TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP
All members have access to our thriving network, community consultations, our listserve, in-person events and more.
There are multiple levels of membership available to fit different practitioners’ needs, based on 3 types of membership: Basic, Referral and Organizational. Each year, Gaylesta offers a limited number of scholarships to members, based upon need. If you feel that you might be appropriate for such a scholarship, please send an email to Barton Shulman for further information.
Basic membership: provides access to the listserv, in-person events, and online forums.
Basic Plus Directory Listing membership: provides the features of a Basic membership, plus inclusion in the searchable “Find a Therapist” Gaylesta directory (as well as the “Find a Group” directory), and an enhanced public profile webpage with options to list multiple offices, groups and photo albums.
Non Profit Organization membership: is a special membership for non-profit clinics or organizations providing low-fee mental health services to individuals and families, which have an LGBTQIA+-affirmative perspective. It allows them to list their organization in the directory.
membership fees and levels
| Basic |
Basic Plus Directory Listing |
|
| Licensed | $55 |
$175 |
| Pre-licensed and/or Remote |
$35 |
$125 |
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| Nonprofit Organization |
$100 |
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*Membership is charged annually from the date of activation.
Licensed memberships are available to clinicians who have been granted a license to provide psychotherapy by an appropriate governing body (Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors [LPCC, LPC, LMHC, etc.]).
Pre-Licensed memberships are available to individuals studying to become a licensed clinician, either enrolled in an educational program or registered as an intern (ACSW, AMFT, APCC, Psychology Intern, etc.) with the appropriate governing body. Pre-licensed clinicians who join as Referral members must note their supervisor's name and license number on their Gaylesta Profile and all marketing materials.
Remote memberships are available to licensed clinicians (see Licensed memberships, above) who practice outside of the San Francisco Bay Area; they are discounted as such members are not able to participate in our various social and educational events. Remote members are those who are at least 30 miles from San Francisco's Civic Center (the center point of zip code 94102).
