ABSTRACT
Balint group Michael Balint, a Hungarian trained psychotherapist, has described a Balint group as a voluntary, self-selected group of people who meet to learn more about their own behaviour and emotions through reflection upon their work within the group.1 Balint training for doctors uses group methods to look at the counter-transference process between doctor and patient, and the relationships between the group participants themselves and their leader. The aim is to assist each group member in evaluating his or her responses and recognising useful and difficult personality traits, thereby facilitating useful insight and change. See T-group.
