Single Session Family Therapy - an Effective & Efficient Means of Engaging Children/ Young People & Their Families Therapeutically to Support Better Mental Health Outcomes
Tracks
Springbrook Room - In Person Only
| Wednesday, March 20, 2024 |
| 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
Overview
Susan Arthur, Alfred Infant, Child & Youth Area Mental Health & Wellbeing Service
Details
Presentation Key Learnings:
1. Single Session provides a unique setting for a child's voice to be heard and amplified via a reflecting team process.
2. Single Session Family Therapy - purpose, structure, format and process will be outlined clearly.
3. Single Session provides an effective, timely intervention for families whilst also providing a forum for developing clinical skills in family therapy techniques for newer in career clinicians.
Speaker
Ms Susan Arthur
Practice Lead Single Session & Family Work
Alfred Infant, Child & Youth Area Mental Health & Wellbeing Service
Single Session Family Therapy - an Effective & Efficient Means of Engaging Children/ Young People & Their Families Therapeutically to Support Better Mental Health Outcomes
Abstract
Single Session Family Therapy (SSFT) provides a unique opportunity for a child/ young person’s voice to be heard by their family and the broader system. The Reflecting Team can amplify their voice and provide validation and strengths-based feedback. SSFT aims to support the family in developing shared understandings of difficulties and to develop their own pathways forward.
Alfred ICYAMHWS is a free, public mental health service providing tertiary level outpatient care to children/ young people up to 26yrs, and their families in south-eastern Melbourne. Our Single Session Family Therapy program has been operating for 15 years and continues to be an effective time-limited therapeutic intervention with more than 50% of families having their needs met in one session.
The presentation will outline the purpose, theoretical underpinnings, structure and outcomes of our Single Session Family Therapy program. It will give a current snapshot of the range and complexity of presenting issues based on 2023 data. It will highlight how the introduction of a Practice Lead position has enhanced focus on clinical skill development and allowed for flexible approaches with families when needed.
Alfred ICYAMHWS is a free, public mental health service providing tertiary level outpatient care to children/ young people up to 26yrs, and their families in south-eastern Melbourne. Our Single Session Family Therapy program has been operating for 15 years and continues to be an effective time-limited therapeutic intervention with more than 50% of families having their needs met in one session.
The presentation will outline the purpose, theoretical underpinnings, structure and outcomes of our Single Session Family Therapy program. It will give a current snapshot of the range and complexity of presenting issues based on 2023 data. It will highlight how the introduction of a Practice Lead position has enhanced focus on clinical skill development and allowed for flexible approaches with families when needed.
Biography
Social Worker & Clinical Family Therapist with many years experience in child and family welfare and community-based settings in Melbourne.
Working at Alfred ICYAMHWS for 10 years as a mental health clinician with vulnerable children, young people and their families. Held Discipline Senior Social Work role and strongly values equity and access, and privileging all voices in the room. Now in Practice Lead Single Session & Family Work position, leading clinical skill development in family work interventions, including our busy and effective Single Session Family Therapy program.
