Single Session Consultation

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What is a Single Session Consultation?

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At times, you might want to engage for brief support around a specific issue as an individual, family or couple. Single session therapy (SST) is an evidence-based approach to help identify and address challenges in a brief way, usually from one to three sessions (so not necessarily a “single” session).  In the single session therapy approach the focus is to prioritise a person, couple, or family’s needs within the time limitations.  Single Session Therapy approaches each session as if it were the last and seeks to maximize the time available.

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What Single Session Therapy can help with:

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The SST approach can be helpful to address specific issues, and to shift any "stuck" patterns in life and relationships, improve communication, create a more hopeful outlook, and identify next steps that may or may not involve more counselling. This happens via a focus on your most immediate issue, defining a clear, specific goal to work towards, focusing on your strengths and skills, and helping you to identify and practice things to become “unstuck”. 

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What to expect during Single Session Therapy:

 

Sessions are 90-minute consultations, of focused, solution-oriented support, including the identification of a forward plan and any relevant resources.  

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For more detailed easy to read information about the Single Session Therapy approach:

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https://www.oprah.com/health_wellness/what-is-single-session-therapy