Member Societies and Countries
IBF Board
President: Donald Nease
Vice Presidents: Michele Paree, Jorge Brandao
Treasurer: Mark Budow
Secretary: Paul Sackin
Armenia
Website: balintarmenia.am
No. of members: 45
President: Anzhela Avagimyan
Vice-President: Davit Gevorgyan
Secretary: Yeva Asribabayan
Treasurer: Irina Khanamiryan
Australia and New Zealand
Website: www.balintaustralia.org
No. of members: 78
President: Chel Quinn
Past-President: Frank Meumann
Vice-President: Ruth Dunn
Executive Secretary: Di Nash
Secretary: Kerrie Collings-Silvey
Treasurer: Prue Bonifant
Ordinary members: Hamish Wilson, Di Nash
Austria
Website: www.balintgesellschaft.at
No. of members: 112
President (&International rep.): Hans-Peter Edlhaimb
Vice President: Wilfried Leeb
Secretary: Luise Zieser-Stelzhammer
Belgium
Website: www.balint.be
No. of members: 73
President: Luc Decleire
Vice-President: Michele Paree
Secretary: Christine Claix-Simons
Treasurer: Jean Flechet
China
No. of members: 38
President: Jing Wei
Vice-President: Hongyu Tang, Qijia Shi
Secretary: Lili Shi, Xiaohui Zhao
Croatia
Website: Being prepared
No. of members: ?
President: Sanja Blazekovic-Milakovic
Vice-President: None
Secretary: Stanislava Stojanovic-Spehar
Treasurer: Ena Grbic
Denmark
Website: www.balintsociety.dk, www.santaleogsupervision.dk
No. of members: 60
President: Stine Fredslund
Vice-President: Tove Mathiesen
Secretary: Torsten Bjerre Fuglsang
Treasurer: Gunnar Axelgaard
Representatives: Helena Nielsen, Jakob Frimodt Olsen, Chantal Theisen Simony, Jorgen Strobech
Finland
Website: www.terveysportti.fi/balint
No. of members: 100
President: Markku Timonen
Vice-President and Treasurer: Tuula Arvonen
Secretary: Kukka-Maaria Aranko
International Rep: Martina Torppa
France
Website: www.balint-smb-France.org
No. of members: 130
President: Anne Deffontaines
Vice-President: Michel Renaud
Secretary: Maryvonne Lagueux
Treasurer: Jean-Daniel Gradeler
International Reps.: Jean-Daniel Gradeler and Isabelle Martinot-Nouet
Germany
Website: www.balintgesellschaft.de
No. of members: 786
President: Gunther Bergmann
Vice President: Peter Stammberger
Secretary: Anousheh Kielstein
Treasurer: Bernd Wuestenfeld
Adviser for International Affairs: Heide Otten
Board Member: Friederike Ludwig-Eckelmann
Hungary
Website: www.balinttarsasag.hu
No. of members: 40
President: Katalin Dobo
Treasurer: András Jenei
Secretary: Kinga Farkas
Research, Education: Andor Harrach
Israel
Website: None yet
No. of members: 60
Chairman: Shai Krontal
Secretary: Ofira Katz
Representatives: Stanley Rabin, Andre Matalon, Nina Guy, Yuval Shorer
Italy
Website: www.amigb.it
No. of members: 26
President: Paola Palumbo
Vice-President: Anna Della Casa
Secretary: Mario Carli
Treasurer: Paola Palumbo and Mario Carli
International Reps: Anna Della Casa
Moldova
Website: balint.md
No. of members: 42
President: Veronica Calancea
Vice President: Veaceslav Calancea
Secretary: Octavian Calancea
Treasurer: Octavian Taranov
Netherlands
Website: www.balint.nl
No. of members: 551
President: Jan van Trier
Secretary: Masja Otten
Treasurer: Marrit Altena
Board Members: Ron de Bie, Gerard Daggelders
Poland
Website: www.balint.pl
No. of members: 110
Chairman: Andrzej Mielecki
Vice-Chairman: Bohdan Wasilewski
Secretary: Joanna Pazik
Treasurer: Anna Rudecka
Portugal
Website: www.apgb.pt
No. of members: 71
President: Manuel Mario Sousa
Secretary: Alcino Sousa Santos
Treasurer: Alcino Sousa Santos
International Representative: Jorge Brandao
Romania
Website: www.asociatiabalint.ro
No. of members: 119
President: Ilona Gorog
Vice-President: Tunde Baka
Secretary: Maria Mihaela Pap
Treasurer: Albert Veress
Members: Vajda-Hegyi Csilla, Holger Ortwin Lux, Rita Ferencz
Russia
Website: www.balint.ru
No. of members: 29
President: Vladimir Vinokur
Vice-President: Natalia Andrushchenko
Secretary: Sergey Bychkovsky
Treasurer: Natalia Kiryushina
Russia (Moscow)
Website: moscowbalint.ru
No. of members: 217
President: Anzhela Avagimyan
Secretary: Diana Sarkisova
Treasurer: Elena Leyko
Serbia
Website: www.balintsrbija.org
No. of members: 20
President: Natase Vranjes
Vice-Presidents: Mara Vucurevic, Tatjana Popovic-Vasilic
Secretary: Mirjana Stojanovic Tasic
Treasurer: Rosa Sapic
Sweden
Website: www.sfmp.se
No. of members: 38
President: Henry Jablonski
Vice-President: Jacob Engellau
Treasurer: David Svaninger
Secretary: Anders Birr
Other Board members: Carin Gram
IBF Representatives: Stefan Balint, Pia Söderberg, Sonja Holmquist
Switzerland
Website: www.balint.ch
No. of members: 58 +1
President: Monika Diethelm-Knoepfel
Vice-President: Annette Bibica
Secretary: Kathrin Bichsel
Treasurer: Michael Kammer-Spohn
United Kingdom
Website: www.balint.co.uk
No. of members: 295
President: Caroline Palmer
Vice-President: Gearoid Fitzgerald
Secretary: Richard Pannett
Treasurer: Ann Evans
Editor: Tom McAnea
United States of America
Website: americanbalintsociety.org
No. of members: 321
President: John Freedy
President Elect: Kathy Knowlton
Secretary: Ruth Elaine Graves
Treasurer: Arnold Goldberg
International Rep: Albert Lichtenstein
Administrative Assistant: Shantel Beckers
Association Internationale du Psychodrame Balint
This international, French-speaking organisation is affiliated with the International Balint Federation
Website: www.psychodrame-balint.com
No. of members: 50
President: Luc Steimer
Vice-President: Annie Bouillon
Secretary: Philippe Heureux
Treasurer: Monique de Hadjetlache
International Representative: Jean Pierre Bachmann
Those who run Balint groups in countries where there is not yet a national society:
Brazil: Thiago Sarkis
(Individual member)
Canada: Miriam Salamon
(Member of the American Society)
Greece: Lida Bitrou
(Member of the British Society)
See website: www.balintgroupgreece.com
Iceland: Katrin Fjeldsted
(Individual member, Member of the British Society)
Italy: Tiziana Pistol
Mauritius: Poonam Kangloo
(Individual member)
Norway: John Nessa
(Individual member)
Ukraine: Olga Yurtsenyuk
(Individual member)
Venezuela: Gonzalo Himiob Almandoz
(Individual member)
