Requirements and Categories of Membership in CPS
Active:
Graduates of a Training Institute accredited by the American Psychoanalytic Association who meet the professional and ethical standards essential to the practice of psychoanalysis are eligible for active membership. Active members of the American Psychoanalytic Association are also eligible for active membership. Active members are entitled to vote, to act as chairpersons of committees, and are eligible for all elective offices.
Candidate:
Candidates who are matriculated in courses at an institute approved by the Board of Professional Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association shall be eligible for candidate membership. Candidate members may attend scientific and business meetings shall be eligible to vote, to participate in all discussions and serve on appropriate committees, including being selected or elected as chairman. Candidates are not eligible to become officers of the Society. In the event of discontinuation of training or a leave of absence from training exceeding three years, membership shall be withdrawn. Upon graduation from analytic training, a candidate member wishing to become an active member must apply via the procedure specified in Appendix A.
Affiliate:
Affiliate membership will be open to those individuals who are not graduates of a Training Institute accredited by the American Psychoanalytic Association, but whose scientific training is generally equivalent to the preliminary training requirements for active membership, who have shown an active interest in the scientific understanding of the principles of psychoanalysis, and who have made important contributions in some field allied to psychoanalysis. Affiliate members shall not have the right to vote at business meetings and are not eligible for elective office, but may attend scientific and business meetings, participate in discussions and serve on appropriate committees, but shall not serve as chairperson of such committees nor be an elected member of a committee.
Adjunct:
Adjunct membership may be extended to persons who formerly were candidates at psychoanalytic institutes accredited by the American Psychoanalytic Association, but resigned from such institutes before attaining graduation, and whose interests and professional work remain closely associated with the field of psychoanalysis. Such a member shall not have the right to vote, to hold office, to serve as an elected member of a committee or serve as chairperson of committees, or to attend meetings open only to voting members.
Life:
Active members who have reached the age of 70 or who have a total of 30 years as members shall be known as life members. They shall have the same privileges as active members.
Honorary:
Honorary membership may be extended to individuals who have rendered significant service in the field of psychoanalysis. Honorary members shall not have the right to vote, to hold office, to serve as an elected member of a committee or serve as chairperson of committees or to attend meetings open only to voting members.
For more information on joining the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, please contact:
Ruth Hedvat Shorr, MA, LCPC
122 South Michigan, #1452, Chicago IL 60603
Phone: 1-773-334-8877
RuthShorr@aol.com