ERIC Number: EJ1431380
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0306-9885
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3534
Single-Session Chairwork: Overview and Case Illustration of Brief Dialogical Psychotherapy
Matthew Pugh
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v52 n4 p777-795 2024
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.
Descriptors: Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Psychologists, Dialogs (Language), Outcomes of Treatment, Case Studies
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Language: English
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