single Session Therapy in Indigenous Communities in Canada ... Sophia Sorensen 22. Single Session Family Consultation Implementation in Aotearoa New Zealand: Cultural Considerations ... Bronwyn Dunnachie, Karin Isherwood, & Stacey Porter 23. Single Session Team Family Therapy (SSTFT) in China: A 7-Step Protocol for Adapting Western Models in Eastern Contexts ... John K. Miller, Xing Dai, Yaorui Hu, & Yilin Xu 24. Single Session Ericksonian Strategic Hypnotherapy for Disasters in Mexico... Rafael Nùñez & Jorge Abia SECTION 6: Single Session Thinking and Practice with Families 25. Families at First Sight: Practice Innovations Towards Making Family SST More Friendly and Effective... Tess McGrane & Ron Findlay 26. Embedding the "Family Oriented Collaboration Utilising Strengths" (FOCUS) Clinic in a Child and Youth Mental Health Service and University Partnership... Helen Mildred, Lia Hunter, Belinda Goldsworthy, & Peter Brann 27. Integrating a Single Session Family Therapy Approach in Two Child and Youth Mental Health Services ... Myf Murphy & Denise Fry 28. Single Session Therapy with Those Affected by Gambling: Listening to Clients and Their Therapeutic Counselors ... Bonita Cohen, Gretta Daley, & Vicky Northe 29. Single Session Family Consultation with Adults Affected by Eating Disorders ... Carmel Fleming 30. Collaborative First Meetings with Young People Who Have Eating Disorders and Their Families ... Rachel Barbara-May SECTION 7: Editors’ Conclusion 31. Single Session Thinking and Practice: Themes, Lessons, and a Look Toward the Future ... Michael F. Hoyt, Jeff Young, & Pam Rycroft Index

Michael F. Hoyt, PhD, is a psychologist based in Mill Valley, California. He was one of the originators (with Moshe Talmon and Robert Rosenbaum) of the Single Session Therapy approach and is the author/editor of numerous publications, including Brief Therapy and Beyond. Jeff Young, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, director of The Bouverie Centre and professor of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a coeditor of Single-Session Therapy by Walk-In or Appointment (with M.F. Hoyt, M. Bobele, A. Slive, & M. Talmon). Pam Rycroft, MPsych, is a psychologist and family therapist at The Bouverie Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She has published numerous papers in the field of Single Session Therapy and was actively involved in planning the first and third international symposia on SST and walk-in services.