Walk-In Single-Session Therapy: Client Satisfaction and Clinical Outcomes

Harper-Jaques, Sandy; Foucault, Darlene

doi:10.1521/jsyt.2014.33.3.29

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“…4. More research (on frequency, clinical outcomes, change processes, client satisfaction, cost-effectivenesssee, e.g., more recent evidence of SST frequency and client satisfaction in articles by Harper-Jaques & Foucault, 2014, Josling & Cait, 2018, Levin, Gil-Wilkerson, & Rapini De Yatim, 2018, and S€ oderquist, 2018 plus those by Cannistr a et al and by Westwater et al in this issue). 5.…”

Section: Single-session Thinking 2020mentioning

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Single Session Thinking 2020

Hoyt

Young

Rycroft

2020

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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This update presents key developments since Talmon's original (1990) publication, including an account of the three international symposia which have taken place since the last ANZJFT special edition on single session therapy in 2012, and the major compilations that followed the symposia. Underlying elements that unite different single session approaches are explored, and an attempt is made to provide a terminology that is inclusive and coherent. As reflected in the title, the term 'single session thinking' is suggested as an over-arching term for the approach that is no longer limited to the therapy room, but reaches into many different contexts. In conclusion, possible future clinical and research developments in the field of single session thinking and practice are reflected upon, and the implications for contemporary health care delivery considered.

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Section: Single-session Thinking 2020mentioning

confidence: 99%

Single Session Thinking 2020

Hoyt

Young

Rycroft

2020

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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“…Evidence across 58 studies indicates interventions lasting < 5 min can have similar effects on young adults’ problem drinking, versus multi-session interventions (Tanner-Smith and Lipsey 2015 ). Single-session, walk-in therapy is associated with symptom improvement in adults ages 18–80 and can reduce clinic wait-list length (Harper-Jaques and Foucault 2014 ).…”

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“…This concern is misguided for at least two reasons. First, many brief treatments are “problem-agnostic” by necessity (e.g., walk-in single session therapy): They are inherently designed to adapt to the patient’s presenting problem as they understand it —not to a particular clinical diagnosis, which many therapy protocols are designed to target (Harper-Jaques and Foucault 2014 ; Schleider et al 2020a , b ). Thus, many brief treatments may be easier to personalize than traditional, manualized treatments centering diagnostic-criteria.…”

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Retiring, Rethinking, and Reconstructing the Norm of Once-Weekly Psychotherapy

Schleider

Dobias

Mullarkey

et al. 2020

Adm Policy Ment Health

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“…This concern is misguided for at least two reasons. First, many brief treatments are "problem-agnostic" by necessity (e.g., walk-in single session therapy): They are inherently designed to adapt to the patient's presenting problem as they understand it-not to a particular clinical diagnosis, which many therapy protocols are designed to target (Harper-Jaques & Foucault, 2014;. Thus, many brief treatments may be easier to personalize than traditional, manualized treatments centering diagnostic-criteria.…”

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Retiring, Rethinking, and Reconstructing the Norm of Once-Weekly Psychotherapy

Schleider¹,

Dobias²,

Mullarkey³

et al. 2020

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Psychotherapies hold clear potential to alleviate mental health problems, yet there is no scientifically-driven consensus for how long treatment should last, how intense sessions should be, or how frequently sessions should occur. In practice, once-weekly therapy is the dominant outpatient service available to youths and adults alike, largely due to long-held beliefs and insurance companies’ limiting reimbursable treatment-time to 50-minute, weekly sessions. But ubiquity cannot be mistaken for clinical or practical superiority. Indeed, weekly therapy sessions are among numerous treatment structures that can help patients achieve clinical gains, with numerous trials supporting the utility of brief, intensive, and concentrated treatments for widely-varying problem types. Further, existing psychological services—dominated by weekly, outpatient options—fall short of meeting population-level mental health needs. Most youths and adults with psychiatric disorders never access care due to financial and logistical constraints, and among those who do, premature drop-out is common. Despite repeated calls to diversify treatment options, the “weekly therapy hour” remains the practical default. Given limited accessibility of, and significant dropout from, weekly outpatient therapy, and the established efficacy of alternative treatment formats, our field’s continued overreliance on the “default” of once-weekly therapy cannot be considered benign. As clinical scientists and therapists, we assert that it is our field’s ethical obligation to retire and rebuild the longstanding “default” to once-weekly treatment. To be clear, we do not endorse eliminating weekly psychotherapy as an option for patients; many once-weekly, evidence-based treatments, if delivered as intended, may benefit patients greatly. However, repositioning weekly therapy as one of many treatment options, and diversifying available service types, may strengthen the accessibility, flexibility, and potentially the effectiveness of treatment overall.

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Walk-In Single-Session Therapy: Client Satisfaction and Clinical Outcomes

Cited by 32 publications

References 18 publications

Single Session Thinking 2020

Single Session Thinking 2020

Retiring, Rethinking, and Reconstructing the Norm of Once-Weekly Psychotherapy

Retiring, Rethinking, and Reconstructing the Norm of Once-Weekly Psychotherapy

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