Member Societies and Countries
IBF Board
President: Michele Paree
Vice Presidents: Guido Flatten, Jean-Daniel Gradeler
Treasurer: Mark Budow
Secretary: Paul Sackin
Armenia
Website: balintarmenia.am
No. of members: 45
President: Irina Khanamiryan
Vice-President: Bella Kazaryan
Secretary: Yeva Asribabayan
Treasurer: Anahit Sargsyan
Australia and New Zealand
Website: www.balintaustralia.org
No. of members: 81
President: Di Nash
Past-President: Chel Quinn
Vice-President: Kerrie Collings-Silvey
Secretary: Hilary Ash
Treasurer: Swapnil Sharma
Ordinary members: Judy Griffiths, Jayne Hubble
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: 65
President: Christian Linclau
Vice-President: Luc Decleire
Secretary and Treasurer: Jean Flechet
Brazil
Website: coming
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
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.balintsociety.dk, www.santaleogsupervision.dk
No. of members: 55
Chairman: Torsten Bjerre Fuglsang
Treasurer: Tove Mathiesen
Board Members: Stine Lei Fredslund, Torben Mahneke, Helle Bondeson, Jeanette Skovgaard Birkebaek
Finland
Website: www.terveysportti.fi/balint
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: 130
President: Jean-Daniel Gradeler
Vice-President: Michel Renaud
Secretary: Francoise Auger
Treasurer: Matthieu Moreno
Representatives: Annie Catu Pinault, Isabelle Martinot Nouet, Alice Polomeni,
Germany
Website: www.balintgesellschaft.de
No. of members: 755
Chairmen: Guido Flatten, Peter Stammberger, Friedrike Ludwig-Eckelmann
Secretary: Gunther Bergmann
Treasurer: Bernd Wuestenfeld
Adviser for International Affairs: Heide Otten
Greece (Hellenic Balint Society)
Website: www.hellenicbalintsociety.gr/en/
No. of members: 48
President: Alkistis-Maria Igoumenaki
Vice Presidents: Christos Lionis, Stella Argyriadou
Secretary: Maria Bakola
Treasurer: Evaggelia-Lillian Markaki
Greece (Hellenic Society of Medical Psychology & Balint Groups)
Website: www.balintgroupgreece.com/en
No. of members: 30
President: Lida Bitrou
Vice President: Sotiris Zalidis
Secretary: Gearoid Fitzgerald
Treasurer: Anastasios Stavrou
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: None yet
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
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: Ton van Dalen
General Practitioner: Ron de Bie
Board Member: Gerard Daggelders
Poland
Website: www.balint.pl
No. of members: 114
Chairman: Andrzej Mielecki
Vice-Chairman: Boguslav Stelcer
Secretary: Joanna Pazik
Treasurer: Anna Rudecka
Portugal
Website: www.apgb.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
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: 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: 66
President: Monika Diethelm-Knoepfel
Board Members: Birgit Altorfer, Annette Bibica, Richard Korbel, Alexander Minzer, Elisabeth Möller, Philipp Portwich
United Kingdom
Website: www.balint.co.uk
No. of members: 298
President: Gearoid Fitzgerald
Vice-Presidents: Judy Malone, Anne Patterson
Secretary: Sylvia Chudley
Treasurer: Ann Evans
Editor: Raluca Soreanu
United States of America
Website: americanbalintsociety.org
No. of members: 208
President: Kathy Knowlton
President Elect: Janet Walker
Secretary: Barbara Hemmendinger
Treasurer: Alex Chessman
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: 53
President: Marie-Noelle Laveissiere
Vice-President: Michele Bonal
Secretary: Luc Steimer
Treasurer: Monique de Hadjetlache
International Representative: Jean Pierre Bachmann
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