STATUTES (OR CONSTITUTION) OF THE SOCIETY:
Section of Balint groups of Association of psychotherapists and psychoanalysts of Ukraine is a part of the National public organization office . The main section of Balint groups of APPU is located in 51 Tancorov street, Ternopil, 46011 Ukraine, e-mail: Ця електронна адреса захищена від спам-ботів, Вам потрібно включити JavaScript для перегляду .
Statutes section of Balint groups of APPU:
1) Section of Balint groups is a part of the APPU;
2) The area of the activity of Balint groups is all Ukraine;
3) The main office of Balint groups is located in Ternopil;
4) The representative of the section of Balint groups is Vladislav Gazolyshyn;
5) The purpose of the section is distribution of method introduced by Michael Balint through Balint Groups;
6) a) Organizing of projects for training of leaders of Balint groups, involvement in teaching Ukrainian leaders of Balint groups and leaders of the Balint group members of IBF;
b) Organizing of meetings of experts in different specialties working in the health sector to avoid and prevent harmful effects of professions (syndrome of "burnout”, psychosomatic disorders, etc.);
c) Promoting actions, knowledge and skills associated with participation in Balint roups among professionals involved in medical business;
g) Exchange of experience, both on the national and international level through cooperation with the International Balint Organization;
e) Cooperation with scientific societies and social associations, unions, engaged in medical, psychological, social, research, psychotherapeutic work, both in Ukraine and abroad;
e) Section is not engaged in business activities. Revenue section which will consist of membership fees, will be taken to develop goals and tasks accordingly to the statute of our section
Ethical code :
Ethic positions of section of Balint groups of APPU
The basic task of leader in Balint group is creation of safe creative atmosphere of discussion. It is important to keep the discussion within the framework of query and communication between a doctor and a patient. The leader of Balint group must stimulate moving of a group toward the new understanding of specific relations in presented case.
Effective Balint leaders must:
• To try to contain a discussion on the relations of a doctor and a patient.
• To eliminate the too acute "interrogation" of speaker.
• To encourage participants to expression of the opinions and feelings togethered to heard.
• To protect participants from the undesirable intruding in their private life or criticism, that is sickly and unwarranted
• To present a patient, if he/she appears in the danger of ignoring.
• To hinder to "generalization" and use of terms.
• The detailed maintenance of ethic code of section of Balint groups of APPU is based on basic principles and principles of ethic code of doctors, ethic code of psychologists, social workers and psychotherapists.
1. to respect dignity and value of personality and fight for a guard and defence of fundamental human rights.
2. to assist the increasing of knowledge about human behavior and understanding by people themselves and others, to promote of welfare of people.
3. To do all possible to protect the prosperity of those, who applies for help, and also those, who is related to the people who needs help (if it does not cause a conflict with the necessities of patients), and also those, who can become research objects.
4. To respect other representatives of medical professions : doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, defectologists, psychotherapists and representatives of contiguous professions and to do everything our best, not to conflict with interests of patients, to give complete them information about specialists and show their necessity .
5. To apply to the professional skills that are concerted with the personality values of specialist, and with a view not to allow to be abused by others.
6 To assume responsibility that includes a competence, objectivity in application of professional skills, to show an anxiety about interests of patients, colleagues, students, participants of research and members of society, members of international organization.
Ternopil, 2008