Benefits of membership include opportunities for intellectual, professional, business, & social development.
Joining DSPP, you can anticipate dialogue with presenters and other members on the theory and practice of psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy. We welcome debate and encourage open exchange of ideas and opinions. As a part of DSPP, you will gain professional visibility and have the opportunity to get to know personally a group of professional peers. DSPP is actively involved in broadening its focus in the arts, academia, and community endeavors. As a member, you will be part of a vibrant organization with access to a rich variety of experiences.
Specific Benefits Include
Collegiality with fellow professionals committed to growth in ourselves and those with whom we work.
Continuing Education credits for attendance at monthly meetings and Fall and Spring workshops.
Opportunities to participate on committees within the organization.
Free access to monthly meetings, totaling 6 or more Continuing Education credits per year.
Inclusion in the private DSPP e-mail list.
Information on upcoming events, such as film forums, sponsored by the Arts Committee.
Membership Categories
Full Members are individuals who have demonstrated interest in psychoanalysis as evidenced by the pursuit of educational, research, and/or professional activities. Full Members are either: (1) licensed or certified mental health professionals at a Master's degree level or above (e.g., licensed professional counselor, psychiatrist, psychological associate, psychologist, social worker), or (2) members of the American Psychological Association. Only full members have voting privileges.
Associate Members - Early Career are any other individuals who meet the criteria for Full Members and who have been licensed for five years or less. In addition, associate members may involve non-mental health professional individuals in other professional and academic fields who have a demonstrated interest in psychoanalysis and the purposes of the society.
Associate Members - Trainee are post-doctoral trainees and students, LPC-I, and all of those clinicians who are unlicensed and still in training--whether still enrolled in classes or not.
Student Members are non-licensed individuals enrolled in a related field of study.
Any trainee or student may volunteer on a committee for a waived membership fee.
Trainees and students may volunteer to assist with educational and arts programs for discounted/waived fee.
contribute
Laurel Wagner DSPP Early Career Clinician Scholars Program Scholarship
Donations made to this scholarship fund will enable DSPP to award selected early career clinicians up to $500 to cover the expenses of attendance for giving a presentation at a psychoanalytically-oriented conference.
Arts commitee
Donations made to this fund help facilitate the activities of the DSPP arts committee.
Judith Samson DSPP Student Scholars Program Scholarship
Donations made to this scholarship fund will enable DSPP to award selected students up to $1,500 to cover the expenses of attendance for giving a presentation at a psychoanalytically-oriented conference.
