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We are so thankful for all those who donate to our organization in honor or in memory of a loved one, who fundraise through a peer to peer campaign or special event on behalf of ADAA, who donate proceeds from their business, give through their workplace, or support us through a legacy gift.  We are truly grateful. 

Together we change lives and help to raise the profile of mental illness in communities throughout the country. Thank you!

"I am so grateful for the opportunity to donate to this association. I struggle with anxiety and depression, and I am happy to help in any way that I can, especially to break the stigma! "
Kristina Shelfer

For more information on how to get involved with ADAA s an individual donor or small business donor, please reach out to Lise Bram:  [email protected]

Influencers and Supporters

Major Donors and Foundations

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Major Donors - 2022 and 2023 (Gifts over $1,000) +

  • Carahsoft Technology Corp
  • Color the World LLC
  • Timothy R. Gartland
  • Goldwasser Family
  • Greenwave Nutrition LLC
  • Lakeshore Management, Inc.
  • Richard McClure
  • Mean Well USA Inc.
  • Kevin and Sandra O'Brien
  • Private Wealth Management
  • Reynolds Company
  • School Lane Charter School
  • Schwab Charitable
  • Judith and Earl Spears
  • State of Arizona DC Inmates
  • Universal Television, LLC
  • US Bank Wealth Management and Investment Services
  • Vanguard Charitable
  • WebMD
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Recurring Donors - 2023 - Recurring donors provide monthly gifts to help ADAA's mission year-round. +

  • Carolyn Bick
  • Evelyn Carrascal
  • Victoria Chiongbian
  • Geoff Day
  • Eazed Apparel LLC
  • Christopher Galletto
  • Adam Graser
  • Fatima Hadi
  • Michael Lakus
  • Mariana Lazo
  • Joseph Miller
  • Michael Patrizio
  • Aileen Rodriguez
  • Charlie Simon
  • Steve and Stacy Strakowski
  • John Telfer
  • Cody Thibeau
  • Kimberly Vu
  • Kirk Yamatani
No

Foundations and Family Gifts - 2022 and 2023 +

  • Autodesk Foundation
  • The Cady Family Trust
  • Charitable Flex Fund
  • Charles and Blanche Muller Trust
  • Circle of Hope Foundation
  • Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, Inc.
  • Crowe Foundation 
  • Dreams Foundation Inc.
  • Diane and Howard Wohl Family Foundation Inc.
  • Essex Fells Foundation for Educational Excellence
  • Greater Houston Community Foundation
  • The Henry Foundation
  • Matthew Simmons Fund 
  • Meshnick Charitable Family Foundation 
  • Miranda Leigh Nelson Foundation 
  • The Mueller Trust
  • Potts Family Foundation
  • Progressive Insurance Foundation
  • Rogers Family Foundation
  • Smith Family Foundation
  • Steinbrenner Family Foundation
  • Vanguard Charitable
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Interested in joining a SIG? ADAA members can email [email protected] to sign-up!

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are a vibrant forum for ADAA members with a common interest to participate in education, research, mentoring, and networking. SIGs help support ADAA’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity within the mental health field. To join a SIG (or an ADAA Committee) please email [email protected].

Why Join an ADAA SIG:

  • Explore your specific interests; 
  • Share focused resources; 
  • Share Your Expertise; and
  • Network and collaborate with your colleagues. 

Current SIG Guidelines

Interested in joining a SIG? ADAA members can email [email protected] to sign-up for a SIG.

Check out these short videos about the ADAA SIGs and learn how to get involved and succeed!

Meetings

SIGs meet virtually and in person at the annual conference. SIG members propose conference symposia and workshops, topics for public or professional education webinars, or web content. Program suggestions must be approved by ADAA committees (e.g. Professional Education, Conference, or Public Education).

Peer Consultations

SIGs can hold free monthly peer online consultation groups to provide a safe and confidential forum for members to discuss cases, collaborate, and share resources. 

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Child & Adolescent +

Creates a place for clinicians and researchers to discuss, debate, and address issues relevant to the understanding and treatment of childhood anxiety and mood disorders. 

The SIG promotes networking between clinicians and researchers and helps combat isolation for therapists in private practice and offers opportunities for learning and connection between the annual conferences through online communication and CE.

Watch this video to learn more about the Child and Adolescent SIG and learn about you can get involved and succeed!

SIG Co-Chairs

  • Kristy Benoit, PhD
  • Stephnie Thomas, LCPC, NCC

SIG Vice Chairs

  • Rachel Lippin- Foster, LCSW
  • Lynne Siqueland, PhD

Board Liaison
Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

No

Early Career Professionals & Students +

Unites students and early career professionals interested in the clinical treatment and research of anxiety and depression. The group develops ADAA conference activities organized around topics specifically relevant to students and early career professionals, and offers an initial avenue for students and early career professionals to become involved in ADAA. Early Career is typically defined as 5 years post degree attainment. 

Why Join the Early Career SIG? 

  • Unparalleled networking opportunities, 
  • Learn and share ideas in a welcoming space,
  • Engage in Professional Development, including honing your leadership skills;
  • Share your expertise; and
  • Share Opportunities 
Watch this video to learn more about the ECPS SIG and learn about you can get involved and succeed!

SIG Co-Chairs:

  • Lana Grasser, PhD
  • Alnardo Martinez, LMHC

SIG Vice Chairs:

  • Liza Hinchey, PhD
  • Reut Naim, PhD 

Social Media Co-Chairs: 

  • T.H. Stanley Seah, PhD
  • Rachel Siciliano, PhD

Student Representative: 

  • Doris Chen, B.S

Chair Emeritus: Lillian Reuman, PhD, Olivia Bogucki, PhD, Stephanie Woodrow, LCPC, NCC; Ashley Clausen, PhD; Krystal Lewis, PhD; Amanda Baker, PhD; Alex Bettis, PhD; Elle Brennan, PhD; Gopalkumar Rakesh, MD

Board Liaison
Alison LoPilato, PhD, ABPP

Resources for Early Career and Student Mental Health Professionals (authored by the 2024 SIG)

Read the SIG's Winter 2024 Newsletter

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Increase your candidate reach by up to 500%.  Free 60 day postings for ADAA members.  Explore today!

Current SIG Guidelines

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Genetics & Neuroscience +

Brings together researchers who are broadly involved in the biological science of anxiety and depressive disorders. This includes clinical and basic neuroscience (electrophysiology, imaging, animal models, experimental paradigms) and genetics (twin and family studies, molecular genetics, endophenotypes). The SIG provides ADAA members with opportunities to network, share ideas, form collaborations, and update one another and the broader ADAA community on the state of the genetics and neuroscience field. The group is comprised of a diverse array of clinicians, researchers, and clinician-researchers across the student, postdoctoral scholar/clinical trainee, and faculty/practitioner levels.

Watch this video to learn more about the Genetics and Neuroscience SIG and learn about you can get involved and succeed!

SIG Chair:

  • Mohammad (Mo) Sendi, BSc, MSc, PhD - Harvard Medical School/Mclean Hospital

SIG Vice Chair:

  • Leland L. Fleming, PhD - Harvard Medical School/Mclean Hospital

Board Liaison
Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

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Multicultural Advances +

Encourages collaboration, communication, education, research, mentoring, and networking focused on multicultural issues within anxiety, depression, and related disorders. This SIG aims to facilitate increased attention on topics and issues concerning diversity and multiculturalism within ADAA and in the field in general, and encourages discussion, collaboration, and research among researchers, clinicians, and stakeholders interested in meeting the mental health needs of diverse underserved communities.

ADAA has also launched a Spanish-language online peer-to-peer support community as part of our ongoing efforts to provide enhanced resources for our Hispanic community.  

Watch this video to learn more about the Multicultural SIG and learn about you can get involved and succeed!

SIG Co-Chairs:

  • Natalie Arbid, PhD, Harbor UCLA Medical Center
  • Amber Calloway, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

SIG Student Representatives:

  • Taylar Clark, BA

Board Liaison:
Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

No

OCD & Related Disorders +

Promotes collaboration, education/mentoring, research, and networking among ADAA members who have a specific interest in OCD and related conditions.

Watch this video to learn more about the OCD SIG and learn about you can get involved and succeed!

SIG Chairs: 

  • Jesse Spiegel, PsyD
  • Sharon Batista, MD

SIG Vice Co-Chairs:

  •  Tamar Gordon, PhD
  •  Glenda Carman-Gray, MSW, RSW

Board Liaison: 

  • Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

No

PTSD +

Focusing on all stages of career mentorship, dissemination of research, and advancement of quality patient care. The SIG provides a venue for professionals from all disciplines to network and create new connections in the field.  

Watch this video to learn more about the PTSD SIG and learn about you can get involved and succeed!

SIG Co-Chairs: 

  • Lauren Sippel, PhD - Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Michelle Bovin, PhD - National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System
  • Danielle Cooper, PhD, Director of Consultation and Education
  • Michelle Fernando, PhD, Director of Communications

Board Liaison: 

  • Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

Read the SIG's article summaries:

2024

2023

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Social Anxiety +

Promoting collaboration, case consultation, clinical work, and networking around evidence-based treatment of social anxiety disorder. 

SIG Co-Chairs:

  • TBA

SIG Vice-Chair:

  • TBA

Board Liaison:

  • Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

No

Suicide and Self-Injury +

Promoting research and clinical collaboration among psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals who are interested in the assessment and treatment of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors across the lifespan. There is an urgent public health need to improve our understanding of and interventions targeting STB risk. STB are prevalent among individuals with anxiety, depression, and other related psychopathology, and we have seen a growing research interest in this area over the past decade. This SIG seeks to bring together ADAA members with all levels of interest and expertise in STB research and clinical services.

Watch this video to learn more about the SSI SIG and how you can get involved and succeed!

SIG Co-Chairs

  • Rachel Siciliano, PhD  
  • Ewa Czyz, PhD 

SIG Vice-Chairs

  • Alexis May, PhD
  • Nadia Al-Dajani, PhD

Board Liaison

  • Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

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Women's Mental Health +

Creating a place for clinicians and researchers to discuss, debate, and address issues relevant to the understanding and treatment of women suffering from anxiety and depression and related disorders. The SIG develops specific education presentations at the ADAA annual conference, such as workshops, roundtables, and poster sessions to increase the understanding and overall awareness of how the treatment of women suffering from anxiety and depression may be different than others in the population. The SIG will also create a series of women-focused webinars and blog posts. In addition, the SIG will help educate the public about mental health treatment options for women to help decrease the stigma of mental illness.

SIG Co-Chairs

  • Sohye Kim, PhD
  • Stephanie Woodrow, LCPC. NCC

Board Liaison:

  • Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Current SIG Guidelines

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Hear from members about the value of joining ADAA's community.

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ADAA is the only multidisciplinary mental health professional organization engaging the world’s leading experts, students, and early career professionals who are in clinical practice or conduct research on anxiety, depression, and co-occurring disorders. Our community is made up of international clinicians as well as basic and clinical anxiety and depression researchers with backgrounds in medicine, psychology, social work, counseling, primary care and nursing, neuroscience, genetics, epidemiology, and other disciplines. 

 

Our membership community can help you get to the next step in your professional career. Be ready to seize your next opportunity and learn about membership benefits below!

 

Have a question for the membership team? Please email: [email protected].

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Categories & Fees

Professional - $289/annually

Licensed to provide clinical services or conduct research in any area related to ADAA's mission.*

*Clinical license number may be required

Trainee/Postdoctoral Fellow/Resident - $135/annually

Actively involved in postgraduate research or clinical training in any discipline related to ADAA's mission.

Submit by email to [email protected], a letter from your institution or supervisor verifying your post-graduate trainee clinical and/or research trainee. Clinical trainees are not licensed or certified to practice.

Student/Full-Time Research Assistant - $75/annually

Enrolled as a full-time research assistant, or graduate student in a related field (medicine, psychology, social work, public health, neuroscience, nursing, counseling, etc.).

Submit by email to [email protected] a letter from your institution verifying your status as a full-time student or clinical or research assistant. Or download a screenshot of your current academic schedule. 

Colleague Membership - $215/annually

ADAA Colleagues work in the medical (e.g., non-psychiatric primary care physicians) or other health and mental health related fields as staff and administrators as well as educators or employees of nonprofit organizations. Mental health licensure not required.

Institutional Membership - up to 30% cost savings

ADAA offers a group membership category with up to a 30% cost savings. Institutional Members must include a minimum of 6 applicants.

Click here for more information - including pricing - and to download an Institutional Membership application.

International Members from Developing Countries- $45/annually

* Developing Countries are defined by the United Nations – please click here to see complete list. Contact [email protected] to join.

Emeritus Membership - $159/annually

Professionals who are fully retired. 

  • Members receive full professional benefits. This does not include being listed on Find-a-Therapist. 
  • Members cannot hold office. To hold office, emeritus members must convert to full professional membership status.

Please download the ADAA Emeritus Form here. Contact ADAA for more information.

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Note: ADAA membership follows a calendar-year renewal schedule. All memberships expire the last day of December. All membership renewals are processed in January of the current year.

Questions? Contact ADAA

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Cancellations and Requests for Refunds
Full payment is required with your application. Refunds are provided up to 14 days from the date of payment. An administrative fee of $30 will be applied. ADAA will not provide refunds beyond this date. Refund requests must be submitted via email to [email protected]
ADAA reserves the right to terminate any membership application or dues payment should the applicant be determined to be ineligible for ADAA membership. In these instances, a full refund will be provided. 
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Explore Member Benefits   Join ADAA

 

ADAA is the only multidisciplinary professional membership organization engaging leading experts on the research and treatment of anxiety, depressive disorders, OCD, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders.

 

Our community is made up of international clinicians and basic and clinical anxiety and depression researchers with backgrounds in medicine, psychology, social work, counseling, primary care and nursing, neuroscience, genetics, epidemiology, and other disciplines. 

 

Join this engaged professional community today!

 

Questions about your current or future membership? Please email: [email protected].

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