Le CABINET de l'A.I.P.B.
Michael
Balint : Psychanalyse et pratique medicale
François
Roustang : La decouverte freudienne
Laplanche
et Pontalis : Le pré-conscient
Rapport de l'activité de l'AIPB presenté au seizieme congres international balint à Brazov, Roumanie,
L'AIPB y a été representée par J.P. Bachmann,
Annie Bouillon, Marie-Noelle Laveissiere et François Berton.
deux groupes de psychodrame balint en français. ont été menés par Annie Bouillon et J.P. Bachmann
1. Report from the Asociation Internationale du Psychodrame
Balint
(AIPB)
Since our last report our association (we count 51 members) has
continued
wit its regular activities in France, Switzerland and Canada.
Our 2008 annual symposium took place in Paris, on October 18th, on
the
theme “Body, language, memory and Balint-Psychodrama”. The latest
issue of
our review “Les Quatre Temps” has been published recently with the
contributions of this symposium.
We now have 16 regular groups, most of them in different parts of
France,
but also three in the French speaking part of Switzerland, and one
in
Canada. A new group opened in Lille (France), but on the whole the
recruitment of new participants remains difficult. In spite of our
presence
in Italy and the organization of our annual symposium in 2007 in
Genova,
our Italian leaders did not succeed in opening a new group.
Some of our regular activities take place during the training of
young
doctors or are part of the training of specialists, as it is the
case in the
postgraduate training in sexology in Paris.
Our close and long collaboration with the French association
AREFFS, (an
association devoted to the research and training in the domain of
the
relationship between health professionals and patients) manifests
itself
each year in the “Journées Franco-Suisses d’Annecy”, as well as in
the
organisation of CME’s (continuing medical education) workshops,
and in an
annual meeting of all the group leaders involved in all these
activities.
Our last reunion of leaders was dedicated to the discussion of the
psychotherapeutic work of general practitioners.
The yearly four-days symposium in Annecy that has occurred
regularly for
more than 40 years is strictly devoted to Balint group work and is
opened to
all members of the health professions. This year we counted
around 50
participants.
The regular CME’s two-days workshops take place in different cities
throughout France. These workshops are mainly open to GPs; less
frequently
to specialists. They meet with considerable success, fulfilling
the needs of
many regular and faithful participants. Some of the participants are
newcomers who discover Balint work for the first time. Next year
there will
be a significant increase in the number of workshops throughout
France.
These workshops seem very promising for the future of Balint work
in France.
A constant concern for us remains the recruitment and the training
of new
group leaders, as well as the modalities of the our continuing
training. We
hope that some of the psychiatrists and psychotherapists who
already are
participants in some regular groups will be interested in joining
the
training process and will work in co-leadership roles with leaders
coming
from different fields. Whatever the difficulties, it seems to us
very
important to maintain a psychoanalytical dimension in the training
in Balint
work.
During these last two years, on the occasion of congresses and in
some
institutions, we have met with some difficulty in having our
method of
Balint psychodrama accepted. We have had to confront some
prejudices and
have had to challenge some preconceptions concerning our work. We
hope that
a fruitful collaboration with our colleagues of other societies
may develop.
We are looking forward to participating at the next congress in
Brasov.
Our next symposium will take place in Nîmes on the 26th of September.
For more information please visit our website: <
http://www.psychodrame-balint.com/>www.psychodrame-balint.com.
Annie
Bouillon
Jean-Pierre
Bachmann
Présidente
Grenoble
Geneva