# Moshe Talmon

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**Moshe Talmon** (Hebrew: משה טלמון) was born in [Kibbutz](/source/Kibbutz) [Beit Alpha](/source/Beit_Alpha) in 1950. He is one of the founders of a psychotherapy method known as [Single-Session Therapy](/source/Single_Session_Therapy_(SST)) or (SST).[1]

## Education and career

Talmon received his PhD in [Clinical Psychology](/source/Clinical_Psychology) at the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) in 1982. He interned at PCGC (Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic) in the [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia](/source/Children%E2%80%99s_Hospital_of_Philadelphia), under the supervision of [Salvador Minuchin](/source/Salvador_Minuchin). He served as a clinical director of the Kibbutz Child and Family Clinic located in [Hadera](/source/Hadera), [Israel](/source/Israel). During his tenure at [Kaiser Permanente Medical Group](/source/Kaiser_Permanente_Medical_Group) (1985-1991) he initiated a series of studies on Single-Session-therapy with Michael Hoyt and Robert Rosenbaum. In 1990 he founded the SST international Center in San Francisco to provide training, supervision on consultations to mental-health organizations.

Nowadays, he hosts workshops around the world and is a lecturer in the international program at [Tel-Aviv University](/source/Tel-Aviv_University), and teaches advanced methods of psychotherapy and lead a research seminar on well-being for MA students at The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo.[2]

## Works

### Books

- Talmon, M. Single Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and often Only) Therapeutic Encounter. San Francisco, Jossey – bass, 1990.
- Talmon, M. Single Session Solution: A Guide to Practical, Effective and Affordable Therapy. New York, Addison – Wesley, 1993.
- Hoyt, M.& Talmon, M.(editors) Capturing the Moment: Single Session Therapy and Walk-In Services, Crown House Publishing, 2014.

### Articles & Chapters

- Kaffman, M., Talmon, M. (1982) “The Crisis of Divorce: An opportunity for constructive change “ International Journal of Family Therapy. 4, 420-433,.
- Wood, B., Talmon, M. (1983) “Family Boundaries in Transition: A search for alternatives. Family Process.” 22, 347-357,
- Rosenbaum, R., Hoyt, M., Talmon, M. (1990) “The Challenge of Single Session Therapies: Creating Pivotal Moments” in R. Wells and V. Giantetti (Eds.). The Handbook of Brief Therapies. N.Y.: Plenum,
- Hoyt, M., Rosenbaum, R. & Talmon, M. (1992). “Planned Single-Session Therapy.” In S. Budman, M Hoyt, S. Friedman (Eds.). The First Session Brief Psychotherapy. New York: Guilford, pp. 59–86.
- Rosenbaum, R., Talmon, M. & Hoyt, M. (1993). “Heavy Ideals: A strategic single-session intervention for achieving weight loss through increasing autonomy” In Wells, R. & Gianetti, V. (Eds.). Casebook of the Brief Psychotherapies. New York: Plenum.
- Talmon, M. (2014) When less is More: 25 years of Maximizing the Effect of Every (and Often Only) Session. In Hoyt & Talmon(eds.), Capturing the Moment: Single-Session Therapy and Walk-in Services, Crown House Publishers
- Talmon, M., Hoyt, M.F. (2014), Moments are Forever. In Hoyt & Talmon (eds.) Capturing the Moment: Single-Session Therapy and Walk-in Services. Crown House Publishers.

## References

1. Talmon, Moshe (1990). *Single Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and often Only) Therapeutic Encounter*. San-San Francisco: Jossey – bass.

1. ["Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College"](https://archive.today/20141125150621/https://www.mta.ac.il/en/lecturers/241/Pages/default.aspx). Archived from [the original](https://www.mta.ac.il/en/lecturers/241/Pages/default.aspx) on November 25, 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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