The Single-Session Therapy Mindset: What to Keep in Mind and Implications for Practice
Autor Windy Drydenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 apr 2026
Actualizarea ghidurilor de practică în sănătatea mintală indică o schimbare de paradigmă: terapia nu mai este privită exclusiv ca un proces de lungă durată, ci ca o intervenție ce poate fi eficientă chiar și într-o singură întâlnire, dacă mentalitatea terapeutului este corect calibrată. Apreciem modul în care The Single-Session Therapy Mindset fundamentează această abordare, oferind un cadru clinic riguros pentru practicienii care trebuie să maximizeze impactul fiecărui contact cu pacientul. Considerăm acest volum o evoluție necesară față de lucrările anterioare ale autorului, precum Single-Session Therapy (SST) din seria 100 Key Points, deoarece trece de la simpla enumerare a caracteristicilor la o analiză profundă a celor 50 de elemente care definesc structura cognitivă a terapeutului eficient.
Manual de referință comparabil cu How to Think and Intervene Like a Single-Session Therapist, dar actualizat conform nevoilor de dezvoltare profesională din 2024, volumul este organizat metodic. Fiecare capitol debutează cu o clarificare conceptuală, urmată imediat de aplicații clinice, facilitând tranziția de la teorie la cabinet. Structura indică o progresie logică, de la pregătirea clientului și stabilirea obiectivelor, până la gestionarea incertitudinii și colaborarea activă. Spre deosebire de lucrările sale axate pe auto-ajutor, precum Overcoming Procrastination sau Be Your Own CBT Therapist, această carte se adresează direct specialistului, rafinând „instrumentarul” mental necesar pentru a lucra eficient sub presiunea timpului, fără a sacrifica alianța terapeutică.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1041244290
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 4
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Professional Practice & DevelopmentDe ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte terapeuților care doresc să își optimizeze intervențiile în contexte clinice unde timpul este o resursă critică. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a celor 50 de piloni ai mentalității SST, învățând cum să transforme o singură ședință într-un proces terapeutic complet. Este o resursă esențială pentru a trece de la modelul tradițional de durată la o practică adaptată nevoilor imediate ale clienților moderni.
Despre autor
Windy Dryden este profesor de studii psihoterapeutice la Goldsmiths College, University of London, fiind recunoscut la nivel internațional ca o autoritate în Terapia Rațional-Emotivă și Comportamentală (REBT) și CBT. Cu o carieră prolifică, a scris sau editat peste 150 de cărți, de la manuale academice precum The Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy la ghiduri practice de dezvoltare personală ca Ten Steps to Positive Living. În prezent, Dryden se concentrează pe dezvoltarea și promovarea Terapiei de o Singură Ședință (SST), adaptând principiile cognitiv-comportamentale pentru intervenții rapide și eficiente.
Cuprins
- Keep in mind that your client may or may not know what SST is
- Keep in mind that you may see the client for one or more sessions. Be open to both possibilities
- Keep in mind that one session may be sufficient for the client
- Keep in mind that you need to use time wisely in SST
- Keep in mind that it is useful to invite your client to prepare for the session
- Keep in mind the importance of focusing on now and that change is possible now
- Keep in mind that you and your client should both be active in the session and collaborate with one another
- Keep in mind that it is possible to conduct a session without prior knowledge of the person. However, also keep in mind that your client may feel that, without you knowing certain things about them, you will not be able to help them.
- Keep in mind that not knowing is a key part of SST
- Keep in mind what you fail to keep in mind in SST
- Keep in mind that you should start therapy from the first moment, if possible
- Keep in mind that the session is complete in itself. It is not necessarily the prelude to anything
- Keep in mind that potentially, anyone can be helped in a single session. But also keep in mind that this does not mean that everybody will be helped
- Keep in mind that the client in front of you is a unique person, and not representative of a disorder
- Keep in mind that the client-therapist relationship can be established rapidly
- Keep in mind that it is critical that you are transparent with your client
- Keep in mind that the client is the expert in their own life. Thus, single-session therapy should be client-led
- Keep in mind that people are constantly changing
- Keep in mind that the client decides how much therapy they want
- Keep in mind that different clients will seek different forms of help from the session
- Keep in mind that you have plenty of time to do the work
- Keep in mind not to overload the client
- Keep in mind to keep your ego out of the way
- Keep in mind the importance of negotiating an end-of-session goal with the client
- Keep in mind the importance of co-creating a therapeutic focus and maintaining it once it has been created
- Keep in mind that, unless the client’s preference is to the contrary, a single-session therapy session requires a structure. It has a beginning, a middle and an end
- Keep in mind that a complex problem does not necessarily require a complex solution
- Keep in mind that your client has probably attempted to solve their problem before. Look for what has worked, even a little
- Keep in mind that the client has strengths, even though they may be hidden from view
- Keep in mind that the client probably has access to a range of potentially helpful external resources
- Keep in mind that if you expect change, it often happens.
- Keep in mind to focus first on what the client brings to the table
- Keep in mind the importance of offering the client the opportunity to hear what you can bring to the table if what is already on the table is insufficient to effect change
- Keep in mind to check to see if your client is discussing what they want to discuss
- Keep in mind that you will probably need to use different methods with different clients
- Keep in mind that it is important to remain hopeful and trust the client
- Keep in mind that if your client is seeking help for a problem, you will probably both need to be solution-focused
- Keep in mind the value of rehearsing a solution
- Keep in mind the value of action planning
- Keep in mind that all you may need to do is to get the client moving, and that small may be beautiful
- Keep in mind that change occurs in different forms
- Keep in mind the usefulness of asking your client to summarise the session as you reach the end of the session
- Keep in mind the helpfulness of encouraging your client to specify their takeaway(s) from the session
- Keep in mind the value of encouraging your client to generalize their learning, if possible
- Keep in mind that the benefits that your client derives from the session will be mainly achieved outside the session
- Keep in mind that the best time for your client to judge if they need more help is when they have had an opportunity to reflect on what they learned from the session, to digest this learning, to implement what they learned and to let time pass a little
- Keep in mind the importance of ending the session well so that the client leaves the session with their morale restored
- Keep in mind the value of taking nothing for granted in SST
- Keep in mind that it is OK if the client chooses to seek further help and it is OK if they don’t
- Keep in mind that every session provides you with the opportunity to develop as a single-session therapist
Descriere scurtă
Each chapter outlines and discusses the conceptual part of a single-session therapy mindset element before discussing its implications for the practice of single-session therapy. Reflective of Windy Dryden’s professional experience and drawing on previous research, this book provides a fresh, original perspective exploring the ‘how’ and ‘what’ of single-session therapy.
A must-have resource for any single-session therapy practitioner.