Prise de conscience par le médecin de son action psychothérapeutique au cours de la formation Balint

摘要

After participating for three years in a heterogenous provincial Balint group, comparising specialists from various disciplines and general practitioners and led by two Parisians, the author attempts to describe the various stages in the recognition by the participants of their own psychotherapeutic action, its nature and its integration into their normal method of practice. Together or one after the other, factors such as group dynamics, the leader’s ability and attitude, the Balint technique and each doctor’s personal development within the group contribute to helping this recognition of his new attitude to medicine, disease and the pati