Focused Brief Group Therapy: An Integrative Interpersonal Approach

This webinar showcases focused brief group therapy (FBGT) an integrative interpersonal approach. The model is designed to reduce interpersonal distress in eight sessions or less. The founder of FBGT, Martyn Whittingham, PhD, CGP, FAGPA, FAPA, outlines how Yalom's work was adapted into a ten-session model that uses the interpersonal circumplex to personalize and bring focus to treatment. Outcome and process-outcome research is discussed, and key theoretical premises outlined, including mechanisms of change and structure of the model.

• Describe the importance of the therapy, pregroup preparation, and screening session (the pre-group individual meeting) in FBGT.
• Describe how the interpersonal circumplex is used to focus treatment.

Martyn Whittingham, PhD, CGP, FAGPA, FAPA