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

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

Dryden, Windy

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Focus on Mental Health

General Psychology

ISBN10: 1041072627
ISBN13: 9781041072621
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 6 2026
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

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 theory. Windy Dryden first explores the three cases in which Freud conducted single-session work with patients. Particular attention is paid to the third patient, Margarethe Lutz, who discussed the session in an interview. This work is important because it is the only client-based view of Freud conducting therapy that lasted a single session. The book closely examines the work of Freud in these sessions and tracks how it impacts the development of SST.

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