Jingxiong Pu
Graduate Education Representative
2025-2026

My name is Jingxiong Pu, and I’m a third-year psychiatry resident at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC, where I stumbled into Balint work through a peer-led group started by two of my co-residents. What began as quiet curiosity quickly became something deeper. In my second year, I began co-leading our residency’s Balint group and later had the privilege of attending the American Balint Society’s Intensive Leadership Training.

Along the way, I’ve been continually amazed by how this work not only deepens patient care and strengthens our emotional awareness as clinicians, but also inspires a way of being in the world. In a residency program where people come from diverse backgrounds, Balint work helps us feel more connected by promoting emotional depth, relational nuance and shared reflection. Balint has taught me to pause, to wonder, to hold contradictions, and to stay in conversation—even when things feel hard or unclear.

As the Graduate Education Representative on the Council, I’m excited to support other trainees, uplift diverse voices, and dream with others about what Balint can become. I believe the future of medicine depends on our ability to reflect, relate, and remain human—and Balint gives us a space to practice that..