Working with children and youth impacted by eating disorders often requires clinicians to respond to complex circumstances. Engagement with the individuals and families may be brief and unpredictable, however, they are opportunities to build trust and support motivation for change.

Single Session Thinking (SST) is particularly well suited to child and youth eating disorder settings, where timely, developmentally attuned, and collaborative care can strengthen therapeutic alliances, relational health goals, and improve engagement and outcomes across inpatient, outpatient, and community contexts.

Single Session Thinking: Child and Youth Eating Disorders is a practice framework implementation workshop aimed at developing foundational knowledge and skills in the SST framework and to support its application within child and youth eating disorder practice.

This is an implementation focused workshop led by experienced clinicians with expertise in child and youth eating disorders and Single Session Thinking (SST) practice.

2026 workshops

Dates	Time	Delivery
Tue, 22 Sept 2026	9:30am - 4:30pm (AEST)	In-person

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Cost

In-person: $340 (incl. GST)

What will you learn

By attending this workshop, you will:

Develop your understanding of SST and how single session approaches support timely engagement in eating disorder care;
Understand SST attitudes and skills, and how these can influence the work you do
Begin to apply SST techniques, including the SST Map to assist your structure to eating disorders treatment work
Consider factors that will enable or constrain the integration of SST into your everyday practice.

Who should attend

SST-CYED is for professionals currently working with young people engaged in eating disorder treatment who want a solid foundation in SST practice and greater confidence in structuring individual or family centred sessions.

Prior knowledge

Recommended completion of The Bouverie Centre’s Single Session Thinking self-paced online suite in the last 12 months.

Workshop style

The day features small-group practice, case discussions, and guided exploration of how SST can be integrated into everyday clinical work. Participants will apply SST principles across key stages of practice - including session convening, establishing therapeutic focus, relational questioning, and responsive follow-up - and explore how these approaches align with manualised treatments such as Family Based Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Adolescents, and Specialist Supportive Clinical Management.

Participants will have opportunities to ask questions about SST and its application, reflect on real world practice challenges, and receive practical guidance on how to begin using SST within their specific work roles and service settings.

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Contact the host of SST in-Practice: Child & Youth Eating Disorders (in person)