Early Career Professional membership is granted post-graduation to those entering their career as either clinicians or researchers and may include medical residents or interns in any accredited academic program or full-time trainees in clinical sexuality and/or sex research or are still completing requirements for licensure.

Those applying for Early Career Professional Membership shall include a completed application form, a curriculum vitae, a copy of diploma, one letter of recommendation from a SSTAR member or two letters from non-SSTAR professionals who are familiar with the applicant's qualifications and who have had training and experience in clinical work or research with sexual disorders.