{"id":8009,"date":"2021-06-22T12:08:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T09:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balintgroupgreece.com\/the-history-of-balint-groups\/"},"modified":"2022-01-04T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:13:41","slug":"the-history-of-balint-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.balintgroupgreece.com\/en\/the-history-of-balint-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of Balint groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8009\" class=\"elementor elementor-8009 elementor-7361\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b880a4f elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-eae-slider=\"67556\" data-id=\"b880a4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec04905\" data-eae-slider=\"70201\" data-id=\"ec04905\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9db47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c9db47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The history of Balint groups<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c45ae70 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"80207\" data-id=\"c45ae70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-149dcb0\" data-eae-slider=\"29979\" data-id=\"149dcb0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59de231 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"59de231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb6b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fb6b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The history of the groups<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe531bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe531bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Balint groups and the Balint method were named after the Hungarian doctor and psychoanalyst, Michael Balint. Michael Balint, the son of a GP, is born in Budapest in 1896. He becomes a medical student at the age of 18 years, but his studies were interrupted by World War 1 when he joins the army. There he gets wounded and he returns to Budapest, where he resums his studies and obtains his doctorate in biochemistry in 1920.<\/p>\n<p>Initially he wants to be a biochemist and works in biochemical laboratories in Berlin, but after hearing Ferenczi\u2019s (1917) speaks about Freud at conferences and reading The Interpretation of Dreams he develops an increasing interest in psychoanalysis. He trains as a psychoanalyst, having as his trainer and mentor Sandor Ferenczi, a hugarian psychoanalyst and Freud\u2019s student and works alongside as a psychoanalyst.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0633\" data-eae-slider=\"77298\" data-id=\"3ae0633\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7323616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7323616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.balintgroupgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/michael-balint.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6273\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.balintgroupgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/michael-balint.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.balintgroupgreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/michael-balint-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69ed152 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"17583\" data-id=\"69ed152\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0734bad\" data-eae-slider=\"78844\" data-id=\"0734bad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d51ee image-position-column elementor-widget elementor-widget-eae-timeline\" data-id=\"b5d51ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eae-timeline.skin1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-layout=\"center\" data-top-offset=\"200\" class=\"eae-layout-center eae-timeline eae-timeline-alternate-no eae-tl-center eae-tl-res-style-mobile eae-tl-res-layout-left\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-timline-progress-bar\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class='eae-pb-inner-line'><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"45aed70\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-45aed70 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1920\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"45aed70\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1920\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">In 1924 he returns to Budapest, where he works as a psychoanalyst with psychosomatic patients and in 1932 he starts the first training-cum-research-group for GPs in Budapest, as he wants to find out about the possibilities the GPs had to integrate psychoanalytic ideas in their practical work. The work of these curtailed (\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03c0\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9) in 1939, when due to the radical right-wing government, which controlled the work, the meetings and the discussions of the psychoanalysts, Balint is forced (\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9) to leave Hungary and goes to Manchester with his wife and his son as refugees. Unfortunatelly, his wife dies in the same year. Balint lives in Manchester till 1945, where he becomes Clinical Director of the Child Guidance Clinic. His research focuses on infants, their behaviour and the relationships they develop. He begins publishing his ideas about \u201cprimary love\u201d, \u201cprimary relation\u201d and \u201cbasic fault\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e82daa3\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-e82daa3 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1940\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"e82daa3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1940\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">n 1945 he moves to London and works primarily in a Child Guidance Clinics until attached to the Tavistock Clinic and strengthens his interest about the interaction between individuals. He is now convinced that doctor-patient relationship plays a major role in diagnosis and therapy. Specifically, argues that the doctor\u2019s and the patient\u2019s inner world interfere. Both the patient\u2019s transference and the doctor\u2019s countertransference have great influence on the relationship, on diagnosis and therapy. In Tavistoc clinic he meets and marries in 1949, Enid, who is a social worker and marriage guidance counsellor and together they develop innovative teams with GPs to study the psychological implications of general medical practice. There they checked their hypotheses, that \u201cthe most frequently used drug in general practice is the doctor himself\u201d. At that time many of the GPs\u2019 patients were traumatized during the war and as Balint says, \u00ab A great number of people have lost their roots and connections, the individual thus becomes more and more solitary, even lonely\u2026 any mental or emotional stress or strain is either accompanied by, or tantamount to, some bodily sensation\u2026 one possible outlet is to drop in to one\u2019s doctor and complain\u2026\u201d and \u201cIt is here, then, that the doctor\u2019s attitude about how to prescribe himself to the patient becomes decisive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cef630c\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-cef630c custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1950\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"cef630c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1950\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Also, at that time the National Health Service (NHS) establishes, where for the first time free medical care is introduced, leading clinics of general practitioners to be inundated with patients whose demands were high. General practitioners, who at that time had no specific training in general medical practice were poorly equipped to cope with vague diagnoses \u2013 particularly of emotional nature \u2013 especially now that there was an atmosphere where patients believed that there was a cure for all ills, doctors felt not deriving the expected satisfaction from their work .<\/p>\n<p>Balint wants to find out why this happens. He is one of the first who recognizes the value of consultation itself as a therapeutic tool. As a psychoanalyst, he understands that what happens psychologically between the doctor and the patient is important, although this is not discussed in medical textbooks of the time. This thought is placed before the era of education in the analysis of consultations and communication skills, although of course there are already doctors who recognize the importance of listening to their patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"9ba2899\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-9ba2899 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1960\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"9ba2899\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1960\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">The Balints get advertised to doctors and encourage them to join a group research-cum-training-seminar for the study of the doctor -patient relationship. The traditional Balint group is born. Team members meet in a safe and structured environment once a week for two hours. The structure of the meetings includes the presentation of a clinical case of a general practitioner and a subsequent discussion of the emotional relationship that is formed and the forces involved. To those who have never worked like this, this method sounded very strange and unscientific. Over time, however, and as the doctors feel freer to express their thoughts and feelings, the speculations, assumptions and fantasies of others on the relationship between doctor \u2013 patient in each presentation, brought to the surface rich material for treatment, which decongested the doctor and helped him to modify his ideas and his attitude toward the patient, thus launching\u00a0 a different path for both the therapeutic relationship and for his personal development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"c6392d3\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-c6392d3 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1960\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"c6392d3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1960\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Although Michael and Enid were psychoanalysts, their aim was not to turn family or general practitioners into psychoanalysts but to help them recognize and talk about their feelings, rather than repress or ignore them as a defense. To gain a psychological awareness of both their own experience and the patient\u2019s in the therapeutic relationship and learn how to use their emotions as an instrument, \u201clike a surgeon his knife\u201d. The outcome of this first group brings the creative and collaborative work of Balint entitled: \u00abThe Doctor, His Patient and the Illness\u00bb, published in 1957 (Balint, 1957). This book became a key text in the renaissance of the UK General Practice in the 1960s and the Balints\u2019 ideas achieve world recognition since then.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1a66261\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-1a66261 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1969\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"1a66261\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1969\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">\u03a4\u03bf 1969 \u03b9\u03b4\u03c1\u03cd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u0392\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u0395\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 Balint \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5\u03af\u03c7\u03b1\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03cc\u03bd\u03b9\u03b6\u03b5 \u03bf \u03af\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf Michael Balint \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c7\u03ae \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03af\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03b6\u03cd\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 Enid Balint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"0c7ba1a\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-0c7ba1a custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1970-\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"0c7ba1a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1970-\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">In continental Europe, Balint groups are considerably more widespread. In 1972 the International Balint Federation is founded, whose members are more than 32 countries. In England and Germany participating in Balint groups is part of doctors\u2019 specialty. Balint groups are beginning to take root in the U.S. in the early 1990s, where the American Balint Society is formed and later that of Australia\u2019s. In recent years there is a spread of Balint groups in Russia and China. In Greece Balint groups have not had the luck they had in other European countries and the attempt to introduce them has been fragmentary\u00a0 and based on private initiative of some doctors as the founder of psychosomatic in Greece, Renos Rotas. Within hospital environments, Balint groups for nurses worked for a time in EginitioHospital and groups affected by the method of Balint worked in the psychiatric department of the Metaxa Cancer Hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"f3420aa\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-f3420aa custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2012\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"f3420aa\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2012\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">\u03a3\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03c0\u03c1\u03ce\u03c4\u03b7 \u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf \u03b7 \u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03ba\u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7 \u0392\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u0395\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 Balint\u00a0\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03cc \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c9\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03b4\u03bf\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03cc\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"26a6161\" class=\"eae-timeline-item 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