One of the most important reasons for belonging to the American Psychoanalytic Association is that you become part of the voice that advocates for psychoanalysis across the country.
APsA membership helps you to:
Advance Psychoanalysis
- 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
- Vote in APsA elections and participate in the varied committees available.
- Magnify your voice on health care reform.
- Lobby and educate Congress about the profession.
Clinical Member Benefits
- Be listed in the Find a Psychoanalytic Clinician Online Directory
- Subscribe to APsA’s Referrals listserv to be connected to the community for requesting and receiving referrals.
Enhance Your Professional Education
- Receive a significant discount off APsA meeting registration fees.
- Participate in national scientific meetings, study groups, on-line discussions, public dialogues and scientific publications.
- Earn continuing education credits toward maintaining professional licensure.
- Receive preferred subscription rates to the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
- Get a free subscription to APsA’s magazine, The American Psychoanalyst.
Network with Colleagues
- Meet with peers at APsA’s social, scientific, and political networking events.
- Become meaningfully involved in Association leadership and gain a diversity of experience and perspectives.
- Gain referrals via the biannual meetings and members-only listserv discussions.
Share in Group Benefits
- APsA has partnered with Guilford Press to offer 25% off, plus free shipping, on all their books. Visit their site, and use the promotional code: AFPDM2 at check out.
- Gain access to APsA’s practice toolbox and bulletins which provide in-depth technical information on standards and policies of writing reports for external review and documentation, updates on privacy and HIPPA-related issues, developing professional wills, and much more.
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Receive a 10% discount from The Analytic Couch Company, which provides practitioners with stylish and professional furniture.
And so much more…