NASAP Affiliate Groups


Affiliate Organizations are at the grassroots level of NASAP

Our mission is to "foster and promote the research, knowledge, training, and application of Adlerian Psychology". That's hard to do on a continent as large as North America. We have developed Affiliate Organizations in an attempt to bring NASAP closer to home for lots of people who want to learn about Adlerian Psychology. Our Affiliate Organizations hold meetings on a regular basis (some monthly and some annually) and provide a local home for NASAP. They cooperate with each other in providing training and Adlerian materials and help promote activities in their area that will foster the use of Adlerian principles.

List of Current Affiliates

The following Affiliate Organizations are currently active

CANADA

Adlerian Psychology Association of British Columbia (APABC) 

Vancouver

Contact: Jennifer Lee
apabc@adler.bc.ca

British Columbia

Part of Adler Centre

The Adlerian Psychology Association of British Columbia (APABC) is a network for Adlerians to connect. Membership helps promote our mission of putting Adlerian ideas into practice through promoting social interest, community, encouragement, and the human need to belong.

Ontario


Adler Learning Foundation for Research, Education
& Delivery of Services 
(ALFREDS)

Contact: Marion Balla

info.alfredsfoundation@gmail.com

Mission: To provide and support accessible, preventative, social & mental health services including psychotherapy, counselling, coaching, research, and education to families, workplaces, and communities.

Adler Graduate Professional School Toronto

Contact:

890 Yonge St.
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3P4

We are a graduate professional school offering a variety of academic programs which prepare students to provide services in the areas of mental health and wellbeing.

UNITED STATES

Florida


Florida Adlerian Society    
Tampa

Contact: Nicola Haddak

The Florida Adlerian Society [FAS] is an organization that encourages and promotes education about Adlerian Psychology (also called Individual Psychology) based on the work of Alfred Adler. We promote and provide learning opportunities for educators, counselors, parents, and individuals, based on the philosophy of Alfred Adler. Whether you are a parent, counselor, psychologist, teacher, or student, you'll find our organization and its members a source of education, encouragement, and professional camaraderie.

Georgia


Georgia Society of Adlerian Psychology (GSAP)

Contacts:
Tara Overzat Atlanta
Michele Frey Dallas, GA 

Idaho


Idaho Society of Individual Psychology

Boise

Contact:

ISIP is a non-profit organization of people in Idaho who are interested in furthering the concepts of Individual Psychology. Purpose: This society is organized and shall be operated exclusively to further educational and scientific objectives and for no other purpose.

Illinois


Center for Adlerian Practice & Scholarship (CAPS)

Adler University

Contact: Marina Bluvshtein

Our goal is to maintain, promote and grow the core theory, research, and methods of Adlerian Psychology, its foundational roots, and best practice applications in schools, at home, in clinical settings, the workplace and in the community.

CAPS also manages Adlerpedia

Kentucky


Kentucky Tennessee Society of Adlerian Psychology (KTSAP)

Bowling Green

Contact: April Crabtree
Email ktsap2015@gmail.com

The Kentucky Tennessee Society of Adlerian Psychology (KTSAP) is an affiliate of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP). KTSAP is founded on the teachings and principles of Alfred Adler (1870-1937). The members of KTSAP come from all walks of life, but what brings us together is a common desire to have meaningful connections with others.

Maine


Family Leadership Center
(207) 847-3031

Contact: Wendy Tracy
Chief of staff

Yarmouth, ME

Mission: educate parents, teachers, and caregivers in principles based on Adlerian Psychology that encourage young people to lead and contribute to society. Family leaders are given practical, proven tools to address challenges – whether reducing the small daily struggles like getting out the door in the morning or taking responsibility for homework and completing family chores or to shift the family climate of power struggles or sibling rivalry.

Maryland

Parent Encouragement Program (PEP)
www.pepparent.org
Lynne Ticknor
Silver Spring, MD 


Adler Graduate School 

Contact: Antwan Player
& Doug Pelcak

Minnesota

Mission: Preparing mental health and human service professionals with a strong Adlerian foundation to foster encouragement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging to the individuals, families, and the culturally diverse communities they serve.


New York

Alfred Adler Institute of NY

New York City

Contact: Ellen Mendel

The Adlerian Network

Minnetonka

Contact: Louise Ferry


Pennsylvania


Penn-Del Affiliate of the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler

Contact: Inna Pavlova-Rosenfeld
Thornton, PA 

South Carolina


Washington State


Puget Sound Adlerian Society
(PSAS)  

Contact: Jessica Hsieh
Seattle, WA

Mission: Our mission is To nurture dignity for all by encouraging democratic relationships and a sense of belonging.

Wisconsin

Milwaukee Affiliate for Social Living

Aaron Pressie

Ben Rader
Milwaukee, WI 

What’s the Story? Lifestyle Narratives Study Group

Contact: Les White

VIRTUAL


What’s the Story?: Life Style Narratives Study Group is a book club with a twist. We use critical thinking methods, usually reserved for the analysis of literature, to analyze or better understand and assess a person’s personality or life narrative as based on that person’s reported memories.

Positive Discipline Association
www.positivediscipline.org
Kelly Gfroerer
Atlanta, GA

Positive Discipline Association is the organization that offers training in the Positive Discipline programs. They hold an Annual Conference and other events for trainers in the US and around the world.

International

International Committee
of Adlerian Summer Schools & Institutes
(ICASSI)


Contacts:
Sabine Landscheidt
Eva Dreikurs Ferguson

Mission: Reach out to others through education, training, dialogue, and experience. To enhance the spirit of social interest, sharing, and cooperation, and foster equality by making a common effort to eliminate the barriers between nationalities, age groups, genders, religions, social classes, races, professions, and any other artificial distinctions by which humans believe themselves to be divided. To stimulate leadership in different countries and help potential and existing leaders in their efforts to establish a world of peace and cooperation.

Arabian Adlerian Institute

Contact: Hagar Shrief

Email: arabianadlerianinstitute@gmail.com

IRAN

Adlerian Psychology Association of Iran (APAI)

Contact: Hamid Alizadeh

TAIWAN

Taiwan Society of Individual Psychology (TSAP)

U.S. Contact:
Julia Yang
Taiwan Contact:
Dr. Lucia Tseng

KOREA

Adler Korea

Contact: Julia Park

Japanese Society of
Individual Psychology (JSIP)

Contact: Makoto Kajino

JAPAN

SWITZERLAND

Alfred Adler Institute in Suisse Romande

Contact: Jinger Hayes

We believe one of the greatest contributions of Alfred Adler was his conceiving and operationalizing a therapy aimed at the full-functioning of the individual which also aims at the betterment of humanity.

Ukraine Association of Individual Psychology (UAIP)

Kulparkivska Street, 95
Lviv, 79021, Ukraine

Communications Chair:
Natalia Kostyuchenko

UKRAINE

The all-Ukrainian association of Individual Psychology was founded on the 19th of September 2018, at the demand of the IAIP board. Their president is Zoryana Koshulynska. UAIP is a section of Alfred Adler Individual Psychology (AAIP) under the Ukrainian Umbrella Association of Psychotherapists (UUAP), which was established in August 2001. At present, the section has 123 participants– five with PhDs in psychology and one with a doctorate in medicine.

UNITED KINGDOM

Adlerian Society UK Institute
for Individual Psychology (ASIIP)

Contact: Yvonne Pritchard

The Adlerian Society UK Institute for Individual Psychology promotes the understanding, application and development of Individual Psychology and Adlerian Counselling in the UK; Through public lectures, workshops, conferences and professional training

Affiliate Organization Membership

Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs promoted Individual Psychology by lecturing throughout North America in order to establish “pockets” around the continent where Individual Psychology would flourish. NASAP has taken this same grassroots approach through the formation of Affiliates, and organizations, (e.g., local interest groups, schools, or institutes,) that are governed by their own principles of operation independent of NASAP while being associated with NASAP. The Affiliate receives the same membership services as individual members such as the journal and newsletters.

In order to become an Affiliate, the group needs to: have at least two General Members among its membership (A General Member of NASAP is an Individual, Retired, Family, or Student Member); submit a copy of their constitution, bylaws, or statement of purpose which is consistent with the NASAP Constitution; and pay an application fee ($150 USD) which is the same as the annual dues and is applied to their first year’s dues.

When an Affiliate has 5 General Members of NASAP, the Affiliate may send one of these General Members as a voting representative to serve on the COR. At the Council of Representatives Meeting, they will have the opportunity to network with and share in the support of other Affiliates as well as share in the governance of NASAP.

If you have questions about Affiliate membership or who are interested in learning more about the Affiliate application process are encouraged to contact the NASAP office. If you are ready to apply, click the button or fill out the form below. You will be able to enter the required information to submit your application.

In order for your application to be complete, you must submit a Statement of Purpose and/or a Constitution/By-Laws. An example of this can be found on this webpage. This information can be emailed to the office at info@alfredadler.org. Once your application is approved, you will then submit a payment of $150 USD either by check or electronically via an invoice that will be emailed to the contact person.

After all your documents are approved and payment submitted, the affiliate group's name will be listed on the Affiliate Group webpage and on the Membership Application/Renewal form so others can select it as part of their profile. Please note that any dues the affiliate group sets for itself must be collected by the affiliate group separate from the NASAP database.

Apply to become an Affiliate Group

Hello! We are excited to receive your application for a new affiliate group.

Please use this form to share the information about your affiliate group. Once it is received, along with the statement of purpose and/or your constitution/by-laws (sent directly to the office email), the Board of Directors will review the application and inform you of the decision as soon as possible.

Once it has been approved, payment will be due in the amount of $150 USD and it can be sent by check to the NASAP office or an invoice can be generated and emailed to the representative. If you have any questions please contact Susan Belangee

Affiliate Growth Fund

If you are an Affiliate Organization and want information about the Affiliate Growth Fund, designed to help Affiliates grow, download more information: