Single Session Therapy (SST)

People who are experiencing complex situations and/or intense problems are often the least likely to be able to commit to traditional forms of intervention due to the significant and competing needs that are often present in these circumstances. As a result, mental health practitioners working in these contexts must learn specific skills in order to maximize the time that they have with people.

This course on Single Session Therapy explores a clinically effective and accessible form of intervention which allows clients and clinicians to bypass many of the systemic barriers to accessing service.  Participants will apply the theories and techniques of Solution Focused Brief Therapy to traditional and non-traditional settings including walk-in clinics, shelters, case-management, or crisis response settings.  Participants will learn a structure for Single Session conversations and reflect on how social location and personal values interact with the work.

Supervision for single session therapy (SST)

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Evolving single session therapy (SST):
Re-conceptualizing the therapeutic process

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Evolving single session therapy: Crisis conversations at the walk-in

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Live webinar: July 18, 2022 | 9 a.m. to noon EST
Facilitator: Scot Cooper, RP

York Region – (August 3rd, 2021) Addiction Services for York Region (ASYR) is pleased to announce it has launched a free and confidential single-session counselling service that allows people to connect with a counsellor through video link or over the phone within one or two business days.

Rather than waiting for more intensive, multi-session addiction treatment programs, single-session counselling allows adults and youth aged 12 and up to get faster help for their questions and concerns about substance use and addiction.

Evolving single session therapy (SST): Re-conceptualizing the therapeutic process

Presented by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute

July 5, 2021 | 9 a.m. to noon  EST

Scot Cooper, RP

Working with Self-Injuring and Suicidal Adolescents: A Collaborative Strengths-Based Family Therapy Approach

Presented by: Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, LCSW

June 18, 2021 @ 12:00pm-2:00 pm EST

Walk-in clinics and other forms of quick access to services have become a key part of the landscape of service delivery in Ontario as outlined in the policy paper, “No More, No Less: Brief Mental Health Services for Children and Youth" (Duvall, J., Young, K.,Kays-Burden, A.,2012). Narrative therapy ideas and practices provide therapists with ways of quickly engaging people in deeply meaningful and useful conversations.

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