Single Session Therapy and Neuroscience: Scaffolding and Social Engagement

Book Title

Collaborative therapy and neurobiology: Evolving practices in action

Author(s)

Karen Young
James Hibel, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Jaime L. Tartar, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Mercedes Fernandez, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

ISBN

9781317223153

Publication Date

3-16-2017

Description

Brief narrative practices are becoming one of the most utilized collaborative approaches in walk-in therapy clinics and single session therapy across Ontario, Canada (Duvall & Young, 2015; Duvall, Young, & Kayes-Burden, 2012; Young, 2011b). The deliberate attention to scaffolding questions that create movement toward new understandings is a cornerstone of narrative practice (White, 2007) and one that is key in providing meaningful change in single session counseling (Young, 2008, 2011a). These scaffolded brief conversations establish a partnership between the client and therapist as the therapist proposes incremental questions that co-create new knowledge. The process is highly collaborative, relational, and social, all necessary components for meaningful outcomes in brief therapy (Duvall & Young, 2015; Hubble, Duncan, & Miller, 1999; Lambert, Shapiro, & Bergin, 1994; Orlinsky, Grawe, & Parks, 1994). Recent literature has been illuminating important intersections between the growing knowledge in neuroscience and both well-established and innovative practices in narrative therapy (Beaudoin & Zimmerman, 2011; Cozolino, 2010; Maclennan, 2015; Zimmerman & Beaudoin, 2015).

Publisher

Routledge

City

New York, NY

First Page

103

Last Page

115

NSUWorks Citation

Young, K., Hibel, J., Tartar, J. L., Fernandez, M. (2017). Single Session Therapy and Neuroscience: Scaffolding and Social Engagement. Collaborative therapy and neurobiology: Evolving practices in action, 103-115.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facbooks/531

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