This workshop will explore the practical application of the theory, principles, and skills of a single-session therapy (SST) mindset in working with anxiety. Designed as a fully bilingual event for both Chinese- and English-speaking colleagues, the workshop highlights how SST offers focused and effective strategies for managing anxiety in its many forms, including generalised and social anxiety.
Consecutive interpretation throughout in both English and Chinese.This approach ensures equal inclusion of both language communities. This cross-cultural format creates a unique opportunity for shared learning and collaboration.
The first hour will feature a presentation by Windy Dryden, delivered with consecutive interpretation throughout in both English and Chinese. This approach ensures equal inclusion of both language communities. This cross-cultural format creates a unique opportunity for shared learning and collaboration.
The final 30 minutes will be devoted to Q&A, with questions invited from colleagues in both languages. This will allow for an exchange of cross-cultural perspectives on anxiety and its management.
Why a Single-Session Therapy Mindset for Anxiety?
Anxiety is a common challenge across cultures and contexts. The single-session therapy mindset offers a concise, practical, and highly focused approach that can provide meaningful support even within the space of a single encounter. By engaging in this cross-cultural workshop, participants will not only learn strategies for anxiety management but also reflect on how these ideas resonate internationally.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Understand the theory, principles, and techniques of a single-session therapy mindset in the context of anxiety.
- Learn practical strategies for managing anxiety in daily life.
- Explore the benefits and challenges of applying a single-session mindset to anxiety-related issues.
- Engage in a bilingual Q&A to deepen understanding and share perspectives across languages.
- Reflect on how cultural context shapes the experience and treatment of anxiety.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
This international event is designed for:
- Counsellors, psychotherapists, and other helping professionals working with clients experiencing anxiety.
- Educators and supervisors in the therapeutic field seeking practical and adaptable approaches.
- Colleagues from Chinese- and English-speaking communities learning together to explore SST and cross-cultural perspectives on anxiety.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Attendees will leave with practical strategies to integrate into their work, alongside a deeper appreciation of how anxiety is understood and addressed across cultures. The unique structure of the event — a bilingual presentation with consecutive interpretation and cross-cultural Q&A — ensures that all participants are equally included in a rich, inclusive exchange of learning.
- This event is committed to creating an inclusive learning environment for colleagues across languages and cultures.
Course Content
Presenter
CBT Therapist, Trainer, Academic and Writer
I am Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London and have been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975.
I was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and have trained with Drs. Albert Ellis, Aaron T. Beck and Arnold Lazarus.
I have also trained at the University of Warwick where I was awarded an MSc in Psychotherapy. This was an eclectic course and gave me a very broad view of the field. What has been important and sustaining in my career has been variety. Thus, I work as a practitioner, trainer, academic and writer/editor.
CBT Practice
I have worked as a therapist in many settings: including in private practice, in a GP practice, in a clinical psychology service and in private psychiatric hospitals.
CBT Training
I have been active in training counsellors and therapists since 1975 and have trained therapists in many countries including Britain, USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.
Academic
I began my career as an academic as Lecturer in Counselling at the University of Aston in Birmingham (1975-1984) and joined Goldsmiths University of London in 1985 where I became Britian’s first Professor of Counselling in 1992. I am now Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths and have held Visiting Professorships at University of Birmingham, University of East London, University of Westminster and London Metropolitan University. In 2005, I was awarded a DSc in Psychology at Babes-Bolyai University in Romania.
Writer and Editor
My first book was published in 1984 and I have now authored or edited over 230 books. I write for both the profession and for the general public. In addition, I have edited 20 book series and was, until 2012, the editor of the ‘Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy’.
