There are three types of memberships – clinical, academic and community.  Each type consists of multiple membership categories as follows:

Clinical Membership

Members vote and receive clinical benefits that include listing in the online Find a Psychoanalytic Clinician directory, access to the Referral listserv, and eligibility for liability insurance.

• Psychoanalyst –  Members are graduates of a program in clinical psychoanalysis at an APsA or IPA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate substantially equivalent psychoanalytic training and experience.
• Psychoanalyst-in-Training – Members are trainees (candidates) in clinical psychoanalysis at an APsA or IPA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate enrollment in an equivalent psychoanalytic training program.
• Psychotherapist  – Members are graduates of a training program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at an APsA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate substantially equivalent psychotherapy training and experience.
• Psychotherapist-in-Training – Members are trainees in a psychoanalytic psychotherapy program at an APsA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate enrollment in an equivalent psychotherapy training program.

Academic Membership

Members vote and receive member benefits. 

• Academic – Members are graduates of an academic program at an APsA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate an emphasis on psychoanalysis in their teaching or scholarship.
• Academic-in-Training – Members are trainees in an academic program at an APsA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate enrollment in an equivalent academic program.
• Researcher – Members are graduates of a research program at an APsA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate an emphasis on psychoanalysis in their research or scientific work.
• Researcher-in-Training – Members are trainees in a research program at an APsA approved training facility, or those who demonstrate enrollment in an equivalent research program.

Community Membership

Members do not have voting privileges and receive member benefits.

• Community – Members are individuals who share an interest in psychoanalysis and in being members of APsA, and are otherwise not eligible for other categories of membership.
• Student – Members are undergraduates, graduate students, and those enrolled in training as health care professionals (who are not currently enrolled in or graduates of an APsA or equivalent program).
• Honorary – Members are individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to psychoanalysis, who is not otherwise a member of APsA, is eligible to be nominated and approved by the Board of Directors as an Honorary Member. Honorary members do not have voting rights, but if eligible, may choose to join APsA as either a Clinical or Academic Member, with voting rights.