ATSA Membership Benefits

The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) is a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization incorporated in 1984 to foster research, develop guidelines for practice, facilitate information exchange, further professional education and provide for the advancement of professional standards and practices in the field of sexual offender evaluation and treatment. The organization currently has over twenty-seven hundred members from all fifty states, and eighteen other countries.

As a voluntary membership organization, ATSA does not credential its members or certify any individual's fitness to provide services. ATSA recommends that questions about a member's credentials be directed to the appropriate professional licensing department or agency in the member's state or region.

Benfits of ATSA membership include:

• Affiliation with an international association which strives to improve techniques for the evaluation and treatment of sex offenders.
  
  
• Complimentary set of the ATSA Standards and Guidelines and Professional Code of Ethics.
  
  
• Increased opportunity to access and exchange ideas with other treatment specialists and allied professionals.
  
  
• Opportunity to participate in the ATSA chapter in your state/region/province.
  
  
• Participation in ATSA’s standing and/or ad hoc committees.*
  
  
• Involvement in clinical discussions, case consults and networking on the “Members Only” list-serv.*
  
  
• Subscription to ATSA’s official journal, Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.*
  
  
• Access to the full twenty-two year archive of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.*
  
  
• Access to SAGE’s online criminology journal collection.*
  
  
• Subscription to the quarterly newsletter, The Forum.
  
  
• Registration discounts for ATSA’s Annual Research and Treatment Conference, as well as ATSA sponsored regional conferences.
  

*Membership benefit not available to Affiliate Members

To become a Member of ATSA:

If you are interested in becoming a member of ATSA, click here to read about the process and download the membership application.