In today’s article, the method of Single Session Therapy (SST) in practice will be illustrated through a clinical case. The SST interview presented was conducted by Dr. Valeria Campinoti, psychologist, psychotherapist, and member of the Italian Center for Single Session Therapy. The case does not depict a real story but is an example inspired by several situations, modified and made unrecognizable.
The goal of today’s article is to describe what Social Phobia is, how it manifests, and then delve into the typical methods and interventions of Single Session Therapy when dealing with this issue.
What is Social Phobia?
Social Phobia is an Anxiety Disorder that manifests when exposed to interpersonal or public situations. The person is afraid of being judged or criticized by others, whether in more intimate settings or in front of a larger, unknown audience. The anxiety primarily arises if the exposure requires some form of performance or action.
In today’s article, we will discuss a study that evaluated the effectiveness of Single Session Therapy (SST) with pediatric patients presenting neurological disorders (ND) and their families. The research examined self-efficacy, distress, anxiety, therapeutic alliance, and client satisfaction regarding the SST intervention received for specific needs (Mulligan, Olivieri, Young, Lin, Anthony, 2022).
With today’s article, we share the use of some techniques that can influence one of the key factors underlying the use of Single Session Therapy (SST), which is the expectation of change (Battino, 2018).
Why is expectation so important in Single Session Therapy?
In all forms of therapy, the expectation of change, understood as overcoming difficulties or achieving a goal, represents an essential therapeutic factor. However, in the context of SST, it plays an even more significant role.
With today’s article, we make use of the recent experience of the pandemic in order to gather essential data for the planning of future interventions with adolescents.
In the early months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic transformed the lives of people worldwide. The closure of schools forced millions of students into isolation, causing them to give up social as well as educational opportunities. The already limited access that adolescents had to mental health services decreased even further.
In this article, we will analyze a study by Dr. Jessica Schleider, who conducted Single-Session Online Interventions, self-administered, aimed at adolescents.
With today’s article we want to delve deeper into what are considered the criticisms and objections to the use and effectiveness of Single Session Therapy as a methodology in the psychological field.
After the IV International Symposium on Single Session Therapy held in Rome in November 2023, organized by the Italian Center for Single Session Therapy, Northwestern University’s Scalable Mental Health Laboratory has recently announced the fifth edition of the International Symposium on Single-Session Therapies (SST5), which will be held from 27 to 29 June 2025, Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile, at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, USA.
The aim of today’s article is to explore the new possible meanings of the concept of dropout in psychotherapy. We will do so by describing a study that explored how people make the decision to interrupt therapy . The study reported in the article A New Perspective On Client Dropouts by M. Scamardo, M. Bobele and JL Biever was conducted in 2004 at a training clinic of the Department of Psychology at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.
The aim of today’s article is to discover everything that Single Session Therapy is not , to focus on what this intervention method actually represents and how it can be best used once introduced into one’s professional practice .
Talking about SST without a specific analysis can sometimes lead to misunderstandings about its meaning and how it is applied, with whom and in what context .
In today’s article we will analyze a study conducted in 2011 , which evaluated the effectiveness of the treatment of social phobia in a single exposure session , according to a cognitive behavioral theoretical basis .
Social Phobia: What is it?
We talk about social phobia when the person feels a strong apprehension even at the mere idea of social situations, to the point of avoiding them . Those who suffer from social phobia have the constant fear of making a bad impression and being judged negatively by others.
In the DSM-5 it is described as “marked and persistent fear of facing social situations or performances in which one may be exposed to the judgment of others”.