(Updated 1/22/22) This is a list of 78+ professional membership organizations for mental health clinicians and specialists. It includes the divisions of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Psychological Association (APA).
For additional resources for mental health professionals on this site, see Must-Read Books for Therapists and Resources for Mental Health Professionals.
Professional Membership Organizations for Mental Health Professionals
National (United States)
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Academy of Clinical Psychology
- American Academy of Forensic Psychology
- American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis
- American Art Therapy Association
- American Association for Community Psychiatry
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- American Association of Christian Counselors
- American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
- American Association of Suicidology
- American Board of Forensic Psychology
- American Board of Professional Psychology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- American Clinical Social Work Association
- American Counseling Association
- American Dance Therapy Association
- American Group Psychotherapy Association
- American Institute of Stress (AIS)
- American Mental Health Counselors Association
- American Music Therapy Association
- American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychoanalytical Association
- American Psychological Association
- American School Counselor Association
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
- American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
- American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama
- American Sociological Association
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
- Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
- Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
- Association for Death Education and Counseling
- Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice
- Association for Play Therapy
- Association for Psychological Science
- Association for Transpersonal Psychology
- Association for Women in Psychology
- Association of Black Psychologists
- Association of Humanistic Psychology
- B.F. Skinner Foundation
- Christian Association for Psychological Studies
- Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Cognitive Science Society
- Comparative Cognition Society
- Experimental Psychology Society
- Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences
- Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
- National Association for Addiction Professionals
- National Association for Children’s Behavioral Health
- National Association for Poetry Therapy
- National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis
- National Association for Rural Mental Health
- National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
- National Association of Christian Counselors
- National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
- National Association of Forensic Social Work
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
- National Board for Certified Counselors
- National Council on Family Relations
- National Education Association
- National Hypnotherapy Society
- National Latinx Psychological Association
- North American Drama Therapy Association
- North American Society of Adlerian Psychology
- North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
- Professional Association of Christian Counselors and Psychotherapists
- Psychometric Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society for Personality Assessment
- Society for Police and Criminal Psychology
- Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science
- Society of Experimental Psychologists
- Society of Experimental Social Psychology
- Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
American Counseling Association (ACA) Divisions
- American College Counseling Association
- American Rehabilitation Counseling Association
- Association for Adult Development and Aging
- Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling
- Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling
- Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
- Association for Creativity in Counseling
- Association for Humanistic Counseling
- Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
- Association for Specialists in Group Work
- Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling
- Counselors for Social Justice
- International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors
- International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
- Military and Government Counseling Association
- National Career Development Association
- National Employment Counseling Association
- Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, & Gender Expansive Identities
American Psychological Association (APA) Divisions
- Division 1: Society for General Psychology
- Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
- Division 3: Society for Experimental and Cognitive Science
- *There is no Division 4, which was originally intended to be the Psychometric Society
- Division 5: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
- Division 6: Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
- Division 7: Developmental Psychology
- Division 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
- Division 10: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts
- Division 12: Society of Clinical Psychology
- Division 13: Society of Consulting Psychology
- Division 14: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Division 15: Educational Psychology
- Division 16: School Psychology
- Division 17: Society of Counseling Psychology
- Division 18: Psychologists in Public Service
- Division 19: Society for Military Psychology
- Division 20: Adult Development and Aging
- Division 21: Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
- Division 22: Rehabilitation Psychology
- Division 23: Society for Consumer Psychology
- Division 24: The Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
- Division 25: Behavioral Analysis
- Division 26: Society for the History of Psychology
- Division 27: Society for Community Research and Action
- Division 28: Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse
- Division 29: Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
- Division 30: Society of Psychological Hypnosis
- Division 31: State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs
- Division 32: Society for Humanistic Psychology
- Division 33: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Division 34: Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology
- Division 35: Society for the Psychology of Women
- Division 36: Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
- Division 37: Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice
- Division 38: Society for Health Psychology
- Division 39: Psychoanalysis
- Division 40: Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
- Division 41: American Psychology-Law Society
- Division 42: Community for Psychologists in Independent Practice
- Division 43: Society for Couple and Family Psychology
- Division 44: Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
- Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race
- Division 46: Society for Media Psychology & Technology
- Division 47: Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology
- Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence
- Division 49: Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy
- Division 50: Society of Addiction Psychology
- Division 51: Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities
- Division 52: International Psychology
- Division 53: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Division 54: Society of Pediatric Psychology
- Division 55: American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy
- Division 56: Trauma Psychology
Canada
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
- Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association
- Canadian Professional Counsellors Association
- Canadian Psychiatric Institution
- Canadian Psychological Association
- Psychology Foundation of Canada
UK & Ireland
- Addiction Counsellors of Ireland
- Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland
- Association of Professional Counsellors & Psychotherapists in Ireland
- British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- British Association for Psychopharmacology
- British Association of Art Therapists
- British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches
- British Association of Social Workers
- British Psychoanalytical Society
- British Psychological Society
- Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (Ireland)
- College of Psychiatrists of Ireland
- EMDR UK
- Family Therapy Association of Ireland
- Gestalt Institute of Ireland
- Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists
- Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy
- Irish Association of Play Therapy and Psychotherapy
- Irish Council for Psychotherapy
- Play Therapy Ireland
- Psychological Society of Ireland
- UK Council for Psychotherapy
- UK Psychological Trauma Society
- UK Royal College of Psychiatrists
Australia & New Zealand
- Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy
- Australian Association of Family Therapy
- Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists
- Australian Association of Psychologists
- Australian Clinical Psychology Association
- Australian Counselling Association
- Australian Holistic Healers and Counsellors Association
- Australian Psychological Society
- Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools
- New Zealand Psychological Society
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
European Organizations
- Biofeedback Federation of Europe
- European Association for Counselling
- European Association for Developmental Psychology
- European Association for Psychotherapy
- European Association of Professional Hypnotherapists (EAPH)
- European Association of Psychomatic Medicine
- European Association of Social Psychology
- European Branch of the American Counseling Association
- European Family Counseling Association
- European Family Therapy Association
- European Psychiatric Association
- European Psychoanalytical Federation
International Organizations & Associations
- Association for Behavior Analysis International
- International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
- International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology
- International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes
- International Association for Social Work with Groups, Inc.
- International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors
- International Association of Applied Psychology
- International Association of Counselors and Therapists
- International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
- International Association of Therapists
- International Expressive Arts Therapy Association
- International Positive Psychology Association
- International Psychoanalytical Association
- International Family Therapy Association
- International School Counselor Association
- International School Psychology Association
- International Society for Comparative Psychology
- International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
- International Society for Mental Health Online!
- International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
- International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
- International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
- International Society of Political Psychology
- International Society of Sport Psychology
- World Sleep Society
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