Single-Session Therapy by Walk-In or Appointment

Single-Session Therapy by Walk-in or Appointment is based on the idea that one session is often all a client will need and choose to attend. The option of a single-session responds to the growing need for greater accessibility and responsiveness of mental-health services. With considerable data supporting both the demand for and the effectiveness of walk-in and by-appointment single sessions, the field is expanding rapidly. This book includes many clinical examples and cultural nuances, as well as discussions of recent research, training and supervision, and implementation and administrative arrangements. This is an essential title for clinicians, program developers, and policy makers interested in providing the effective, client-responsive, economic option of one-at-a-time single-session therapy on a walk-in or by-appointment basis.

Michael F. Hoyt, Ph.D., is a psychologist based in Mill Valley, California. One of the originators (with Moshe Talmon and Robert Rosenbaum) of the Single Session Therapy approach, he is the author of Brief Therapy and Beyond and numerous other publications. Monte Bobele, Ph.D., is professor emeritus at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. He coedited (with A. Slive) When One Hour is All You Have: Effective Therapy for Walk-In Clients. Arnold Slive, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. He coedited (with M. Bobele) When One Hour is All You Have: Effective Therapy for Walk-In Clients. Jeff Young, Ph.D., is the director at the Bouverie Centre at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, where he and his team have trained thousands of professionals in the use of single-session therapy and helped many agencies implement SST services. Moshe Talmon, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist based in Israel. He is a lecturer at Tel Aviv University. One of the originators (with Hoyt and Rosenbaum) of the SST approach, he is the author of Single Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and Often Only) Therapeutic Encounter.

About the Contributors Section 1: Editors' Introduction 1. Single-Session/One-at-a-Time Walk-In Therapy Michael F. Hoyt, Monte Bobele, Arnold Slive, Jeff Young, & Moshe Talmon Section 2: Administrative 2. The Three Top Reasons Why Walk-In Single Sessions Make Perfect Sense Arnold Slive & Monte Bobele 3. Single-Session Therapy: The Misunderstood Gift that Keeps On Giving Jeff Young 4. Change in the Winds: The Growth of Walk-In Therapy Clinics in Ontario, Canada Karen Young 5. Twenty-Five Years of Walk-In Single Sessions at the Eastside Family Centre: Clinical and Research Dimensions Janet Stewart, Nancy McElheran, Harry Park, Bruce Maclaurin, Cindy Fang, Margaret Oakander, & Alexandra Robinson 6. The Walk-In Counseling Model: Research and Advocacy Leslie Josling & Cheryl-Anne Cait 7. Development of a Single-Session Family Program at Child and Youth Mental- Health Services, Southern Melbourne Rachel Barbara-May, Paul Denborough, & Tess McGrane 8. Single-Session Therapy in the Majority World: Addressing the Challenge of Service Delivery in Cambodia and the Implications for Other Global Contexts John Miller, Jason Platt, & Kevin M. Conroy 9. Walk-In Counseling Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul: The Magic of Our Model for Clients and Volunteers Mary Weeks & Lori Zook-Stanley Section 3: Clinical 10. The Eternal Now: On Becoming and Being a Single- Session Therapist Moshe Talmon 11. Single-Session Therapy: Stories, Structures, Themes, Cautions, and Prospects Michael F. Hoyt 12. One...Two...Three Ways to Help You Today: Therapeutic Models in a Single-Session Therapy Program Monica Barnes, Patricia Carruthers, & Maja Gigovic 13. Working Within the Client's Cultural Context in Single- Session Therapy Terry Soo-Hoo 14. Coming In for Tune-Ups: A Family's Experience of Episodic Long-Term Single-Session Therapy at the Bouverie Centre, Melbourne Karen Story 15. Westside Stories: Walk-In and Single-Session Therapy in San Antonio Monte Bobele, Chrystal Fullen, Brittany Houston, Ashlee Martinez, Lacey Moffat, & Jeanette Santos 16. Single-Session Walk-Ins as a Collaborative Learning Community at the Houston-Galveston Institute Susan Levin, Adriana Gil-Wilkerson, & Sylvia Rapini De Yatim 17. Co-Crafting Take-Home Documents at the Walk-In Scot Cooper & "Ariane" 18. Coincidence Favors the Prepared Mind: Single Sessions with Couples in Sweden Martin Söderquist 19. Terapia Breve Sin Cita: Collaboration with a Marginalized Community in Mexico City Irma J. Rodriguez 20. Reflections on Providing Single-Session Therapy in Post-Disaster Haiti Brian Guthrie 21. Some Ways to End an SST Michael F. Hoyt & Robert Rosenbaum Section 4: Supervisory 22. The First Time: Teaching Skills that Prepare Interns and New Therapists for Walk-In Counseling Joanna Bedggood 23. Supervision and the Single-Session Therapist: Learnings from Ten Years of Practice Sandy Harper- Jaques 24. Capturing the Moment in Supervision Pam Rycroft Section 5: Editors' Conclusion 25. Walk-In and By-Appointment Single Sessions Now and in the Future Michael F. Hoyt, Monte Bobele, Arnold Slive, Jeff Young, & Moshe Talmon