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CASE STUDY- Amy

Amy is facing an emotional problem and is seeking help. She is considering two scenarios:

Scenario One: Amy consults her General Practitioner (GP), who refers her to a local clinic. At the clinic, she is assessed and offered an appointment, and her therapy begins approximately 12 weeks after she initially sought help. This approach is known as “help provided at the point of availability.”

Scenario Two: Amy visits a walk-in clinic, completes a brief form, and sees a therapist 30 minutes later. This approach is “help provided at the point of need.” The therapy in this scenario is delivered through a method known as Single Session Therapy (SST), which can be accessed either by walking in or by appointment.

Single Session Therapy involves a therapist and client meeting with the agreed intention of addressing the client’s problem in one session, allowing the client to move forward independently. However, it is also understood that additional sessions are available if needed.

Single Session Therapy is based on three key points:

1. Globally, the most common number of therapy sessions clients attend is one, followed by two, and then three.
2. Seventy to eighty percent of clients who attend one session are satisfied with it, given their current circumstances.
3. Therapists often find it difficult to predict who will attend only one session and who will require more.

Single Session Therapy is most effective when integrated with other services within a therapy agency. One way to achieve this is by offering everyone who needs help an immediately available single session. Those who require additional help or a different service can receive it, but where appropriate, everyone is encouraged to follow a five-stage process before seeking another session:

1. Reflect on what they learned from the session.
2. Digest this information.
3. Act on the learning.
4. Allow time to pass.
5. Decide if they need another session.

In Single Session Therapy, the therapist helps the client identify past attempts to solve the problem, encouraging them to build on what was helpful and discard what was not. Additionally, the therapist:

1. Encourages the client to identify and use their inner strengths and resiliency factors while addressing their problem.
2. Encourages the client to identify and use external resources, such as supportive people in their environment, while addressing the problem.
3. Works with the client during the session to identify the best available solution to the problem. The client is then encouraged to rehearse the solution during the session before drawing up an action plan to implement it.

At the end of the session, the therapist reminds the client that more help is available if needed.

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