In today’s article we propose a study carried out in Great Britain in 2021 which aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention, a single-session cognitive behavioral therapy (Hayes & Hofmann, 2017) designed to help women manage the fear of childbirth during their first pregnancy .
The aim of today’s article is to explore the scope of Single Session Supervision and the guidelines useful for carrying out this process of professional support defined by Pam Rycroft (2018), psychologist , family psychotherapist who works at the Bouverie Centre in Melbourne (Australia).
Clinical supervision , as we know, is a crucial component of a therapist’s journey from the moment they begin their training to the consolidation of their practice. Supervision conversations invite clinicians to reflect on their practice , promote the development of professional skills, and foster the achievement of positive outcomes for clients (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 2014).
The aim of today’s article is to delve into one of the main skills that the Single Session Therapist must acquire when receiving training in the application of this intervention method.
In this regard, we follow some indications provided directly by Windy Dryden (2020) as a trainer of Single Session Therapy , who focuses attention on the importance of the therapist creating and maintaining a focus during the single session.
We open the year by addressing a fundamental theme for our profession of psychologists and psychotherapists , namely the situation regarding mental health and the intervention programs planned in the coming years.
Even before the pandemic, the data on mental health were not reassuring and the difficulties resulting from the pandemic wave have accentuated an already precarious picture both in terms of the increase in mental distress and with respect to the responses provided by the health systems .
The aim of the article is to focus on another phase of Single Session Therapy which is fundamental
for maximizing the effectiveness of the method and giving the client the opportunity to
concretely experience what he has learned in the session. Furthermore, in the article, a specific way will be
briefly presented to facilitate this process of reflection-digestion-action , typical of Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy (CBT) integrated into the Single Session (Dryden, 2017).
With today’s article we observe a use of Single Session Therapy that goes beyond the best-known one applied in the clinical field. The SST , in fact, seems to represent an important resource also in the field of training .
It is well known that in the professional training courses of psychologists and psychotherapists the need to observe how work in the field is approached is essential, however in the majority of training experiences this aspect is not yet fully achieved.
The article we present today refers to research in which the effects of two alternative interventions carried out in single sessions of Couples Behavioral Therapy are explored , one focused on communication and the other on problem solving (Silva & Vandenberghe, 2007).
The objective of the article is to show how different types of intervention can make the SST meeting more effective in the specific area of intervention with the couple.
With today ‘s article we see how Single Session Therapy can be used in emergency contexts , focusing in particular on the global health emergency caused by the Coronavirus epidemic .
The attention to the topic arises from a proposal put forward by the scholar Dominikus David Biondi Situmorang , an assistant professor at the Department of Guidance and Counseling at Atma Jaya University in Indonesia, who suggested the introduction of TSS as “Rapid Counseling”. in the process of psychological care for people who have had COVID-19 and their family members (Situmorang, 2021).
With today’s article , we return to the theme of the hope factor in Single Session Therapy addressed in the previous article, but from a practical point of view .
The aim of the article is to visualize, through the description of two clinical cases taken from the literature (Courtnage, 2020), the way in which the hope factor acts during the interview .
With today’s article we draw from the world of research to visualize another area of intervention in which Single Session Therapy can be effective and extremely valid, especially if used in times of emergency.
We are talking about a study that involved a group of mothers with postpartum depression (PPD) who between April and October last year, at the height of the pandemic, participated in a one-day online seminar based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) , combined with standard treatment to treat this problem (Van Lieshout, Haley Layton, Savoy et al. , 2021).