1. Single-session chairwork: overview and case illustration of brief dialogical psychotherapy.
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Pugh, Matthew
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MENTAL illness treatment , *PSYCHOTHERAPY , *CONVERSATION , *ROLE playing , *INTERVIEWING , *BRIEF psychotherapy , *EMOTIONS , *BEHAVIOR , *ANXIETY , *CLIENT relations , *MENTAL health counseling , *SCHEMA therapy , *COMMUNICATION , *COGNITIVE therapy , *TELECONFERENCING , *SOCIAL support , *SELF-perception , *SELF-disclosure , *DISCLOSURE - Abstract
Single session therapy (SST) is an increasingly popular approach to mental health treatment that aims to address clients' presenting difficulties in a single appointment. However, experiential approaches to SST are limited. In this paper I describe the theory and practice of "chairwork" – an integrative, action-focused method of intervention centred on the concept of self-multiplicity – and outline how these procedures can be coherently applied in a single-session format. A preliminary protocol for delivering single-session chairwork (SSC) or "brief dialogical psychotherapy" is presented, alongside a case illustration that demonstrates features of this approach. Finally, directions for future research and the continued development of chairwork as a psychotherapeutic modality are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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