We believe in scalable mental health support that is available in-the-moment. As part of this continuing drive, we offer drop-in single therapy sessions.
In fact today, 78% of all one-to-one sessions at Kooth are single 'one at a time' sessions. Latest outcome measures show this approach is hugely effective, with around 70% of service users achieving their wants and needs.
Responding to service user needs is central to our approach to mental health.
Kooth's chief clinical offer, Dr Lynne Green, describes how we developed a "single session" service to meet changing needs - and the validated measure we developed to assess single session outcomes.
Dr Louisa Salhi, head of research at Kooth, explains how we collaborated with partners like the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) to develop our 'session wants and needs outcome measure' (SWAN-OM), the first ever measure for digital single session therapy.
We're continuing to research digitally-delivered single session support through SWAN-OM, our validated outcome measure. Read a selection of our research papers for our latest findings.
Findings show there are substantial opportunities for single-session interventions to meaningfully impact future policy-making and service delivery, such as waiting list management.
This paper describes the development of the adult SWAN-OM. It asserts that involving both clinical experts and service users in the design process guarantees the relevance and practical utility of this measure.
The focus in this paper is on testing the validity of the previously created SWAN-OM measure. Findings show that the SWAN-OM demonstrates good concurrent validity with common measures of outcome and experience.
A Kooth report outlining the potential of single session support against a backdrop of rising demand for mental health services rises, limited practitioner availability and the need for inclusive support in the moment.
Eminent clinical psychologists, Professor Jessica Schleider and Dr Maria Loades discuss single sessions in terms of their flexibility, scalability and popularity - and their critical role in helping meet the needs of young people today.
This is a real-life case study about Justin*, a Kooth service user, showing how easily-accessed single sessions can make a momentous difference in someone’s life.
Through single drop-in therapy sessions, Justin gradually opened up about what he was struggling with and took meaningful steps towards self-acceptance and confidence.
*Not his real name
