Focused Brief Group Therapy

Martyn Whittingham, Ph.D., CGP., FAPA., FAGPA, is a licensed psychologist in Ohio and a consultant with a private practice. He has received national awards for group practice (with Dr. Erin Frick) in 2010, from the Association for Specialists in Group Work and for teaching group dynamics from the American Psychological Association (2021). He is the former president of Division 49 of the American Psychological Association (2020) and is a former chair of the American Group Psychotherapy Association’s Science to Service Task Force. He has authored numerous book chapters and journal articles and regularly presents on focused brief group therapy throughout the USA, China, the United Kingdom and Singapore. Dr. Whittingham is a fellow of both APA and AGPA. He lives in Cincinnati where he derives the greatest joy from moments spent with his wife and daughter and their cat, Envelope.   

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Overview and Rationale
I. THE MODEL
1. Theoretical Underpinnings
2. Focused Brief Group Therapy Structure, Parameters, and Mechanisms of Change
3. Interpersonal Scale Descriptions
4. Leadership Attitudes, Foci, and Skills
II. THE MODEL IN PRACTICE
5. Preparing for Focused Brief Group Therapy: Referrals and Assessment Integration
6. Therapy, Pregroup Preparation, and Screening: The Importance of the TPS Session
7. Leading the First Two Sessions
8. Leading the Middle and Later Sessions
9. Making Sense of Client Change: Triangulation of Data
10. Debriefing as an Essential Bookend
11. Research and Future Directions
References
Index
 About the Author