SINGLE SESSION THERAPY

Workshop in English

Single-Session Therapy is a method of therapeutic intervention widespread throughout the world (Cannistrà & Piccirilli, 2018; Hoyt et al., 2018; Hoyt & Talmon, 2014), which maximises the effectiveness of each single (and often only) session.

It’s offered by psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists since it is suitable for different contexts, from private practice to the work of organisations, as a supplement to their current practice. It is also offered by other healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors etc.

In Italy SST is studied and diffused by the Italian Center for Single Session Therapy, which now is starting to providing workshop in English too!

Single Session Therapy has been practised for 30 years all over the world.

It is a method, not a theoretical orientation, so it can be used by every healthcare professional, integrated into their own reference model.

Imagine it as a framework, into which you place your therapy: by applying it you can obtain maximum results in every single session. Even if there’s only one.

And besides helping the person in every one of their sessions with you, it allows you to respond to those who, for whatever reason, feel the need to contact a professional even for a single session – regardless of whether or not they choose to continue.

3 KEY POINTS BEFORE RECEIVING MORE INFORMATION

Efficacy

Thirty years of research have shown that:

✅ 70-80% of people who choose a single session are satisfied and think they don’t need further sessions (Hoyt & Talmon, 2014; Bloom, 2001)

✅on a scale of 1 (solved or much improved) to 5, the average improvement rate is 1.7 (Talmon, 2012, 1990; Kaffman, 1990)

✅ results are maintained in follow-ups of up to 8 years (Hoyt & Talmon, 2014; Slive & Bobele, 2011)

Those results seems to be the same all over the world (Hoyt et al., 2018; Cannistrà & Piccirilli, 2018).

Goals of the Workshop

Thanks to the workshop, in 2 days:

✅ You’ll learn the methodology that allows you to be fully-trained and start using the Single-Session model;

✅ You’ll maximise the effectiveness of each individual session;;

✅You’ll reduce the overall duration of treatment;;

✅ You’ll understand practical ways of integrating SST into your work, and above all of responding to people’s current need for help that’s appropriate to their needs, learning a new way of providing counselling and therapy.

Immediately after 2 days you will be able to independently conduct SST with your patients / clients.

Pratical Experience!

The workshop is extremely practical.
We provide you with all the relevant theoretical references, slides and in-depth material to take home, but mainly you’ll get plenty of practise!

Furthermore:

✅ You’ll hear different clinical cases and see a video of an entire session, to get concrete examples;

✅ you will have plenty of space to ask all the questions you need to understand and apply SST;

✅ And, above all, we’ll devote part of the workshop to explaining how to apply SST.

You’ll learn different ways of applying SST in your professional practice, both to gain more clients as a private practitioner, and to implement it in a centre or health facility.

Testimonies of previous participants

Patrizia Ziti - sports psychologist, works with athletes and in the context of the emergency

The workshop was conducted in an excellent way, the topics covered were interesting and enriching. It allowed me to acquire the appropriate skills to be able to respond adequately to clients' requests focused on the immediate solution of problems or difficult situations. Mi ha permesso di acquisire competenze appropriate per saper rispondere in modo adeguato a richieste, da parte dei clienti, sempre più mirate alla soluzione immediata dei problemi o dalle situazioni difficili. Voglio da subito attivarmi per utilizzare l’approccio della TSS nel mio studio privato. (Patrizia Ziti, psicologa dello sport, lavora con gli atleti e nei contesti dell’emergenza)
Monica Leva - psychologist, systemic-relational psychotherapist

I started already from the day after the workshop to put into practice some of the focal points of SST and I must say that I perceived an improvement of my subjective experience regarding: 1) the focus of the goal of the patient within the specific session, 2) a more accurate feedback about their resources, 3) a better commitment in the therapeutic work and, more than anything else, 4) a better result, in terms of effectiveness, of a systematic feedback during the session! All this to say that I am really very satisfied with the acquisition of this new methodological framework and that I am very happy to continue to share with you new developments of SST and personal experiences!
Gianluca Franciosi - psychologist, psychodynamic psychotherapist

I was initially skeptical and suspicious (I do not deny it), but when I started reading and informing myself about SST, skepticism left room for a growing curiosity, fueled by Flavio's knowledge. So the participation in the workshop was very good. Excellent everything: from the conduct, to the structuring of the contents, to the availability of the speakers in dealing with doubts and perplexities and, obviously, also the SST methodology is excellent. Highly recommended.
Francesca Fontanella - psychologist, expert in narrative therapy

Workshop that promises and keeps! Single session therapy in name and fact! The two days of training are a practical laboratory in which space is given to the exercises using the theory as an orientation map. The emails sent before the workshop were a useful reference point that enriched the live training. Group lively and available for comparison and competent, active, present teachers. I learned, I had fun, I met smart colleagues. An experience worth taking, if you want to add value to your professional service and to the time of therapy.
Giorgia Caramma - psychologist with training at the UNSW School of Psychology in Sydney

The training I received during the workshop was as I wanted it: spendable, pragmatic and highly participatory. The SST method is versatile and innovative: very simple to learn but at the same time it has allowed me to radically change the mindset with which I approach the client. It is an intuitive approach centered on who we are facing: it encourages us to work on the resources that the patient already possesses, maximizing the effects of a therapeutic work that would otherwise take place in a larger number of sessions. It will certainly be an important tool in my daily clinical practice.
Cecilia Pecchioli - psychologist, president of Young Psychologists Lombardia

I discovered the SST by chance, intrigued by some articles shared by the Italian Center for Single Session Therapy on social media. I am convinced that this methodology should be known and disseminated as much as possible among colleagues. The workshop in which I participated gave me the definitive confirmation: this method is fantastic. I am proud to be among the first psychologists to have learned the SST: I can not wait to put it into practice and to discover new variations in the various working areas. The two days were intense, enriching and fun. Flavio and Federico were excellent teachers and guides for a new and exciting journey.