Membership Dues
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Membership Dues Categories and Explanations
Deadline to remit dues payments is January 31
To maintain access to YOUR benefits, subscriptions, community, and experiences, please renew your annual dues upon receipt. If payment is not received by the January 31 deadline individuals will have their membership interrupted following a 30-day grace period.
The APsA Membership Year begins on January 1 and runs through December 31. Annual dues invoices are mailed via USPS in November followed by an email notification. The payment option becomes available in the Member Portal at this time. Note that non-payment of dues does not constitute an automatic resignation. The member will have an outstanding balance under their account. Keep reading to review important information including voting eligibility deadlines.
Thank you for your continued support.
How to Pay Your Annual Dues
APsA accepts all major credit cards, debit cards & electronic checks (ACH) in the Portal. If you are interested in setting up installment payments, please contact the APsA National Office to set-up a dues payment plan by December 30.
Pay Online | Member Dashboard
Login to the APsA website (apsa.org) to access the portal to pay your dues.
Watch a short instructional video or follow the instructions below.
- Login to apsa.org (use the email address on file with the National Office) – Login is located at the top-right corner of the website.
- From the Member Dashboard, click on the balance OR click on “Access Member Portal”
- Click on your name to access the drop-down menu and choose My Profile
- Next choose My Account which will take you to your invoice
- Enter a check mark in the box next to invoice which will activate the Pay button.
- A receipt will be emailed following the payment transaction.
Need login help? Please email [email protected].
Direct Pay Link
Pay online using the Direct Pay Link emailed to you in your Dues Invoice:
Direct online payment can be made by clicking on the link sent within your dues email. When entering your payment, please click on “Validate Address & Save” for the CONFIRM button to become accessible. A receipt will be emailed following the payment transaction.
Didn’t Receive an Emailed Invoice or Receipt?
APsA email can land in the Promotions, Social or Spam folders (especially for Gmail users) – so check these folders if you do not see the receipt or did not receive an invoice email by December 15. APsA generated emails (dues invoices, statements, registrations, etc.) come from our AMS, MemberSuite, and are sent from the following address: [email protected] – please update your ’email address book’ or ‘safe senders list’ and do not mark this address as SPAM.
Mail a Check
Mail a check, made payable to the American Psychoanalytic Association, to:
American Psychoanalytic Association
122 East 42nd St Suite 2310
New York, NY 10168-0002
Pay by Phone
Please call Sherkima Edwards, Accounts Receivable Coordinator, at (347) 519-5290 and provide the following information:
- Card Number
- Expiration Date
- Card Code
- Billing address of your card
- Name as printed on the card
Automatic Annual Payment
Members have the option of enabling Automatic Annual Dues Payments so you will automatically keep your dues paid each year.
Dues Categories & Explanations
APsA membership categories are linked to the type of training completed and cannot be switched based on professional life changes. If you have any questions regarding your membership category or member benefits, please contact Membership Services at [email protected].
Voting in APsA Elections
Who Can Vote?
Voting members* in good standing are eligible to participate and vote in APsA elections. The APsA annual dues deadline is January 31.
- Per APsA’s election procedures, voting eligible members must have paid their annual dues by the deadline(s) below in order to participate and vote:
- For February Elections: Voting eligible members who have NOT paid their current annual dues prior to DECEMBER 1 are ineligible to participate and vote in an APsA election the following February.
- Members who pay, reinstate or join after the December 1st deadline are ineligible to participate and vote in a February election but will be eligible to vote in a potential June election as long as they no longer have an outstanding dues balance.
- For June Elections: Voting eligible members who have NOT paid the current year’s dues prior to APRIL 1st are ineligible to participate and vote in a June APsA election.
- Members who pay, reinstate or join after the April 1st deadline are ineligible to participate and vote in the June election but will be eligible to vote in the next February election as long as they no longer have an outstanding dues balance.
- Other Elections: If an election is held outside of any regularly scheduled February or June election, members who join, reinstate, or pay dues less than six weeks before the election begins may not participate and vote in that election but will be eligible for the next one.
- Note: APsA uses a voting firm for its elections and must provide a roster of eligible voting members 6 weeks prior to the start of voting.
- For February Elections: Voting eligible members who have NOT paid their current annual dues prior to DECEMBER 1 are ineligible to participate and vote in an APsA election the following February.
*Clinical and Academic Members are voting members; Community Members do not have voting privileges.
What are Bundled Dues?
Bundled dues means that your dues include subscriptions to JAPA and IJP-digital with your APsA dues. Therefore, you do not need to do anything to add your subscriptions – it’s already bundled together.
Please proceed to pay your dues as you normally would. Contact Membership Services if you have any questions.
Clinical Members
#International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) – for Psychoanalyst Clinical Members who satisfy all membership requirements of the IPA. IPA dues is not optional for members who meet the requirements. IPA dues increased $10 in 2025.
*International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization (IPSO) – for psychoanalytic candidates that meet the IPA’s training track requirements. Non-voting IPSO membership is available for psychoanalytic candidates that don’t meet the IPA’s training track requirements.
Psychoanalyst Senior Membership:
Opt-in retirement plan for Psychoanalyst Senior Member dues.
The Senior Member opt-in retirement plan, which began in 2021, allows Psychoanalyst Clinical Members who have newly reached Senior status (having turned 70 in the previous calendar year and who have 10 years of membership) to request semi-retired or fully retired dues status.
- Semi-Retired – eligible members working less than 15 hours a week would pay dues equal to 2/3 of the Full Psychoanalyst Membership Dues rate.
- Retired – eligible members not deriving income from clinical practice (psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, clinical consultation, supervision, pharmacology, and testing) would pay dues equal to 1/3 of the Full Psychoanalyst Membership Dues rate. Fully retired members will be noted within the roster.
Semi-retired and retired members will retain all member benefits including voting and holding office.
New 2026 Psychoanalyst Senior Members can complete a short form attesting to their eligibility by January 31, 2026 for the current dues year. Forms received after that date will not have their IPA dues reduced for the current year as the IPA finalizes member dues as of January 31st.
Senior Members (Prior to 2021): Psychoanalyst Clinical Members who were already psychoanalyst senior/life members as of January 2021 continue within their existing dues reduction schedule and will not be subject to the new plan. However, these members are invited to make donations equivalent to the dues applicable under the new plan and to participate in APsA’s fund-raising initiative, which can be found at apsa.org/ways-to-give.
IPA Senior Dues: Effective in 2021, the IPA annually invoices a minimum dues to all senior/life Dues-Exempt psychoanalyst clinical members. Therefore, dues-exempt senior/life members will be billed $110 for IPA dues – in addition to any voluntary contributions and subscriptions. Please be advised that non-payment of this IPA dues results in no longer being an active voting IPA member.
Academic Members
Community Members
Additional Explanations & Information
Subscriptions
JAPA – Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association:
APsA membership includes the option of subscribing to JAPA at a preferential rate. Current subscribers must remit their dues payment no later than January 31, 2026, to avoid subscription interruptions. If you are not a current subscriber, members can add an additional $95 to the total on your mailed invoice, request that JAPA be added to your invoice or order JAPA from the apsa.org Member Dashboard (login required). JAPA is published bimonthly. Member subscriptions include Print plus E-Access.
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- 2026 Member Subscription Rate: JAPA $95 (58% off the cover rate)
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One of the world’s most respected publications in psychoanalysis, the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA) offers insightful and broad-based original articles, ground-breaking research, thoughtful plenary addresses, in-depth panel reports, perceptive commentaries, plus much more. Included in each issue is the esteemed JAPA Review of Books, which provides comprehensive reviews of and essays on recent notable literature. JAPA provides an important forum for the exchange of new ideas and highlights the contribution of psychoanalytic principles in helping to understand important social problems. JAPA explores all the important topics you need to stay on top of your profession—from clinical issues and innovations to new methodologies to education and professional development issues to interdisciplinary studies to emerging theories and techniques.
IJP – International Journal of Psychoanalysis:
For 2026, APsA offers as a member benefit an extremely reduced subscription to IJP for a digital subscription included with your bundled dues and subscriptions. IJP is again generously offering APsA members an 80% reduction on 2026 digital subscriptions for only $65 and 96% reduction for candidates at only $10. This very generous IJP discount is only available with your bundled dues and subscriptions. An IJP subscription entitles subscribers to access not only the current year of IJP but also the previous three years (2023, 2022, 2021) and to attend IJP Study Days online free of charge. Contact [email protected] with questions.
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- Subscribers will receive a welcome email directly from IJP once their subscription is processed.
- Adding Print Copies: Within the IJP’s welcome email, you will find detailed instructions on how to upgrade your subscription to a paper copy (six for the year) for an additional fee. This paper option is only handled by IJP directly.
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The IJP, a publication of the British Psychoanalytical Society, is the main international vehicle for communication about psychoanalysis, enjoying a wide readership from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America and Latin America. The IJP was founded precisely to be a vehicle of discussion and, crucially, constructive argument between individuals and psychoanalytic groupings across countries and continents.
Voluntary Contributions
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
By making a voluntary donation of $100, you can make possible projects that can’t be funded through the normal operating budget. These include projects related (but not limited) to: Advocacy | Education | Practice Building | and more. Your support also makes possible APsA’s ability to respond to unexpected calls for action. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Make an online contribution today.
With a $100 donation to the Fund for Psychoanalytic Research, you can:
- Support psychoanalysis in the marketplace of ideas
- Promote basic and applied research involving psychoanalytic perspectives and observations
- Assist young scholars and provide research consultation.
Your $100 gift to the American Psychoanalytic Foundation (APF) can help support programs that promote a better understanding of psychoanalysis and that encourage effective and innovative dissemination of psychoanalytic ideas and services to the public. APF seeks to build the reputation of psychoanalysis as a powerful therapeutic and research instrument that can be applied to a wide range of individual behaviors and cultural phenomena. Click here to access guidelines for grant applications.
Review all opportunities for donations here.
Keep Your Contact Information Up-To-Date
Please make sure your contact information is up-to-date and advise the National Office ([email protected]) of any corrections to your mailing address, email and phone.
You can also login to the Member Dashboard on apsa.org to update your contact information online – just click on “Update Contact Information” in the lefthand column.
Reinstating Your Membership
Are you interested in returning to APsA?
Former members can easily reinstate their APsA membership by completing an updated ethical disclaimer form (for anyone who has not been a member for 1+ years) and paying the current year’s dues plus any outstanding balances. If the member was resigned with an outstanding balance, then payment of the outstanding balance would be required. Members who reinstate after November 23, may not be eligible to vote in the January/February election (see Voting Deadlines).
To reinstate your membership, please contact Debbie Steinke Wardell, Education and Membership Services Director at membershipservices@apsa.org or call (347) 519-5206.
Resigning From Membership
APsA policy requires a letter of resignation from members interested in resigning. You must submit a resignation request in writing to the National Office at [email protected] or mail to APsA, 122 E 42nd St Suite 2310, New York, NY 10168-0002.
Membership is continuous unless we receive your request to resign in writing. Please note that non-payment of dues does not constitute an automatic resignation. The member will have an outstanding balance under their account.
Previous Years Dues
Questions? We are here to help!
Dues Invoice Questions? Contact Sherkima Edwards at [email protected] or 347-519-5290
Membership Questions? Contact Debbie Steinke at [email protected] or 347-519-5206