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Experience a wide range benefits with your ABCT membership. Membership is open to all who agree with the purpose of ABCT, are in good professional standing, and who are engaged in clinical work, research, or are aiming to enter the field.
Membership Benefits and Services
Several benefits are afforded to our members to facilitate acquisition of professional knowledge and competence in general aspects of the cognitive and behavioral therapies.
Your ABCT Membership
Several benefits are afforded to our members to facilitate acquisition of professional knowledge and competence in general aspects of the cognitive and behavioral therapies.
Associate Membership
Associate Membership is open to those who do not meet criteria for Full Membership but whose credentials otherwise are acceptable to the Membership Committee. For example, mental health professionals who do not have a Ph.D. or Psy.D.
Full Membership
Full Membership is open to those who obtained a terminal graduate degree on or before October 31, 2021. Those eligible must agree with the purposes and objectives of ABCT and meet our requirements.
New Professional Membership
ABCT offers three tiers of New Professional Membership based on when you receive your terminal degree. This includes postdoctoral trainees who earned their degree during this time.
Student Membership
Open who those who are actively enrolled in a program of study leading to a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree, or are interns, and/or who graduate with their degree during the period of time between November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025.
Post-Baccalaureate Membership
Open to all individuals in transition who have graduated with a minimum of a bachelor’s-level degree and are working or volunteering in a mental health facility (community clinic, private practice, school) or academic institution (e.g., psychology department, medical school).
ABCT Committees
ABCT members have other opportunities to get more involved, which you can learn about here.
ABCT Committees
ABCT members have other opportunities to get more involved, which you can learn about here.
ABCT Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
As a service to its members and to others interested in behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy, ABCT has included helpful website links to SIGs and organizations with similar interests and goals.
ABCT Fellows Status
A Fellowship status is a high honor bestowed by ABCT to distinguished members.
ABCT Awards
The ABCT Awards Program recognizes and salutes individuals for their contributions to the field of behavioral and cognitive therapy and the institutions that have helped to train many of these very people.
CBT Pioneers
CBT is already a mature field, often being the approach someone seeking treatment specifically names, and a young enough field to still have many of the first influential thinkers, researchers, and practitioners among us.
ABCT Ambassador and Student Ambassador Programs
The ABCT Ambassador and Student Ambassador programs are designed to advance participation, membership and identity with the association at the local level.
World Congress Committee Constitution
Promoting human well-being and to reduce human suffering through the development and dissemination of evidence-based psychological interventions grounded in the behavioral and cognitive sciences.
Get Involved
ABCT provides numerous opportunities to get involved. Whether you want to participate in a Special Interest Group, or join a committee, we have plenty of options.