Alice Balint Explained

Alice Balint (born Alice Székely-Kovács; 18981939)^[1] was a Hungarian psychoanalyst.

Early life

Balint's mother, Vilma Kovács, had also been a psychoanalyst.^[2] Balint was also a childhood friend of Margaret Mahler.^[3]

She married Michael Balint, also a psychoanalyst, in 1920.^[4] The two soon moved from Hungary to Berlin.^[5] However, they returned to Budapest in 1924, and lived at No.12 Mészáros Street, five floors above the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society's Polyclinic, which opened in 1931.^[6]

Career

Balint wrote the book The Psychoanalysis of the Nursery,^[7] which was first published in Hungarian in 1931, and later in German, Spanish, French, and English. Balint planned to translate it into English herself, but died before being able to. It was published in English in 1953.

Balint, her husband, and their son moved to Manchester in 1939, as did many other Hungarian psychoanalysts who were anxious about World War II.^{[8] [9]} Balint died later that year of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.^{[10] [11]} She and her husband left behind one son, John A. Balint (1925–2016).^[12]

References

1. Encyclopedia: Balint-Székely-Kovács, Alice (1898–1939) . Encyclopedia.com. 2021-09-07.
2. Book: Meszaros, Judit. Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years. 2018-05-08. Routledge. 978-0-429-89947-8. 146. en.
3. Book: Edward. Joyce. Separation/individuation: Theory and Application. Ruskin. Nathene. Turrini. Patsy. 1992. Psychology Press. 978-0-87630-697-0. 307. en.
4. Book: Rachman, Arnold WM. The Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: The Origin of a Two-Person Psychology and Emphatic Perspective. 2016-06-10. Routledge. 978-1-317-24456-1. en.
5. Lakasing. Edin. 2005-09-01. Michael Balint — an outstanding medical life. The British Journal of General Practice. 55. 518. 724–725. 0960-1643. 1464079. 16176748.
6. Book: Meszaros, Judit. Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years. 2018-05-08. Routledge. 978-0-429-89947-8. en.
7. Book: Balint, Alice. The Psycho-Analysis of the Nursery. 2015-11-06. Routledge. 978-1-317-37392-6. en.
8. Book: Meszaros, Judit. Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years. 2018-05-08. Routledge. 978-0-429-89947-8. xiv. en.
9. Mészáros. Judit. 2017. The saga of psychoanalysis in Eastern Europe: repression and rebirth in Hungary, and in former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos. 24. suppl 1. 91–103. 10.1590/s0104-59702017000400007. 29236810. 1678-4758. free.
10. Book: Borgos, Anna. Women in the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: Girls of Tomorrow. 2021-07-29. Routledge. 978-1-000-41343-4. en.
11. Book: Sulz. Serge. European Psychotherapy 2014/2015: Austria: Home of the World's Psychotherapy. Hagspiel. Stefan. 2015-02-18. BoD – Books on Demand. 978-3-7347-5118-9. 29. en.
12. Web site: Obituary of Dr. John A. Balint Applebee Funeral Home. 2021-09-07. applebeefuneralhome.com. en-US.