Divisions of the American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association offers 54 active divisions, based upon popular areas of expertise within psychology. These divisions are:

1. Society for General Psychology. This was the first division formed by the APA, in 1945, and it is concerned with issues across the subdisciplines of psychology.
2. Society for the Teaching of Psychology. This division provides free teaching material for students and teachers of psychology and bestows many awards.
3. Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science
4. Currently vacant. Initially the Psychometric Society, which decided against becoming an APA division
5. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods (previously named Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics)
6. Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
7. Developmental Psychology
8. Society for Personality and Social Psychology
9. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
10. Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts
11. Currently vacant. Initially Abnormal Psychology and Psychotherapy, joined division 12 in 1946
12. Society of Clinical Psychology. This division was established in 1948 with 482 members. In 1962 it created clinical child psychology as its first section.
13. Society of Consulting Psychology
14. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
15. Educational Psychology
16. School Psychology. This division was originally formed as the Division of School Psychologists in 1945 and renamed in 1969.
17. Society of Counseling Psychology
18. Psychologists in Public Service
19. Society for Military Psychology
20. Adult Development and Aging
21. Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
22. Rehabilitation Psychology
23. Society for Consumer Psychology
24. Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
25. Behavior Analysis
26. Society for the History of Psychology
27. Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology
28. Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse
29. Psychotherapy
30. Society of Psychological Hypnosis
31. State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs
32. Society for Humanistic Psychology
33. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
34. Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology
35. Society for the Psychology of Women
36. Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
37. Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice
38. Health Psychology
39. Psychoanalysis
40. Clinical Neuropsychology
41. American Psychology-Law Society
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice
43. Society for Family Psychology
44. Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
45. Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
    
46. Media Psychology
47. Exercise and Sport Psychology
48. Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division
49. Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy
50. Society of Addiction Psychology
51. Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity
52. International Psychology
53. Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
54. Society of Pediatric Psychology
55. American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy
56. Trauma Psychology. This division addresses issues of trauma with projects, working groups and via collaborations.