Candidates accepted for Full Psychoanalytic Training or Non-clinical (Academic) Training in an APsaA Accredited Institute or New Training Facility are eligible for Affiliate Membership. Upon the institute’s notification of newly accepted candidates, the National Office sends out Affiliate Membership application forms.
Benefits of Affiliate Membership
One of the most important reasons for belonging to the American Psychoanalytic Association is to become part of the voice that advocates for psychoanalysis across the country. APsaA membership helps you to:
Participate in Advancing Psychoanalysis
Join 3,500 U.S. colleagues and join candidates from around the world as a member of the International Psychoanalytic Studies Organization (IPSO) to:
- Advocate for the highest standards of psychoanalytic treatment, education, and scientific inquiry
- Support a scientific/humanistic treatment approach that promotes individual freedom and growth
- Foster public understanding and study of the human condition
Be Heard
- Magnify your voice on health care reform
- Lobby and educate the legislature about your profession
Enhance Your Professional Education
Meet Colleagues
- APsaA offers social, scientific, and political networking opportunities. The Association is small enough for all members to be meaningfully involved, yet large enough to provide a diversity of experience and perspectives.
- Networking opportunities with senior analysts and other candidates
- Opportunities for referrals
Participate Online
- Receive one alphabetical and two geographic listings in the "Find an Analyst" Member Directory. Add a link from your APsaA online listing directly to your own personal webpage.
- Subscribe to APsaA’s active e-mail lists, including timely news and announcements as well as online discussions.
- Access useful information in the“members only”section of the APsaA web site.
Share in a Variety of Group Benefits
- APsaA Affiliate members receive a significant discount off registration fees for the biannual national scientific meetings.
- Continuing education credits
- Eligibility for low-cost insurance products
- Eligibility to apply for the American Psychoanalytic Association MasterCard and VISA. For every new account that is opened and every purchase made with the Bank of America credit card, Bank of America will make a contribution to APsaA at no additional cost to the member. Click here for more information.
- Preferred subscription rates to the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Journal of Psychoanalysis.
- Free subscription to APsaA’s quarterly magazine,The American Psychoanalyst.
- APsaA Practice Bulletins, providing in-depth technical information on standards and policies of writing reports for external review and documentation
- Convenient online purchase of books, music, and holiday cards through APsaA’s Book Store.
|