Div. 39 (Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology) has nine special sections. These sections have their own separate dues and sponsor activities with the American Psychological Association and other related organizations. Membership is open to anyone.

  • Section I: Psychoanalytic Practitioners
    Section I fulfills Freud's historic testimony in the 1927 trial that tested the legitimacy of psychologists to practice psychoanalysis.

  • Section II: Childhood and Adolescence
    Members are child clinicians who practice psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy and who conduct research in the area of child psychoanalysis.

  • Section III: Women, Gender and Psychoanalysis
    The purposes of Section III include pursuing the following goals for women and men in a gendered society; to support scholarship and professional development; to develop leadership skills; to promote networking opportunities; and to deepen understanding of contemporary, gender-related concerns involving work, play and family.

  • Section IV: Local Chapter
    Although local chapters are formed by Div. 39 members and are part of Div. 39, psychoanalytic clinicians from other disciplines and other psychologist who are not members of the division may join a local chapter depending upon the bylaws of the local chapter.

  • Section V: Applied Clinical Psychoanalysis
    Section V was established within Div. 39 to represent and foster diversity and pluralism in psychoanalysis through a varied program of professional activities.

  • Section VIII: Couple and Family Therapy and Psychoanalysis
    Section VIII is dedicated to promoting the understanding and treatment of the psychological needs of couples and families, within a psychoanalytic framework.

  • Section IX: Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility
    This section is open to those interested in both social issues and psychoanalytic ideas. Section IX sponsors events and activities in which a psychoanalytic perspective is brought to bear on contemporary social issues such as human rights, multicultural concerns, gender and sexualities, justice, ethics, economics, education, war and violence.