A-Ha!
I was greatly inspired by the book “Single
Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and Often Only)
Therapeutic Encounter,” by Moshe Talmon. Psychologists often have only a
single session with a patient, and then the patient does not return. Was the
psychologist incompetent or offensive? Was the patient was too defensive or
absent of insight? Happily, Talmon proves a much more optimistic explanation.
He cites research on hundreds of single-session cases which resulted in prompt,
substantial, and lasting change in the patient’s life. He reported that the
patient often simply needed a “little something” (perhaps a little solution, a
little insight, a little encouragement, a little support, or a little
inspiration) to build upon their existing strengths and to heal themselves.
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