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Reflections and Learning From an Agency-Wide Implementation of Single Session Work in Family Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

Imogen O'Neill  and
Naomi Rottem
Imogen O'Neill*
Affiliation:
The Bouverie Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Naomi Rottem
Affiliation:
The Bouverie Centre, Melbourne, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Imogen O'Neill, The Bouverie Centre, 8 Gardiner St, Brunswick VIC 3056. Email: i.oneill@latrobe.edu.au.
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

single session therapyfamily therapyimplementationclinical practiceaction researchservice delivery
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 70 - 83
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Copyright © The Authors 2012

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