International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry

What International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry does

ISEPP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer-run professional society founded in 1971, headquartered in Washington with a mailing address in Welcome, Maryland, and operating with a small staff of 1–10 people. Its stated mission is to serve as a haven for professionals opposed to the medicalization of human distress, organizing clinicians, academics, survivors/ex-patients, and legal professionals around critical perspectives on mainstream biological psychiatry.

The organization's product surface is content- and community-based rather than technology-based. Core offerings include a peer-reviewed academic journal (Ethical Human Psychology and Psychopathology, co-published with Springer) and content co-publishing with Sage Publications via the Journal of Humanistic Psychology; a recurring book series with Ethics International Press (most recently an 8th volume in February 2026); conferences, webinars, and summits on topics such as veteran psychiatric overprescribing and biopsychiatry; programmatic awards including the Lifetime Achievement, Special Achievement, and Mary Karon Memorial awards; and practitioner-level programs such as the July 2025 launch of Soteria Las Cruces in partnership with Kiva Centers.

ISEPP's business model is a traditional non-profit funding stack: membership dues, individual donations, and conference/webinar fees. There are no disclosed commercial product lines, software platforms, or licensing revenue, and no public membership counts or financial statements. In January 2026 the organization restructured from a hierarchical to a cooperative governance model, coinciding with a leadership transition in which Dr. Mary Vieten assumed the role of President following Chuck Ruby's resignation as Executive Director.

Name

International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry

Legal name

International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry, Inc.

Website

https://psychintegrity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ISEPP is a 501(c)(3) volunteer professional society founded in 1971 that serves clinicians, academics, survivors/ex-patients, and legal professionals critical of mainstream psychiatry, via journals, a book series, conferences/webinars, awards, and alternative-care programs.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: ISEPP generates revenue through annual membership fees from mental health professionals, academics, and other members. The website features a Join/Renew ISEPP page.
2. Donations: ISEPP accepts charitable donations via credit card (with $10 minimum) and check. Donations are mailed to ISEPP, 5884 Joshua Place, Welcome, MD 20693.
3. Conference and webinar fees: Revenue generated from conference registrations and webinar recordings (e.g., Violence and Psychiatric Drugs webinar recording available for $20).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ISEPP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional membership organization that provides a community, educational resources, and advocacy platform for mental health professionals, academics, and survivors who oppose the medicalization of human distress. Its core offerings include annual membership, the EHPP journal (co-published with Springer), webinars, annual conferences, the Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry book series, and affiliated programs such as Soteria Las Cruces and Mad Camp.

Product overview

ISEPP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional organization (not a technology company). It offers a portfolio of educational resources and programs including the ISEPP Journal (EHPP) published with Springer, educational webinars, the annual conference, the Ethics International Press Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry book series, the Soteria Las Cruces residential program, Mad Camp alternative support gatherings, and various member resources including a consultation directory, listserv, and guidance on weaning off psychiatric drugs. The organization serves as a professional haven for mental health professionals, physicians, educators, ex-patients and survivors who oppose the medicalization of human distress.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ISEPP Membership

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kiva CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2025Kiva Centers is partnering with ISEPP to launch Soteria Las Cruces in New Mexico, a residential treatment setting providing alternative, relationship-based support for adults experiencing mental health challenges. Applications for Executive Director position submitted through Kiva Centers.
• Sage Publications (Journal of Humanistic Psychology)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 June 2025ISEPP contributes to special issues of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology on diagnostic alternatives. Arnoldo Cantu contributed to the 5th special issue with an article on descriptive problem-based taxonomy.
• Ethics International PresscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISEPP collaborates with Ethics International Press on the Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry Series. The 8th volume 'Existential Wellness' was published in 2025. Don Laird, Dr. Eric Maisel, and Arnoldo Cantú serve as editors for this series.
• Springer Publishing (EHPP Journal)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorISEPP publishes its journal Ethics, Humanism, and Psychology (EHPP) through Springer Publishing, connecting members and the broader academic community to critical psychology research.
• Pathways Vermont (Soteria Vermont)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerISEPP promotes and is associated with the Soteria model, including Soteria Vermont operated by Pathways Vermont. This is an alternative residential treatment approach based on relationship and psychosocial support rather than medication.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• American Psychiatric Association: The American Psychiatric Association is the mainstream professional body for psychiatrists and publisher of the DSM — the institutional establishment ISEPP critiques, making it a structurally comparable but ideologically opposite professional organization.
• Mental Health America: Mental Health America is a longstanding community-based advocacy organization addressing the mental health system nationwide — a broader incumbent operating in the same advocacy space but from a mainstream policy stance rather than a critical-psychiatry stance.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): NAMI is the largest U.S. grassroots mental health advocacy organization; it represents the establishment advocacy mainstream that ISEPP challenges, making it a comparable but ideologically opposing incumbent.
• American Psychological Association: The APA is the largest professional organization for psychologists in the U.S., serving as a broad incumbent in the same professional psychology space that ISEPP occupies from a critical dissent perspective.

Emerging players

• Open Dialogue UK: Open Dialogue UK promotes the Open Dialogue approach — a non-medicalized, network-based alternative to conventional psychiatric care that ISEPP directly advocates for as part of its Soteria and Open Dialogue programming.

Direct peers

• Wildflower Alliance (formerly The Icarus Project): Wildflower Alliance is a peer-led support community for people with experiences outside conventional psychiatry — directly comparable to ISEPP's survivor/ex-patient services and Mad Camp programming.
• National Empowerment Center: The National Empowerment Center promotes mental health recovery through peer-run alternatives and education, sharing ISEPP's emphasis on non-medicalized, empowerment-oriented approaches.
• MindFreedom International: MindFreedom International is an advocacy organization for psychiatric survivors and alternatives to forced treatment, overlapping directly with ISEPP's survivor/ex-patient segment and reform-oriented stance.
• Hearing Voices Network USA: Hearing Voices Network USA supports voice-hearers and promotes non-medicalized frameworks for extreme states, sharing ISEPP's constituency of survivors and practitioners pursuing alternatives to conventional psychiatric diagnosis.
• Mad in America: Mad in America is a journalism and advocacy platform critiquing the bio-medical model of psychiatry and covering alternatives — directly aligned with ISEPP's mission to fact-check psychiatry and provide a haven for dissenting professionals and survivors.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ISEPPDirector
• Facebookfacebook.com/societyforethicalpsychologyandpsychiatry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iseppinc

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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