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Single session interventions for adolescent depression during the Covid-19 pandemic

With today’s article, we make use of the recent experience of the pandemic in order to gather essential data for the planning of future interventions with adolescents.

In the early months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic transformed the lives of people worldwide. The closure of schools forced millions of students into isolation, causing them to give up social as well as educational opportunities. The already limited access that adolescents had to mental health services decreased even further.

In this article, we will analyze a study by Dr. Jessica Schleider, who conducted Single-Session Online Interventions, self-administered, aimed at adolescents.

Criticism of Single Session Therapy

With today’s article we want to delve deeper into what are considered the criticisms and objections to the use and effectiveness of Single Session Therapy as a methodology in the psychological field.

V International Symposium on Single-Session Therapies (SST5): after Rome, fly to Chicago

After the IV International Symposium on Single Session Therapy held in Rome in November 2023, organized by the Italian Center for Single Session Therapy, Northwestern University’s Scalable Mental Health Laboratory has recently announced the fifth edition of the International Symposium on Single-Session Therapies (SST5), which will be held from 27 to 29 June 2025, Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile, at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, USA.

Single-Session Therapy and Drop-Out: new meanings

The aim of today’s article is to explore the new possible meanings of the concept of dropout in psychotherapy. We will do so by describing a study that explored how people make the decision to interrupt therapy . The study reported in the article A New Perspective On Client Dropouts by M. Scamardo, M. Bobele and JL Biever was conducted in 2004 at a training clinic of the Department of Psychology at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.

9 considerations that tell us what is not Single Session Therapy

The aim of today’s article is to discover everything that Single Session Therapy is not , to focus on what this intervention method actually represents and how it can be best used once introduced into one’s professional practice .

Talking about SST without a specific analysis can sometimes lead to misunderstandings about its meaning and how it is applied, with whom and in what context .

Single Session Therapy in the penitentiary sector

Psychological health in the penitentiary sector is a much-discussed topic in cultural debate, but sometimes little invested in terms of resources , actions and management at the political level .

The article starts from the desire to reflect on the contribution of psychology in prison and in particular on the possibilities of applying Single Session Therapy in detention contexts starting from a subjective professional experience, in which I had the opportunity to follow through psychological interviews some prisoners at the end of their sentence, close to social reintegration.

Before seeing how SST can be a tool at the service of professionals and inmates within prison, let’s briefly look at the setting and the prison environment to introduce the reader to a reality that is often difficult to imagine.

The fear of flying and Single Session Therapy

The goal of today’s article is to describe what the fear of flying consists of and how Single Session Therapy successfully intervenes on phobias.

What is aerophobia?

This term refers to the fear of flying or taking a plane due to a significant state of anxiety.

It can be configured either as a phobia , an irrational and persistent fear of a specific situation which in this case is the condition of having to take a plane, or it could manifest itself as a rather intense , but still manageable fear.

Single Session Therapy and sport: proposals for new application areas of the method

The areas of application of Single Session Therapy are truly many. With today’s article we focus on the possibilities that it offers in particular in the sports sector.

Since it is a methodology that allows you to get the most out of every single match , it fits well with the goal of getting the most out of a sporting performance , especially in a competitive setting.

Single-session therapy: future lines of intervention in young people

In today’s article we present a research on how Single Session Therapy can prove to be an excellent method in the treatment of situations that can manifest themselves in adolescence .

In several articles of this blog we have seen how SST is a highly efficient method in different situations, contexts and with different people.

I believe, also considering the times we are living in and how the pandemic has affected (is affecting and will affect) the mental health of people and young people, that the possibility of practicing SST and brief therapies can represent a valid opportunity for mental health professionals.