Innovations in FBGT

Utilizing the interpersonal circumplex to focus treatment - How working transparently with an evidence-based measure can help clients understand and explain their central interpersonal issues

Working alliance - How this strengths and problem formulation can improve the working alliance 

Predicting group dynamics using the interpersonal circumplex 

Understanding how the therapist's own interpersonal style can impact transference and counter-transference and be a highly effective tool in working with the alliance and group process 

Understanding transference and counter-transference using the interpersonal circumplex 

FBGT goals for each interpersonal style that have been empirically proven to be successful

Inoculation against self-sabotage - Using key FBGT techniques to predict into client self-sabotage and prophylactically prevent it​

Re-thinking ideas about attachment and working with interpersonal style based on Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory (CIIT; Pincus & Hopwood, 2025).  FGBT considers person-environment fit as a key variable in contemplating distress and change.  How does a person's combination of traits, cultural identity, social learning and interpersonal flexibility work in different situations?  What change does the client want to see? ​

"Bookending treatment" - How FBGT emphasizes the pre-group individualized meeting as core to generating successful outcomes, and how individualized debriefings at the end of group are key to transferring learning into systems that may not always support change.​

Combining Yalom's interpersonal process with behavioral activation of specific goals related to pre-identified interpersonal distress on scientifically-validated scales ​

Integrating interpersonal strengths and challenges into a composite picture that allows each client to see how and where their existing skills are helpful or leaving their needs and wishes unmet​

Triangulation of data - How to incorporate multiple data points into your clinical judgment to evaluate change ​

How to listen to client's multicultural and diversity variables and incorporate change into frameworks that have meaning for them​

Understanding change processes impact clients and how to promote continuation of change - habituation to change and homeostatic responses