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Programme of Meetings of the Balint Society for the Thirty-ninth Session, 2008-2009

All lectures are held at the Royal College of General Practitioners 14 Princes Gate, London SW1 1PU
Time: 8:30 p.m. (with coffee from 8.00 p.m.)

Serena WilmottTuesday 21 October
'The rewards, challenges and dilemmas of working as a psychotherapist in primary care'
Dr Nick Read, physician and psychotherapistTuesday 19 November
'Sick and Tired: healing the illnesses doctors cannot cure'
Dr Geoffrey Baruch, director of the Brandon CentreTuesday 17 March
'Challenges facing psychoanalytic psychotherapy from the perspective of a psychotherapy service for young people'
The 18th Michael Balint Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr Paul Julian, GP and group leaderTuesday 7 April
Preceded by drinks and buffet from 7.30 pm
London Day Conference at Canonbury AcademyThursday 19 February

The Group Leaders Workshop will meet at the Tavistock Clinic, Belsize Lane. London NW3 at 8.30 pm on 6 November, 10 February and 19 May

The Lancashire Balint Weekend will be from 13-15 March at Whalley Abbey, near Clitheroe.

The Northumberland Balint Weekend will be from 19-21 June 2009

The Oxford Balint Weekend 2009 will be held in September at Exeter College, Oxford.

The Annual Dinner will be held in June 2009 at the Royal Society of Medicine

Further information from the Hon. Sec. Dr. David Watt