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Implementing Single Session Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

Jeff Young ,
Shane Weir  and
Pam Rycroft
Jeff Young*
Affiliation:
The Bouverie Centre: Victoria's Family Institute, La Trobe University, Australia
Shane Weir
Affiliation:
The Bouverie Centre: Victoria's Family Institute, La Trobe University, Australia
Pam Rycroft
Affiliation:
The Bouverie Centre: Victoria's Family Institute, La Trobe University, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Jeff Young, Director, The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University, 8 Gardiner Street, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia. Email: j.young@latrobe.edu.au
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Abstract

In recent decades, discussion about clinical practice has been dominated by a focus on evidence-based treatments, whilst the translation of evidence-based treatments into practice has been neglected or avoided. The single session therapy (SST) field reflects this general trend. As a result, the community has not benefited from available service improvements simply because they have not found their way into core practice or been translated across state-wide services. This article draws on a range of implementation projects managed by The Bouverie Centre, in particular a successful state-wide SST implementation project conducted in collaboration with Victorian community health counselling services, to raise implementation dilemmas and suggest practical ideas about the translation of SST ideas into mainstream clinical practice. It is hoped this discussion will be of interest to those wanting to translate any new idea into practice.

Keywords

single session therapysingle session workimplementationtranslationfamily therapy
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 84 - 97
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Copyright © The Authors 2012

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