Michael Balint
Michael Balint · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychoanalyst who developed object relations theory and the Balint group
1896, Budapest, Hungary — 1970, London, England, United Kingdom
Hungary · United Kingdom
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Michael Balint was a Hungarian-British psychoanalyst who developed object relations theory and created the 'Balint group', a method still used to train doctors in the psychological dimension of the patient relationship. Born Mihály Bergsmann, he moved from Budapest to Britain. He was Jewish.
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Psychoanalyst who developed object relations theory and the Balint group
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