Member Societies and Countries
IBF Board
President: Tove Mathiesen
Vice Presidents: Guido Flatten, Andre Matalon
Treasurer: Jean-Daniel Gradeler
Secretary: Albert Lichtenstein
Armenia
Website: balintarmenia.am/home
No. of members: 45
President: Irina Khanamiryan
Vice-President: Bella Kazaryan
Secretary: Yeva Asribabayan
Treasurer: Anahit Sargsyan
Australia and New Zealand
Website: www.balintanz.org/
No. of members: 110
President: Daniel Brass
Vice President: (Vacant)
Secretary: Meredith Waugh
Treasurer: Sheila O'Neill
Board members: Penny Woods, Leonie Sullivan, Lyn Preston
Austria
Website: www.balintgesellschaft.at
No. of members: 112
President (&International rep.): Hans-Peter Edlhaimb
Vice President: Dr. Ulrike Altendorfer-Kling
Secretary: Luise Zieser-Stelzhammer
Belgium
Website: www.balint.be
No. of members: 65
President: Christian Linclau
Vice-President: Luc Decleire
Secretary and Treasurer: Jean Flechet
Brazil
Website: www.balint.org.br/
No. of members: 18
President: Luiz Fernando Chazan
Vice-President: Marcela Ceci Dohms
Secretary: Jéssica Rodrigues Lorges Leao
Treasurer: Gerson da Costa Filho e Beatriz Gama Flores
Bulgaria
Website: www.balintsociety.bg/
No. of members: 36
President: Ekaterina Vitkova
Secretary: Gergana Hristeva Foreva
Treasurer: Georgi Ivanov Tsigarovski
China
No. of members: 38
President: Jing Wei
Vice-President: Hongyu Tang, Qijia Shi
Secretary: Lili Shi, Xiaohui Zhao
Denmark
Website: www.samtaleogsupervision.dk/
No. of members: 48
Chairman: Torsten Bjerre Fuglsang
Treasurer: Tove Mathiesen
Board Members: Stine Lei Fredslund, Jeanette Skovgaard Birkebaek, Klaus Hansen
Finland
Website: www.balint.yhdistysavain.fi/in-english/
No. of members: 97
President: Markku Timonen
Vice-President Sara Sarjakoski-Peltola
Secretary: Kukka-Maaria Aranko
International Rep: Martina Torppa
France
Website: www.balint-smb-France.org
No. of members: 85
President: Isabelle Nouet Martinot
Vice-President: Souad Ben Hamed
Secretary: Michel Renaud
Treasurer: Jean-Daniel Gradeler
Germany
Website: www.balintgesellschaft.de
No. of members: 755
Chairmen: Guido Flatten, Thilo Hoffmann, Almut Nagel-Brotzler
Secretary: Beate Clar
Treasurer: Rudolf Kost
Adviser for International Affairs: Heide Otten
Greece (Hellenic Balint Society)
Website: www.hellenicbalintsociety.gr/en/
No. of members: 48
President: Nikolaos Fragkos
Vice Presidents: Giorgos Kanellopoulos / Theoni Makkidou
Secretary: Athanasia Pappa
Treasurer: Maria Prasinou
Representative: Alkistis-Maria Igoumenaki
Greece (Hellenic Society of Medical Psychology & Balint Groups)
Website: www.balintgroupgreece.com/en
No. of members: 30
President: Lida Bitrou
Vice President: Gearoid Fitzgerald
Treasurer: Alia Hotari
Ordinary members: Eleftheria Tsaltas, Anastasios Stavrou, Eugenia Karantoni
Hungary
Website: www.balinttarsasag.hu
No. of members: 71
President: Katalin Dobo
Treasurer: András Jenei
Secretary: Judit Palos
Research, Education: Andor Harrach
Ordinary member: Adrienn Nagy
Israel
Website: www.lifestyle-medicine.mednet.co.il/who-are-we-the-israel-balint-society/
No. of members: 90
Chairman: Shai Krontal
Secretary: Ofira Katz
Representatives: Andre Matalon, Yuval Shorer, Mark Budow, Helene Sher, Amos Ritter, Moshe Lachish
Italy
Website: www.amigb.it
No. of members: 33
President: Paola Palumbo
Vice-President: Anna Della Casa
Secretary: Mario Carli
Treasurer: Federica Menaldo
International Rep: Anna Della Casa
Moldova
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: Ton van Dalen
General Practitioner: Ron de Bie
Board Member: Gerard Daggelders
Poland
Website: www.balint.pl
No. of members: 114
President: Ewa Wilczek-Ruzyzka
Vice-President: Joanna Pazik
Secretary: Anna Nowak
Treasurer: Anna Rudecka
Portugal
Website: www.balint.pt/
No. of members: 118
President: Iwona Tomczak Silva
Treasurer: Magda Simoes
International Representatives: Jorge Brandao, Suzie Leandro
Romania
Website: www.asociatiabalint.ro
No. of members: 119
President: Ilona Gorog
Vice-President: Tunde Baka
Secretary: Maria Mihaela Pap
Treasurer: Albert Veress
Member: Istvan Varadi
Russia
Website: www.balint.ru
No. of members: 29
President: Vladimir Vinokur
Vice-President: Natalia Andrushchenko
Secretary: Sergey Bychkovsky
Treasurer: Natalia Kiryushina
Pan-Russian Balint Society
Website: www.russianbalint.ru/
No. of members: 261
President: Anzhela Avagimyan
Secretary: Diana Sarkisova
Treasurer: Elena Leyko
Serbia
Website: www.balintsrbija.org
No. of members: 18
President: Rosa Sapic
Vice-President: Mara Vucurevic
Secretary: Mirjana Stojanovic Tasic
Treasurer: Snezana Vujovic
Sweden
Website: www.sfmp.se
No. of members: 38
President: Henry Jablonski
Vice-President: Carin Gram
Secretary: Jacob Engellau
Treasurer: Anders Birr
Representatives: Bjorn Landstrom, Pia Söderberg, Sonja Holmquist
Switzerland
Website: www.balint.ch
No. of members: 70
President: Alexander Minzer
Board Members: Birgit Altorfer, Colette Guillaumier
Danielle Limacher, Elisabeth Möller (Treasurer), Philipp Portwich
United Kingdom
Website: www.balint.co.uk
No. of members: 334
Joint Presidents: Vikram Luthra, Anne Patterson
Secretary: Sylvia Chudley
Treasurer: Ann Evans
Editor: Raluca Soreanu
United States of America
Website: americanbalintsociety.org
No. of members: 208
President: Phil Phelps
President Elect: Lisa Buck
Immediate Past President: Janet Walker
Secretary: Alec Chessman
Treasurer: Vidush Athyal
International Rep: Allison Bickett
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: 53
President: Dr Michèle BONAL
Vice-president: Dr Marie-Noëlle LAVEISSIERE
Treasurer: Dr Nicolas NUSSLI
Deputy treasurer: Dr Monique de HADJETLACHE
Secretary: Dr Luc STEIMER
Deputy secretary: Mr Sébastien LÉVY
In charge of the training committee: Mme Annie BOUILLON et Dr Jean-Pierre BACHMANN
Delegate for the IBF: Jean-Pierre Bachmann
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