support-understanding techniquesIn BMT,
techniques that aim to increase partners’positive
feelings, positive behaviors, and the degree of
collaboration between them.
time-limited group therapyA group approach
to brief therapy forwarded by Budman and
Gurman in which patients meet weekly for a
predetermined number of sessions. Four central
characteristics include pregroup screening and
preparation, the establishment and maintenance of
a working focus, group cohesion, and member
reactions to the time limits of the group.
transactional analysisA group method devel-
oped by Berne that focuses upon the“ego
states”—Child, Parent, or Adult—that are evi-
dent based on patients’transactions with other
group members, as well as the valence (positive
or negative) of these ego states, and helps patients
adopt ways of thinking that are more character-
istic of the positive Adult ego state. Another
emphasis in TA is on identifying the games that
patients employ to avoid getting too close to
others and helping them to adopt more satisfying
behaviors.WEB SITES OF INTERESTTo visit any of the following Web sites, go to
http://www.wadsworth.com and click Links.
15-1American Association for Marriage and
Family Therapy
http://www.aamft.org/iMIS15/AAMFT/
15-2Association for Specialists in Group Work
http://www.asgw.org/
15-3International Association of Group Psycho-
therapy
http://www.iagp.com/
15-4Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies (ABCT) Couples Special Interest
Group
http://www.abctcouples.org/
15-5Multisystemic Therapy
http://mstservices.com/456 CHAPTER 15