A Critical Examination of Irvin D. Yaloms Single-Session Consultations: It is t [Hardcover]

Introduction? Chapter 1. Yalom: A Reluctant Single-Session Therapist? Chapter 2. Yaloms Position on What Was Therapeutic About His Single-Session Consultations? Chapter 3. The Sessions and Post-Consultation Patient Feedback? Chapter 4. What Single-Session Therapists Can Learn from Yaloms Single-Session Consultations and What They Probably Would Not Wish to Implement? Chapter 5. Examining Yaloms Work Through the Lens of the Single-Session Therapy Mindset? Chapter 6. Final Reflections

Windy Dryden is in part-time clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) and single-session therapy (SST). He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 45 years and is the author and editor of over 285 books.

Professor Windy Dryden, a global leader in the development and delivery of single-session therapy, offers a thoughtful and insightful analysis of Dr. Irvin Yaloms experience with this approach, as detailed in his new book, Hour of the Heart. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in mastering the mindset and skills necessary for the successful delivery of Single-Session Therapy.

 Sarah Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, Normal Magic

This book explores the single-session work done by Irving Yalom and considers the implications of this work for the current theory and practice of single-session therapy (SST).

Due to failing memory and decreasing stamina as he aged, Yalom eventually decided that if he was to continue to offer help to patients, he could only do so by offering them single-session consultations. While it was perhaps reluctant single-session work, it coincided with the continued rise of SST starting with the publication of Moshe Talmon's book in 1990. This book examines Yaloms work against the growing literature on single-sesl³ç