AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

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Membership Chair: Kristin Staroba, MSW

7920 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814

301-951-3939  kstaroba@juno.com

 

 

Type of membership  (see minimum requirements under “Membership” on our website, www.aapweb.com)  

Please check one:

□ full member   □ associate member   □ post-graduate associate   □ student affiliate

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Name_______________________________________ DOB____sex__

Email address_____________________________________________

Business address___________________________________________

City/state/zip_________________________________phone________

Home address_____________________________________________

City/state/zip_________________________________phone________

 

· Total years of post-graduate clinical experience________

· discipline____________________

· license/state*_____________________license #________________

(*Note: If the governmental jurisdiction in which you practice does not require licensing or certification for the independent practice of psychotherapy, please contact the Membership Chair before submitting application.)

 

· If an academy member is recommending you, who is it?_________

· How did you hear about AAP?______________________________

· Have you previously applied for membership?  Y/N  (If yes, explain on separate sheet.)

· Are you an associate member, post-graduate affiliate, or student affiliate?  Y/N  If so, when did you join and who is your academy mentor?_______________________ (If you are an associate member, complete only relevant sections documenting hours.)

 

EDUCATION (UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE)

 

Institution/city                          dates attended           major field                   degree

 

__________________ _____________  ____________   ______

 

__________________ _____________  ____________   ______

 

__________________ _____________  ____________   ______

 

__________________ _____________  ____________   ______

 

 

INTERNSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, TRAINEESHIPS, ETC.

 

Institution/agency                                           dates               type of work performed

 

_______________________                 ______      ________________

 

_______________________                 ______      ________________

 

_______________________                 ______      ________________

 

_______________________                 ______      ________________

 

 

 

PAID EXPERIENCE TO DATE

 

Institution/agency/private practice               dates               hrs/wk    type of work

 

 

__________________________   ________  ___­­­_  ____________

 

__________________________   ________  ___­­­_  ____________

 

__________________________   ________  ___­­­_  ____________

 

__________________________   ________  ___­­­_  ____________

 

__________________________   ________  ___­­­_  ____________

 

 

PSYCHOTHERAPY SUPERVISION

Please list supervisors chronologically and include COMPLETE current address. If supervisor is deceased or genuinely cannot be located, please provide an alternative way for us to confirm your hours.

 

Name/degree___________________________dates______________

Address__________________________________________________city/state/zip______________________________________________

Theoretic orientation_________________________AAP member? Y/N

Total hours spent in: individual supervision___ group supervision____

 

Name/degree___________________________dates______________

Address__________________________________________________city/state/zip______________________________________________

Theoretic orientation_________________________AAP member? Y/N

Total hours spent in: individual supervision___ group supervision____

 

Name/degree___________________________dates______________

Address__________________________________________________city/state/zip______________________________________________

Theoretic orientation_________________________AAP member? Y/N

Total hours spent in: individual supervision___ group supervision____

 

 

PERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY

Please list therapists chronologically and include COMPLETE current address. If therapist is deceased or genuinely cannot be located, please provide an alternative way for us to confirm your hours.

 

Name/degree___________________________dates______________

Address__________________________________________________city/state/zip______________________________________________

Theoretic orientation_________________________AAP member? Y/N

Total hours spent in: individual therapy___ group therapy____

(Personal Psychotherapy list continues next page ….)

 

(Personal Psychotherapy, continued from previous page.)

 

Name/degree___________________________dates______________

Address__________________________________________________city/state/zip______________________________________________

Theoretic orientation_________________________AAP member? Y/N

Total hours spent in: individual therapy___ group therapy____

 

Name/degree___________________________dates______________

Address__________________________________________________city/state/zip______________________________________________

Theoretic orientation_________________________AAP member? Y/N

Total hours spent in: individual therapy___ group therapy____

 

 

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Please list the names and complete addresses of three additional people who know your professional work, and note if they are AAP members.

 

Name_____________________________________AAP member? Y/N

Address/city/state/zip_______________________________________

 

Name_____________________________________AAP member? Y/N

Address/city/state/zip_______________________________________

 

Name_____________________________________AAP member? Y/N

Address/city/state/zip_______________________________________

 

 

· Other current professional affiliations (please spell out organizations’ full names): ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

 


DISCLOSURE

 

Has your license to practice ever been limited, restricted, suspended, voluntarily surrendered, revoked, or not renewed?  Y/N

 

Have you ever been reprimanded by a state licensing agency? Y/N

 

Are there any actions pending with respect to your license? Y/N

 

Are you under investigation by any licensing or regulatory agency? Y/N

 

If you answer “Yes” to any of these questions, please explain below:

 

 


 

Please mail this completed application to the Membership Chair with:

 

q  a nonrefundable application fee of $50--check payable to the American Academy of Psychotherapists;

q  a photocopy of your current professional license;

q  an official copy of your graduate school transcript showing completion of degree (you may have your institution mail directly to Membership Chair);

q  other pertinent information you wish to include.

 

We suggest keeping a copy for yourself.

 

 

 

By signing and submitting this application, I assert that all the information provided is true to the best of my knowledge. I hereby give permission to all supervisors, therapists, and references listed to release confidential information about me (specifically hours spent in therapy and supervision). I give the Membership Chair permission to contact all of these references and understand that their responses will be reviewed only by AAP members serving on the academy’s Membership Committee and Executive Committee and Council.

 

 

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Thank you for applying to the American Academy of Psychotherapists. Please keep in mind that the Membership Committee is all volunteers. I will process your application as quickly as possible, but it’s reasonable to expect the process will take several months to complete. I appreciate your patience and look forward to communicating with you soon.

 

Kristin Staroba
Membership Chair

 

AAP Membership Application, revised 4/11/07