Categories & Fees

Below is a description of the different levels of membership. There are certain qualifications for each type of member, please ensure you qualify before you apply to join the CGPA.

Full Members – $125 annually

Qualifications:A clinical professional who has had 300 hours of group psychotherapy experience as responsible therapist or co-therapist, with a minimum of 75 hours of qualified group psychotherapy supervision.

The CGPA Constitution defines clinical professionals as:

1. Mental health professionals who hold their respective provincial discipline licensures or, when not applicable, appropriate designated national memberships or certifications, or

2. Other mental health professionals who hold a Master’s degree with equivalent credentials as defined by the Membership Committee upon recommendation to the Council and who meet the above group psychotherapy requirements, or

3. Master’s level practitioners engaged solely in group therapy teaching or research through a university or college.  They shall have completed at least 3 years of academic teaching and/or been involved in significant published research in peer reviewed group therapy journals.

Rights and Privileges:

Full members in good standing may participate fully in the affairs of the Association by such activities as voting, serving on committees and holding office. Only full members may sit on the Council and chair committees.

Associate Members – $87.50 annually

Qualifications: A mental health professional with respective provincial licensure or designated national memberships or certifications. Associate members are eligible for elected executive office after 3 years of membership.

Rights and Privileges: Associate members in good standing may vote and serve on (but not chair) committees.

Student and New Professional Members - $50 annually

Qualifications: Currently enrolled in a degree or residency program or in a certificate-granting program in the mental health professions or allied fields or shall have completed such a program less than three years ago.

This membership shall be held on a year-to-year basis and shall require substantiation of student status annually.

Rights and Privileges: Student and New Professional members in good standing may vote and serve on (but not chair) committees.