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ACAP Membership Categories and Criteria
Accredited Membership
Open to graduates of the Child Art Psychotherapy training programmes who have completed the required hours in clinical practice, personal psychotherapy and supervision, as laid out in the active Accreditation and Grandparenting Policies.
For a full list of Accreditation requirements, including supporting documentation, applicable to graduates who began training in or after September 2021, please refer to the ACAP Accreditation Policy. Accreditation Policy Doc link
Please refer to ACAP’s Grandparenting Policy for full details if you began your MSc/HDip before September 2021. Grandparenting Policy Doc link including *Bye Law 1 if you began your MSc/HDip before September 2009. Link to Bye Law 1
Applications for Accredited Membership have an application fee of €125 and must be re-submitted every 5 years for review.
Membership is €90 p/a.
Please note you must be an active Pre-Accredited Member in order to apply for Accreditation. Only after your application for Accreditation has been deemed successful will you be invited to convert your membership to Accredited Member.
Pre-Accredited Membership
Graduates who began training in Child Art Psychotherapy in or after September 2021: may apply once all 4 years of the Professional Masters in Child Art Psychotherapy (including graduates who have completed the CAP MSc and PMSc and began training in Sept 2021) are successfully completed,
whilst working towards the hours required for full Accreditation.
Graduates who began their MSc/HDip before September 2021 (open to graduates of the Visual Psychotherapy HDip 2001-2005, Child Art Psychotherapy HDip 2005-2007 or the Child Art Psychotherapy MSc 2007-2019*) may apply whilst working towards the hours required for full Accreditation.
*Please refer to ACAP’s Grandparenting Policy.
Membership is €90 p/a.
You must hold up to date Pre-Accredited Membership prior to making an application for Accreditation.
Student Membership:
Open to students currently training in Child Art Psychotherapy at all levels.
*September 2021 marks the start of 4 years of consecutive training at Masters Level in Child Art Psychotherapy under the School of Medicine, University College Dublin.
Membership is €45 p/a.
Associate Membership:
Open to professionals practising in a related field with an interest in Child Art Psychotherapy. Invitations to quarterly meetings.
Membership is €90 p/a.
Conditions of Membership: All Accredited, Pre-Accredited, and Student Members must abide by the ACAP Ethical Code and submit their Children First Training Certificate. Accredited and Pre-Accredited Members must also provide evidence of Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance alongside their application/renewal. All Membership runs on an annual basis.
Membership criteria and fees are subject to change. It is advisable that all members keep a detailed log of training, supervision, personal therapy, CPD and psychotherapy practice hours.