Professor Windy Dryden: single-session and One-at-a-Time (OAAT) therapy: a 1 day workshop

In this workshop, Professor Windy Dryden will discuss the nature, principles and practice of single-session and one-at-a-time therapy that has been developed to provide a response to that need and to reflect the fact that the most frequent number of sessions that clients have internationally is 'one'. He will make the point that single-session and one-at-a-time work is best viewed as a mindset rather than as an approach, and will stress that SST/OAAT can be practised by therapists using their preferred orientation. Using volunteers from the audience who seek help for current issues that they are prepared to discuss in front of an audience of their peers – he will demonstrate his approach to this way of working.

About Windy Dryden

Windy Dryden is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has authored or edited more than 225 books. His current interests are in single-session and very brief interventions within a therapy and coaching context. Relevant publications include: ‘When Time is at a Premium’ (Rationality Publications, 2016), ‘Single Session Integrated CBT: Distinctive Features’ (Routledge, 2017) and ‘Very Brief Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching’ (Routledge, 2017). His book, ‘Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations’ (Routledge, 2018) is focused on the work that he has done conducting live demonstrations of therapy/coaching in front of an audience that last 30 minutes or less.

He has done more than 300 such demonstrations all over the world.

His latest book is entitled, ‘Single-Session Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques’ which outlines the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of the single-session mindset.