Single session family intervention in a local authority family centre setting

This article describes single-session systemic work with families using a 'reflecting team' in a local authority family centre context. The model draws upon solution-focused approaches, reflecting team ideas, narrative approaches and research into single sessions to provide a responsive, early intervention service to colleagues in a local social work team. We have incorporated issues raised by participants at our workshop, which was part of the Therapeutic Social Work Today conference at the Tavistock Clinic.