The overwhelming preponderance of graduate members consists of graduates of APsaA institutes. In only three societies do they comprise less than three-quarters of the membership. Those societies that do admit non-APsaA graduates have very different requirements for their admission and frequently do not grant them full voting or other membership rights. Only one society permits candidates to hold office. These proportions of degrees held is vastly different from those held by current graduate members.
Societies place various restrictions on the psychotherapists they admit.
In several places, local psychotherapists with an interest in psychoanalysis are admitted as members. In most societies, Psychotherapist Members have neither the right to vote nor the right to hold office. When the number of current Candidate Members is compared to the number of Life Members, it is clear that, in the near future, many societies face a large shortfall in membership. These societies include seven of the largest societies. Because, in most places, the number of applicants is declining, this is a serious and increasing problem.