Welcome to AGPA
Join the American Group Therapy Association (AGPA), the only professional association dedicated to supporting you, the group therapist. AGPA members are part of a national and international community dedicated to helping your practice and your patients succeed.
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Welcome! AGPA membership will provide you with the intellectual stimulation, camaraderie, social interaction, support, and access to the cutting-edge resources you need to enhance your work as a mental healthcare professional or your life as a member of an experiential group.
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Membership Categories
Click on the plus signs below to learn more about the different levels of AGPA membership.
Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP)Â Â
Annual Dues: $330
Certified Group Psychotherapist Members are defined as individuals having achieved and maintained such recognition by the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists.
Professional Member
Annual Dues: $330
Clinicians who hold a minimum of a master’s degree in a mental health field or allied fields and are licensed to practice in their state or who hold designated national memberships or certifications as defined by the Association Board of Directors.
Academicians who have held a faculty position with an accompanying academic appointment at an accredited university or college, and whose teaching experience during the academic appointment has included courses in the field of group therapy, group theory or group behavior. Academic professionals, for the purpose of this Bylaw, must hold at least a master’s degree in their respective disciplines.
Research professionals who have published in a peer-reviewed journal a minimum of two research studies in the area of group therapy or of group processes in change-oriented groups. At least one study should have been conducted after the granting of the professional or scientific degree. Research professionals, for the purpose of this Bylaw, must hold at least a master’s degree in their respective disciplines.
Adjunct
Annual Dues: $215
Individuals who have experience as leader or co-leader of therapeutic, educational and/or consulting groups.Â
Early Career Professional
Annual Dues: $110
Individuals who have graduated with a minimum of a master’s degree from an accredited graduate, residency or certificate-granting program in the mental health professions and allied fields within the prior four years, qualify as Early Career Professional Members.
Student/Resident
Annual Dues: $80
Individuals matriculated in an accredited graduate, or residency or certificate-granting program in the mental health professions and allied fields qualify as Student Members. This membership shall be held on a year-to-year basis and shall require substantiation of student status annually.Â
Retiree
Annual Dues: $135
Life
Annual Dues: $165
Certified Group Psychotherapist Members, Professional Members, Fellows and Distinguished Fellows who have had membership for 30 years or those who upon reaching age 70 have a combination of age and years of membership which total 90.