Affiliate Members
Affiliate Members are non-voting members and may not hold elected offices unless otherwise specified. Each of the subcategories of Affiliate Membership have different privileges, which can include eligibility to be on faculty with exceptions delineated below. Within the class of Affiliate Members, there are four subcategories, two of which are dues-bearing categories.
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1. Professional Affiliate Members
Psychotherapists, physicians, academics, or other mental health professionals who desire to participate in NCP activities without voting privileges or eligibility to serve as officers or directors. This is a dues-bearing category.
Professional Affiliate Benefits
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Qualifications
Must be one of the following: a practicing psychotherapist, physician, other mental health professional, or academic.
2. Student Members
College or graduate students in any discipline interested in psychoanalytic ideas and wanting to expand their awareness of psychoanalysis may apply as student members and participate in the various opportunities made available to them at NCP. This is a dues-bearing category.
Student Benefits
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Qualifications
Must be one of the following:
- A pre-licensed mental health professional
- Any graduate or undergraduate student of any discipline with an interest in psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic ideas
3. Community Members
Friends, family, guest faculty, or supporters of NCP who are interested in psychoanalytic thought, principles, and values, but may not meet the criteria to become clinical or academic members.
Community Benefits
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Qualifications
Must be one of the following:
- Guest Faculty – by invitation of Program Director(s) only
- A friend and/or family member of a current member
- A supporter of NCP
Application Procedure
Application for Membership:A majority vote of the Board is required to accept all applicants. Applicants must submit the application form on this site with the following addenda. All items are required.
Please submit all of the above documentation by email to Tina Walters at , then click the appropriate button below to complete your application. |
*Required for Professional Affiliate applicants. Student or Community Applicants should submit if applicable.
Membership Dues
| Professional Affiliate Membership | $345.00 per year |
| Student Affiliate Membership | $86.25 per year |
| Community Affiliate Membership | Donations Encouraged |
Please note that membership dues are subject to change and typically increase by 3% yearly.
4. Honorary Members
By invitation only. In recognition of their preeminence in the field of psychoanalysis, an offer of Honorary membership may be extended to psychoanalysts who do not practice in Southern California. An offer of membership may also be extended to a non-analyst in recognition of their special services to psychoanalysis or related sciences or activities of NCP. An Honorary member may serve on the Board if nominated and elected by the membership.
Benefits
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Qualifications
Must be invited by a current member with the approval of the Membership Division and the Board of Directors.
For questions regarding Associate Membership, please contact the Director of Operations, Tina Walters, at .