Skills in Single-Session Therapy Part 3: Ways of working with problems and solutions
Windy Dryden
Citation: Dryden, W. (2024). Skills in Single-Session Therapy. Part 3: Ways of working with problems and solutions. European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice, 8,
2, 1-6. https://ejctrap.nationalwellbeingservice.com/volumes/volume-8-2024/volume-8-article-2
Processing dates: Submitted: 9 November 2023; Accepted: 9 November 2023; Published: 7 September 2024
Abstract
Most clients come to single-session therapy seeking a solution to an emotional and/or
behavioural problem with which they are stuck (Dryden, 2024). In doing this solution-focused work, the single-session therapist needs to be able to work skilfully with problems and solutions. In this paper, I will outline and discuss such work.
Keywords: action plans, problems, single-session therapy, solutions
Biography
Windy Dryden is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has authored or edited over 250 books.
His current interests are in single-session and very brief interventions within a therapy and coaching context. Relevant publications include: Single-Session Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques’ (Routledge, 2019) which outlines the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of the single-session mindset and The Single-Session Counselling Primer: Principles and Practice (PCCS Books, 2020) which is a comprehensive introduction to SST for counsellors.
His book, Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations (Routledge, 2018) is focused on work he has done conducting live demonstrations of therapy/coaching in front of an audience that last 30 minutes or less. He has done more than 650 such demonstrations all over the world.
His goal is to disseminate SST/OAAT with the hope that it might help provide help at the point of need within the NHS, a form of IAPT where the ‘I’ stands for ‘Immediate’. His latest book is Dryden, W. (2022). Single-session integrated CBT (SSI-CBT): Distinctive features. 2nd edition. Routledge.
