Roberts,A., Wohi,G., Wilson, H., Hanley, T., & Salhi,L.

The “one at a time” approach assumes the young person may not return for further sessions and focuses on providing an effective, solution-focused therapeutic contact to address the young person’s wants and needs.

With the increase in demand for mental health services for children and young people, digital single-session interventions have been found effective and useful for addressing barriers and challenges. There are substantial opportunities for single-session interventions to meaningfully impact future policy-making and service delivery such as waiting list management.

We have also acknowledged how single-session interventions address the wants and needs of underserved communities by providing support without the common barriers to accessing traditional therapeutic services. The online, free, and inclusive nature of single-session interventions appeals to youths facing significant barriers to mental healthcare, even without cultural-specific tailoring. Moreover, innovative tools such as the SWAN-OM (Session Wants and Needs Outcome Measure; De Ossorno Garcia, 2021) combine young people’s wants and needs into an outcome measure to improve the therapeutic experience for young people and practitioners.