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Reflections and Learning From an Agency‐Wide Implementation of Single Session Work in Family Therapy
Author(s) -
O'Neill Imogen,
Rottem Naomi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1017/aft.2012.7
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , project commissioning , agency (philosophy) , work (physics) , service delivery framework , service (business) , family therapy , process (computing) , medical education , publishing , psychology , public relations , medicine , psychotherapist , sociology , political science , business , engineering , computer science , social science , marketing , advertising , mechanical engineering , law , operating system
In November 2009, the Bouverie Centre, a centre for training, research, and clinical family therapy in Melbourne, Australia, embarked on a 12‐month trial involving the implementation of single session work as our main model of service provision for all new family appointments. We were interested in evaluating clients' and therapists' experiences of this change in our clinical service delivery. This article discusses some clinical dilemmas that arose for staff in this process, and how they were addressed. Clients' responses to single session work are outlined, followed by a discussion of outcomes of the implementation for our organisation.