Honorary Members and Educators
Dr Robert Hinshelwood
Educators
Dr Marina Mojović
Psychiatrist, training group analyst and psychoanalytic psychotherapist; founder of the Koinonia-Art School.
Carla Penna, PhD
Carla Penna, PhD, is a psychologist, training group analyst and psychoanalyst based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is a member of the Group Analytic Society International and a Foulkes Lecturer. She has served as President of the Brazilian Association for Group Psychotherapy and the Society for Group-Analytic Psychotherapy of Rio de Janeiro. She was Professor of Medical Psychology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and co-editor of the Brazilian journal Cadernos de Psicanálise.
She is the author of From Crowd Psychology to the Dynamics of Large Groups: Historical, Theoretical and Practical Considerations (Routledge, 2023).
Email: drcarlapenna@gmail.com
https://groupanalyticsociety.co.uk/carla-penna/
https://groupanalyticsociety.co.uk/49th-annual-foulkes-lecture/
Alice Mulasso, PhD
Alice Mulasso, PhD, is a clinical psychologist based in Turin, Italy, a training group analyst and a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She is a former President of APRAGI (Association for Research and Training in Individual and Group Psychotherapy and Institutional Analysis), a group analysis trainer at COIRAG, the founder of ARHIPELAGO, and the founder of Reflective Citizens in Italy. She is a member of IAGP, GASi and SDiN.
Dr Biljana Anđelković
Dr Biljana Anđelković is a neuropsychiatrist, a specialist in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, holds a Master’s degree in Psychotherapy, and is a group analyst. She is a member of the Section on Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association. She has worked at ‘Zemlja živih’ (Land of the Living), a rehabilitation community for people with addictions. She also works at the Orthodox Pastoral Centre, which provides free assistance to clients under the auspices of the Serbian Orthodox Church. In her professional publications, she explores the connections between psychoanalytic and group psychotherapy and themes of Christian identity and spiritual development. She is a member of the Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists of Serbia (DPPS).
Dr Konstantinos Liolios
Dr Konstantinos Liolios is a psychiatrist and training group analyst at HOPE (Hellenic Organization for Psychotherapy and Education in Group Analysis) in Athens, Greece. He serves as Secretary of IAGP and as an international IAGP trainer, and is a member of its Training Committee. He is also co-editor of the IAGP Global Newsletter and a member of GASi. His main areas of interest include the social unconscious, Reflective Citizens, large groups, and the use of art and dreams in group-analytic groups.
Email: lioliosk.2@gmail.com
Gila Ofer, PhD
Gila Ofer, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, training psychoanalyst and training group analyst based in Israel. She is a co-founder and former President of the Tel-Aviv Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TAICP) and a founding member of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis (IIGA). She lectures and supervises in the Programme in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at Tel Aviv University and serves on the faculty of both TAICP and IIGA. She has also chaired the Group-Analytic Section of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP).
Dr Ljiljana Milivojević, PhD
Dr Ljiljana Milivojević is a neuropsychiatrist, training psychoanalyst and training group analyst. She co-founded the first Introductory Course in Group Analysis in Serbia in 1994–95 and founded the Association of Group Analysts of Vojvodina. She is a member of the Society of Psychoanalysts of Serbia and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). She is a former Chair of the Group-Analytic Section of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP) and has served on the IAGP Board. She is also an author.
Dr Darko Perković
Dr Darko Perković is a psychiatrist and training group analyst. He is President of the Association of Group Analysts of Vojvodina and an active member of several professional associations.
Dr Marija Vezmar
Dr Marija Vezmar is a psychiatrist, training psychoanalyst, training group analyst, family therapist and supervisor at the Psychoanalytical Society of Serbia. She is a former President of the Society and currently serves on its Training Committee. Her clinical work focuses on adults.
Domenico Agresta, PhD
Sue Einhorn
Richard Billow, PhD
Richard Billow, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with doctoral and postdoctoral training in psychoanalysis, individual psychotherapy and group psychotherapy. He is a professor and Director of the postdoctoral programme at the Institute for Group Psychotherapy. He serves on the Board of the Group Analytic Section of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP) and maintains a private practice in New York. He is the author of several books on relational psychoanalysis and group psychotherapy.
https://www.adelphi.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.php?PID=0916
https://www.adelphiaspp.org/billow-slonim
https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3139939A/Richard_M._Billow
Haim Weinberg, PhD
Haim Weinberg, PhD, is a psychologist and training group analyst. He is a former President of the Israeli Association for Group Psychotherapy and the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society. He conducts training programmes in China and Iran and directs a doctoral programme in group psychotherapy. He is the author of numerous books on the social unconscious, online groups and other topics in group psychotherapy.
https://sacramentocenterforpsychotherapy.com/haim/
https://psyflix.net/pt-PT/speakers/haim-weinberg-en
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=adBkaawAAAAJ&hl=en
Franka Fubini
Franka Fubini is based in Perugia, Italy, where she works as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, group analyst, organisational consultant and Group Relations conference director. Since 1992, she has been developing and applying the Social Dreaming methodology in a variety of contexts. She is a former President of the Gordon Lawrence Foundation and was involved in establishing the Social Dreaming International Network. In 2026, she was one of the keynote speakers at the GASi Symposium in Athens.
Dr Lev Savinykh
A psychologist and training group analyst, he holds a diploma from the Institute of Group Analysis in London. He is a member of GASi and EFPP, and teaches and provides supervision at the Training Centre in Group Analysis (TCGA). He is also a co-founder of Wonderfamily.
Dr Zoe Voyatzaki
A clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst in training, family therapist and EMDR-trained therapist, she is a founding member of IGA Athens. She is a former President and Honorary Member of EGATIN, a full member of GASi, and a member of its Fund Committee.
https://groupanalyticsociety.co.uk/group-analytic-society-international-fund-committee/
Dr Thor Kristian Island
Dr Thor Kristian Island is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and training group analyst, and a supervisor in Norway. He is a co-founder of the Institute of Group Analysis Norway and the Norwegian Association for Group Psychotherapy. He has conducted large groups at several international congresses and has served on the committees of EGATIN and GASi. He chaired the 13th Group Analysis Symposium in Norway in 2005, served on the IAGP Board and was a delegate to EFPP.
Prof. Elisabeth Rohr, PhD
Prof. Elisabeth Rohr, PhD, was Professor of Intercultural Education at the University of Marburg, Germany, until 2013. She trained as a group analyst in London and has worked as a group analyst, supervisor, coach, consultant and trainer in national and international settings. She was the Foulkes Lecturer in 2014.
Prof. Žarko Trebješanin, PhD
Prof. Žarko Trebješanin holds a doctorate in psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. He is a professor at the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation and currently serves as a visiting professor at FEFA University in Belgrade and the University of Donja Gorica (UDG) in Podgorica, Montenegro.
He has authored around twenty books, including ‘Dictionary of Psychology’, ‘What Freud Really Did Not Say’, ‘Lexicon of Psychoanalysis’ and ‘Dictionary of Jungian Concepts and Symbols’. He served as President of the Association of Psychologists of Yugoslavia and edited ‘Psihološke novine (Psychological News). From 2001 to 2020, he founded and directed the ‘Psychology for the Curious’ book series published by the Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids.
Jasminka Šuljagić
Jasminka Šuljagić is a training analyst of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and the Psychoanalytical Society of Serbia. She is a former President of the Society.
https://psihoanaliticka-soba.ls.rs/rs/
https://kaleidoskop-media.com/aktuelno/predstavljanje-knjige-jasminke-suljagic#google_vignette
Aleksandar Kontić
Aleksandar Kontić is a psychologist and psychoanalyst, and a member of the Psychoanalytical Society of Serbia and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).
Prof. Gordana Dedić, MD, PhD
Prof. Gordana Dedić is a neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and a full professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence. She has served as Vice-President of the Serbian Union of Associations of Psychotherapists since 2010. She previously headed the Day Hospital at the Department of Psychiatry of the Military Medical Academy.
https://cpdps.rs/biografije/prof-dr-dedic-gordana/
https://www.alfamedica.rs/doktori/prof-dr-sci-med-gordana-dedic/
Dr Miodrag Naunović
Dr Miodrag Naunović is a psychiatrist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor. He is President of the Serbian Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Couples and Families, a member organisation of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP), and a member of the Centre for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Prof. Vesna Dukanac, PhD
Prof. Vesna Dukanac is a psychiatrist, a sub-specialist in psychotherapy, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor. She has completed training in group analysis and is a co-founder of the Centre for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (CPDPS) and the Serbian Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Couples and Families (UPPPS).
Prof. Milorad Todorović, PhD
Prof. Milorad Todorović is a specialist in clinical psychology and a group psychotherapist, having completed his training under Professor Cividinka and Professor Klein. He was Professor of Psychotherapy and Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Priština and has taught psychology at other faculties. He is the author of six books on psychoanalytic topics, including ‘Psychoanalytic Essays’.
Dr Danilo Pešić, PhD
Dr Danilo Pešić is a psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health in Belgrade, a group analyst and a psychoanalyst. He is a Clinical Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and a member of the Society for Group Analysis Belgrade and the Belgrade Psychoanalytical Society. In 2025, he earned his PhD from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, with a doctoral thesis on the dimensional and categorical classification of personality disorders.
Prof. Snežana Milenković, PhD
Prof. Snežana Milenković is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, holds a PhD in Medical Sciences, and is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. She developed her own holistic approach, Integrative Art Psychotherapy, and founded the Serbian Society for Integrative Art Psychotherapy in 1999. She is also a co-founder and longtime President of the Federation of Psychotherapy Societies of Yugoslavia (Serbia) and the author of several books.
Dr Zoran Milivojević
Dr Zoran Milivojević is a medical doctor with extensive experience in individual, couples and group therapy. He was the first person in Eastern Europe to attain the highest international qualification as a supervisor and trainer in transactional analysis, accredited by ITAA and EATA. He is the Clinical Director of the Psihopolis Institute in Novi Sad and the author of numerous books. He is developing what he calls ‘social psychotherapy’: therapeutic messages addressed to a wider audience through the media. He has served for many years as President of the Serbian Union of Associations of Psychotherapists.
Prof dr Jasna Veljković
Dr Nevena Čalovska Hercog
Roberta Mineo, PhD
Roberta Mineo, PhD, is a systems-psychodynamic organisational consultant and Assistant Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), where she teaches Group Processes and Dynamics, Clinical Psychology, and Psychodynamics of Family Relations and Gender. She is Programme Chair of the Industrial PhD in Reggio Childhood Studies and has been a visiting professor at New York University School of Law. She has designed several Group Relations conferences and is President of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP).
Prof. Anna Zajenkowska, PhD
Anna Zajenkowska is a training group analyst, psychodynamic psychotherapist, supervisor and lecturer at the University of Warsaw. She is involved in intercultural studies and founded Reflective Citizens in Poland – Poland on the Couch. She has also served as Head of the Group Section of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP).
Ilaria Lokati
Ilaria Locati is a psychologist, psychotherapist and training group analyst at COIRAG in Italy. She is a member of GASi and an organisational consultant in the third sector. She is also developing the Reflective Citizens method in Italy.
https://formazionecontinuainpsicologia.it/autore/ilaria-locati/
Effie Layiou-Lignos
Effie Layiou-Lignos is a prominent Greek psychoanalytic psychotherapist specialising in child and adolescent psychotherapy, a supervisor and an author. She is a founding member and former President of the Hellenic Association for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. She has also played a significant organisational role in the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP).
M.J.Maher
M. J. Maher, born in Zimbabwe, is a teacher, group analyst and author who has taught on group analysis training programmes in Rwanda. She worked for the National Health Service (NHS) for 23 years as a psychiatric nurse and group psychotherapist, leading therapeutic groups and staff groups. She has extensive experience working in therapeutic communities with people diagnosed with personality disorders and drug and alcohol dependencies, as well as facilitating experiential groups for counsellors in training.
Macario Giraldo, PhD
Macario Giraldo, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, Lacanian psychoanalytic psychotherapist, Professor at the Washington School of Psychiatry, and group-analytic psychotherapist. He has facilitated numerous large groups and is the author of several books.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-macario-giraldo-826a6971
Robert Snell, PhD
Robert Snell, PhD, is an analytic psychotherapist, a member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Therapeutic Education at the University of Roehampton. He holds a PhD in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art and is the author of several books.
Alfonso D’Auria
Alfonso D’Auria is a psychologist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and group analyst in private practice in Rome.
Dr Reyna Hernandez-Tubert, PhD
Dr Reyna Hernandez-Tubert is a psychiatrist, child and adolescent psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, group analyst, and marriage and family therapist. She lives and works in Mexico City. She is a professor and researcher in the master’s and doctoral programmes at Marist University in Mérida.
Dr Helena Klimova
Dr Helena Klimova is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and training group analyst. She is a co-founder of the Czech Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, the Institute of Group Analysis in Prague, the Rafael Institute and Irene Press. She is an Honorary Member of GASi.
Prof. Eenasul Fateh, PhD
Prof. Eenasul Fateh, PhD, is an integrative psychologist and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom, a trauma therapist and researcher, an organisational consultant involved in numerous activities at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, a multimedia artist, and a facilitator of Reflective Citizens.
https://tavistockandportmancharity.org.uk/mission-statement/trustees/
Prof. dr Ulrich Schultz-Venrath
Mirjana Pernar, PhD
Mirjana Pernar, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, an International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) psychoanalyst, and a group analysis trainer. She is affiliated with the Institute of Group Analysis in Zagreb and the Croatian Psychoanalytical Society. She works at the Department of Clinical, Health and Organisational Psychology at Rijeka Clinical Hospital Centre and at the Faculty of Health Studies in Rijeka. She is also a delegate and a member of the Board of EGATIN.
Denisa Schücková, PhD
Denisa Schücková is a clinical psychologist, training group analyst and psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the Czech Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. She is a delegate to EGATIN.
Kavita Avula, PhD
Kavita Avula, PhD, is a psychologist and group psychotherapist specialising in large groups and conflict resolution. Her organisation, Therapists without Borders, received the Community Psychoanalysis Institutional Award for work that integrates psychoanalytic principles with a deep commitment to humanitarian work and social justice. She teaches and publishes internationally on the application of Reflective Citizens and leads its US branch.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/kavita-avula-seattle-wa/49786
Joanna Skowronska
Joanna Skowrońska is a group analyst, individual and couples psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer at the Rastów Institute of Group Analysis in Warsaw. She has completed training in the systems-psychodynamic approach to working with organisations and supervisor training at the Institute of Group Analysis in London. She is an organisational consultant and a member of the Polish Psychological Association, the Rastów Institute of Group Analysis, the Group Analytic Society International and EGATIN.
Prof. Ali Keyvan, PhD
Prof. Ali Keyvan is a professor at Istanbul University, a psychiatrist, group analyst and EMDR psychotherapist.
Assoc. Prof. Elvir Bećirović, PhD
Elvir Bećirović is a neuropsychiatrist, group analyst and certified EMDR therapist. He has participated in numerous scientific research projects.
https://selbstentdeckung.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Dr.-Elvir-Becirovic.BS_.pdf
Maja Brkić, PhD
Maja Brkić holds a PhD in Social Pedagogy and is a group analyst and analyst at the University Clinical Centre Tuzla. She is the delegate of the Group-Analytic Society to EGATIN.
Iztok Prosen
Iztok Prosen is a group analyst and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, currently pursuing doctoral studies in theoretical psychoanalysis and philosophy. He trained originally as an architect, before later turning to psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and group analysis.
Stavros Charalambides
Stavros Charalambides is a training relational psychoanalyst, supervisor and group psychotherapist, and a supervisor at the Yalom Institute. He is the founder and director of the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy in Greece and co-editor of Routledge’s New International Library of Group Analysis. He serves on the Boards of Directors of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP).
Martin Ludeman
Martin Ludeman is a group analyst based in Heidelberg, Germany, a delegate to EGATIN, a systems-psychodynamic consultant and a SPOC trainer.
https://www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/profile/martin-luedemann/
Martin Ringer
Martin Ringer is a creative thinker, writer, sculptor and senior SPOC consultant. His work focuses on group dynamics, organisational dynamics, adventure therapy and systems-psychodynamic ways of understanding the world.
Igor Ambrožič
He has completed specialist studies in process-psychodynamic consulting: SPOC (Systems-Psychodynamic Organisational Consulting), delivered by the Group Analysts Belgrade, using Tavistock methods. He has also completed a training programme for facilitators of psychodynamic groups. His international certificates include Organisational Role Analysis, Group Thinking, Social Dreaming and Processed Coaching. He works as a lecturer, coach and process consultant.
Mojca Pehant
Mojca Pehant is a Senior SPOC consultant with a Master’s degree in Educational Management. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Knowledge Management at the International School for Social and Business Studies. She has completed specialist studies in process-psychodynamic consulting: SPOC (Systems-Psychodynamic Organisational Consulting), delivered by the Group Analysts Belgrade using Tavistock methods developed in London. She teaches Public Speaking and Rhetoric at DOBA Faculty for Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. She is a certified mediator with DMS and holds international certificates in Solution-Focused Therapy and Group Life Coaching. She is also an internationally certified coach at Senior Practitioner level under EMCC standards. Her areas of expertise include business communication, mentoring and coaching directors and managers, and advising companies on communication and relationships. She also works as a lecturer.
Mojca Pehant is the owner and director of Psihodinamika odnosov.
Simona Lobnik Ambrožič
Simona Lobnik Ambrožič is a Senior SPOC consultant, and a qualified teacher of Slovenian language and sociology and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Psychosocial Studies at FUDŠ. She has completed specialist studies in process-psychodynamic consulting: SPOC (Systems-Psychodynamic Organisational Consulting), delivered by the Group Analysts Belgrade using Tavistock methods developed in London. She has also completed a training programme for facilitators of psychodynamic groups.
Her qualifications and certifications include consultancy and interpretation in the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI), Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP – INLPTA), DISC Flow Analysis, Genos Emotional Intelligence (EI) interpretation, licensed hypnosis practice, and international certificates in Organisational Role Analysis, Group Thinking, Social Dreaming and Processed Coaching. She is also a licensed Profiles XT consultant (Profiles International).
She coaches senior executives, supervises coaches through the Coach the Coaches programme, and works as a lecturer. She is the owner and director of EVRA.
Dr Vesna Novak
Dr Vesna Novak, from Celje, Slovenia, is a psychiatrist, group analyst and psychotherapist. As early as the 1980s, she worked with analytic groups of psychotic patients in remission. She trained in Foulkesian group analysis in Zagreb under Professor Eduard Klain and Dr Ljiljana Moro. She is a recognised specialist in psychiatry and a former head of Vojnik Psychiatric Hospital.
Current supervisors and trainers on the SPOC training programme, and systems-psychodynamic consultants within the Koinonia-Art training community since 2010.
Angela Eden
Angela Eden is a British organisational consultant and artist whose work with organisations is informed by a particular interest in unconscious processes, dreams, symbols and metaphors. She has worked within the Tavistock tradition of group dynamics, while maintaining a deep understanding of the group-analytic tradition. She has facilitated experiential groups in training programmes, is a member of GASi and has served on its Board, as well as on the Board of ISPSO, where she established the library.
She is particularly dedicated to Social Dreaming in the tradition of its founder, Gordon Lawrence, with whom she reflected on the earliest training programmes. She co-designed the Belgrade Training in Social Dreaming Method, used also within the Reflective Citizens Koinonia Method, and conducts it jointly with Marina Mojović.
Her long-standing involvement in the work of Koinonia-Art, including her consultative reflections on the development of the training community and the School, has been invaluable, particularly through her regular supervision group.
Angela also pursues her artistic practice, especially painting and poetry. She donated to the School a painting she brought with her to our first Social Dreaming workshop in 2013. The painting has since become part of the School’s website, and her artworks have frequently illustrated numerous Koinonia-Art workshops.
https://socialdreaminginternational.net/files/SD_Training2022_ENG.pdf
https://www.edenevolution.co.uk/angela_eden.html
https://www.psychologyofsailing.com/angela-eden-on-social-dreaming-talks/
James Krantz, PhD
James Krantz is an American organisational consultant and researcher who represents psychoanalytic and socioanalytic approaches to organisations. He holds a PhD in Systems Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. His work focuses on organisational change, leadership, authority, unconscious, and systems-psychodynamic processes in organisations. He is the founder of the consultancy Worklab and has been associated with the Wharton School, Yale University and the Tavistock tradition.
His work has focused particularly on the concept of social defence systems and the ways in which organisations develop unconscious strategies to protect themselves against anxiety. He is a former President of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO). His work brings together psychoanalysis, group dynamics and systems thinking, understanding organisations as psychosocial systems rather than merely formal structures. He has directed numerous Group Relations conferences around the world.
James Krantz leads a long-standing supervision group in Serbia and contributes to conferences and reflective discussions on the development of the Koinonia-Art Training Community, making an invaluable contribution to the development of the School. His concept of Reflective Citizens in Organisations is woven into the Reflective Citizens Koinonia Method. He is a member of the International Reflective Citizens group, which Koinonia-Art has been developing since 2020.
https://ispso.org/Distinguished-Members-Post/James-Krantz
In Memoriam – the School’s Consultants, Honorary Members and Teachers
Dr Malcolm Pines
1925-2021
Dr Malcolm Pines was among the first generation of Foulkes’s students who developed group analysis. He co-founded the first group analysis training programme in London in 1971 and edited the International Library of Group Analysis. He was highly active in promoting training in other countries. He contributed his consultative reflections to the development of Koinonia-Art. The last professional event he attended abroad was the 2014 Koinonia-Art International Conference, Experiential Learning about the Phenomena of Inclusion/Exclusion Within and Between the Traditions of Foulkes, Bion and Main. In all his subsequent encounters, he continued to take a keen interest in the School’s development.
Dr Erl Hoper
1940- 2025
Earl Hopper, PhD, was a sociologist, psychoanalyst, group analyst and organisational consultant, and a pioneering figure in group analysis. He distinguished himself as an exceptionally creative and prolific thinker and writer. He made an immense contribution to the development of foundational theories in our fields, profoundly shaping our understanding of groups, social processes and human experience. He was the editor of the New International Library of Group Analysis.
His friendship and collaboration with our training community began in 2004, through discussions on the visibility of the four basic assumptions in the traumatic experiences of psychosocial dynamics in our country. He participated in the 2014 Koinonia-Art Conference, contributing to reflections on bridges between psychoanalytic fields. Over the years, his consultative reflections on the development of the training community have become woven into the foundations of the School.
Earl Hopper, Luca Mingarelli, Malcolm Pines, Marina Mojović and Bob Hinshelwood (2014)
Bob Hinshelwood, Tija Despotović, Carla Penna, Marina Mojović, Earl Hopper, Teresa fon Sameruga and Malcolm Pines (2014, Kalemegdan)
The last event at which he spoke and participated actively before his passing was the 10th Belgrade International Conference, held at the School in October 2025.
David Armstrong
1934-2026
David Armstrong was one of the most significant and creative thinkers and writers in the Tavistock tradition of group dynamics. A participant in Bion’s groups, he had a remarkable capacity to remain with complexity. While others might rely on established theories and hurry towards answers based on what they already knew, he remained curious about the dynamics emerging beneath the surface, often unspoken. He was particularly well known for his work on social defence systems and the concept of the organisation-in-the-mind. From our first meeting in 2008, during the conception of the Belgrade SPOC training programme and training community, to our last meeting in 2026, in his garden in London, he offered deeply engaged consultative reflections and support of immense value. He has been providing consultancy over several years to GASi, as well as to our School. He participated in person at two international conferences in Belgrade and, for the tenth conference in 2026, agreed to facilitate a Social Dreaming session online, a method to which he was also deeply committed. He was also a friend of our colleague Branka Pecotić, at whose invitation he and Anton Obholzer took part in consultancy work at Valjevo Hospital.
https://tavistockconsulting.co.uk/insight/tribute-to-david-armstrong/
https://tavinstitute.org/news/david-armstrong-1934-2026
https://ispso.org/Distinguished-Members-Post/David-Armstrong
Branka Vukašinović Pecotić
1951-2014
Branka Vukašinović Pecotić was a distinguished child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist and organisational consultant based in Belgrade and London, who left an indelible mark on the development of psychotherapy in our region.
Over a period of 25 years, she regularly visited Serbia and led study groups that gave rise to important psychoanalytic psychotherapy associations. In 1995, a regular study group was established, offering seminars and supervision in Kleinian psychoanalytic psychotherapy. This later developed into the London Link Association for Kleinian/Bionian/Neo-Kleinian Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Organisational Consulting, a member of the Serbian Union of Associations of Psychotherapists (SDPS), with Marina Mojović as its director.
In 1997, with Marina Mojović providing the initial coordination, a group for psychotherapeutic work with children and adolescents was formed, (coordinated by Svetlana Mudrić Virijević) and regularly led by Branka. In 2012, it developed into the Association for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (UDAPS), a member of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP) and SDPS.
A group focusing on work with couples and families, coordinated by Miodrag Naunović and Jasna Veljković, developed into the Association for Couple and Family Psychotherapy, also a member of EFPP and SDPS. Work with organisations developed into the Koinonia-Art SPOK training programme and, from 2025, into the School.
Throughout her career, Branka was a long-standing collaborator of the Tavistock Institute in London and a member of ISPSO and OPUS.
Our First Teachers from the Institute of Group Analysis, London, Who Brought Group Analysis to Serbia
George Renton
He was a neuropsychiatrist, director of a psychiatric hospital in South London, and a training group analyst at the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) in London. He knew Foulkes and, together with Ann Morgan, was a pioneer of group analysis in Serbia. Through their regular visits over several years, each lasting a week and organised in intensive blocks, they trained Serbia’s first group analysts. He was Marina Mojović’s first group analyst.
Anne Morgan
She developed a Social Dreaming programme in South Africa and continued to contribute to the development of group analysis training in Rwanda until recently.
Our Teachers from the Serbian School of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Who Opened Up the Wider Fields of Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis
Prof dr Vladeta Jerotić
1924-2018
Prof. dr Vladeta Jerotić was a neuropsychiatrist, psychotherapist, writer and full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU). He pursued further training in psychotherapy in Switzerland, Germany and France, spending several months at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. For decades, he headed the Psychotherapy Department at Dr Dragiša Mišović Hospital.
From 1985, he taught pastoral psychology and medicine as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade. He was also Honorary President of the Serbian Analytical Society.
His extensive body of work encompasses psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, philosophy, religion and literature. His books include ‘Jung between East and West’ and ‘Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy of Neuroses’ (co-authored with Milan Popović).
Prof Dr Milan Popović, PhD
1924-2012
Prof. dr Milan Popović was a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. He earned his doctorate with a thesis on group psychotherapy for patients with schizophrenia in hospital settings. He is regarded as a pioneer of group psychiatry in Serbia and of opening psychiatric departments to the wider community. He belonged to the circle of neuropsychiatrists around Professor Slavka Morić-Petrović who initiated the establishment of the Institute of Mental Health. Together with Vladeta Jerotić, he co-authored ‘Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy of Neuroses’. According to Wikipedia, the institutions where he worked also included the La Verrière centre in Paris, UCLA, Boston University and the Institute of Group Analysis in London.
Mirjana Renton
1934-2011
Mirjana Renton completed her psychoanalytic training at the Tavistock in London, where she taught Baby Observation. Based in London, she played a pioneering role during the 1980s in bringing British psychoanalysis to the former Yugoslavia and Serbia and promoting its influence in the region.
Historical significance: During the 1980s, she was recognised within the local professional community as someone who had “sown the seeds of British psychoanalysis”.
Training and seminars: Through her work and visits from London to Belgrade, she helped establish the foundations of psychoanalytic and therapeutic practice that subsequent generations of local professionals went on to develop.
Continuity: In the following decades, particularly the 1990s, other professionals from London, including Branka Pecotić, continued this pioneering work through seminars, supervision groups and the establishment of psychotherapy associations.
Prof Dr Nevenka Tadić
1926-2023
Prof. dr Nevenka Tadić was a neuropsychiatrist, child psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and one of the leading trainers in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Serbia. She specialised in neuropsychiatry in Sarajevo, where she worked as a psychiatrist from 1954 to 1963.
From the establishment of the Institute of Mental Health in Belgrade in 1963 until her retirement, she worked at the Institute, where she headed the Clinical Department for Children and Adolescents.
She wrote the first textbook on the psychopathology of children and adolescents, as well as several books on psychoanalytic psychotherapy. She also authored Psychiatry of Childhood and Adolescence, a textbook for students of special education and rehabilitation.
Dr Vladimir Kovačević
1924-2012
Dr Vladimir Kovačević was a neuropsychiatrist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor in training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Serbia. He worked at the Psychiatric Clinic of the University Clinical Centre of Serbia, where he established and directed a Day Hospital for Psychotherapy. For several decades, he was dedicated to the development of a therapeutic community. He authored numerous papers on psychotherapy and sociotherapy.
From July 1965 to June 1966, Dr Kovačević spent a year at the Allan Memorial Institute, the psychiatric institute of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada, which served as a teaching facility for McGill University. He attended theoretical courses in several areas of psychiatry, particularly psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and received intensive practical training in individually oriented analytic psychotherapy and inpatient group psychotherapy. He also spent six months working in the Institute of Psychiatry’s day hospital, one of the first two day hospitals in the world, established in 1946. In early 1966, the day hospital was reorganised to function as a therapeutic community, with a non-directive facilitated large group.
In 1968, Dr Kovačević was appointed to organise the therapeutic community on his department. In January 1972, he became Head of the Psychotherapy Section of the same department. In November 1972, a day unit was opened at the department’s Avala site, and he was entrusted with establishing and implementing its working organisation. This unit also functioned as a therapeutic community.
The unit, the first day hospital at the Neuropsychiatric Clinic, later developed into the Department of Neuroses and Personality Disorders, one of the three departments that subsequently formed the Centre for Day Hospitalisation at the Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia. Dr Kovačević was formally appointed Head of the Day Unit at Avala in October 1976, Acting Head of the Department in 1985, and Head of the Department of Neuroses and Personality Disorders at the Centre for Day Hospitalisation in January 1987. He was awarded the title of primarius in January 1986 and retired in March 1994 (source: Monograph, 80 Years of the Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, 1923–2003.)
Prof Dr Miroslav Antonijević
1928-2026
Prof. Miroslav Antonijević was a neuropsychiatrist, professor at the University of Belgrade, supervisor and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He belonged to the group gathered around Professor Slavka Morić-Petrović that initiated the establishment of the Institute of Mental Health, the first social psychiatry institution in the Balkans. In 1975, he defended his doctoral dissertation, ‘Psychoses in Deaf-Mute Patients’, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. In 1976, the Institute published his book ‘Sociotherapy’ for postgraduate teaching in social psychiatry. He was one of the key founders of the School of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. Through his commitment and professional authority, the members of the Supervisors’ Collegium were accepted as official trainers within the Faculty’s academic programme, establishing firm institutional and professional foundations for psychoanalytic training in Serbia.
Tamara Štajner Popović
1948-2012
Tamara Štajner-Popović was the first training psychoanalyst and the first child psychoanalyst in Serbia. In the late 1970s, she undertook postgraduate training under Vojin Matić. From the mid-1980s onwards, through her dedication and efforts, Belgrade psychoanalysts began establishing connections with the international psychoanalytic community. She designed the Belgrade Psychoanalytic Study Group and served as its first President. In 1996, the group became a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and the European Psychoanalytical Federation (EPF). She chaired the EPF Committee for New Psychoanalytic Groups and, together with Han Groen-Prakken, conceived the Institute for Eastern Europe.
https://animaplus.rs/zivot-i-rad-psihoanaliticarke-tamare-stajner-popovic/
Dr Milica Despotović
1931-2017
Dr Milica Despotović was a neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Institute of Mental Health, where she made a significant contribution to the development of both fields.
Prof dr Svetomir Bojanin
1932-2024
He was a renowned child psychiatrist and one of the founders of developmental neuropsychology and psychomotor re-education in Serbia. He authored important books and textbooks, including ‘School as an Illness’, ‘The Secret of School’ and ‘The Gordian Knot of Youth’. The Children’s Day Hospital at the Institute of Mental Health in Belgrade is named after him.
Prof dr Ksenija Kondić
1934-2021
Prof. Ksenija Kondić, PhD, was a psychologist, university professor, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. She graduated in psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, in 1958, and completed her master’s degree in 1972 and doctorate in 1980. After working in healthcare institutions, she became a professor in the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, where she taught the Psychopathology of Children and Young People. She published four books, eleven manuals and numerous papers. She was one of the founders of the Society for the Development of Psychoanalysis and ‘Psihološki krugovi’ (‘Psychological Circles’). She served two terms as President of the Serbian Union of Associations of Psychotherapists and made a significant contribution to the development of the psychology profession.
https://www.dps.org.rs/2021/04/28/in-memoriam-prof-ksenija-kondic-1934-2021/
Prof Dr Ljubomir Erić
Prof. Ljubomir Erić is a psychiatrist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist who taught for many years at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. His particular areas of interest include anxiety states, sexual disorders, the psychopathology of late adolescence and their psychoanalytic treatment, as well as the psychology and psychopathology of artistic expression. He has published more than 150 papers and around twenty books, including ‘Panic States’, ‘Social Phobia’, ‘Fear of Death’ and ‘Dictionary of Fear’. He also edited the textbook ‘Psychotherapy’. He is the author of the biography ‘Sigmund Freud: A Life with the Fear of Death’, published by Arhipelag, whose third volume appeared in 2022.
https://www.arhipelag.rs/autori/ljubomir-eric
https://www.nin.rs/arhiva/vesti/11096/ljubomir-eric
https://www.facebook.com/p/Ljubomir-Eri%C4%87-100011906164158/
Prof dr Mirko Pejović
Prof. Mirko Pejović is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who worked at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Clinical Centre of Serbia, where he also served as Director. He was a Professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and made a significant contribution to establishing and advancing psychotherapy in the fields and communities in which he worked.
Prof Dr Zorka Lopičić
Prof. Dr Zorka Lopičić is a Belgrade-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, listed by the Serbian Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society (DPPS) among the training therapists and supervisors of candidates. In 2002, the Institute of Mental Health published her work ‘Supervision in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy’. She has contributed to workshops on psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Congresses of Psychotherapists of Serbia. In 2012, she was also a member of the editorial board of the journal ‘Psihijatrija danas’ (‘Psychiatry Today’).
Dr Milica Martinović
Dr Milica Martinović is a neuropsychiatrist, full member of the Serbian Psychoanalytic Society, and a psychoanalyst and supervisor working with children, adolescents and adults. She is a member of the Serbian Psychoanalytic Society.
