The Origins of Single-Session Therapy: An Examination of Freud's Single Sessions

This book explores the single-session work done by Sigmund Freud and considers the implications of this work for the current theory and practice of single-session therapy (SST).

While contemporary interest in SST can be traced to Moshe Talmon’s (1990) book, its origins go back to Freud. There are three cases in the literature where Freud can be said to practise SST, and this is the first book that examines these cases in one place and without getting caught up in the intricacies of Freudian ...