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.:. Membership and Structure
Membership is open to helping professionals and trainees who wish to
further the goals of the Association in counselling and related
fields.
Membership of the Association is available in four categories.
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 Clinical Member:
This category is for the counsellor who meets the PACFA 2009 training requirements.
Entitlements
- Inclusion in any listing of practitioners (conditional upon
ongoing professional developments targets being met)
- Quarterly Newsletter
- Discounts when attending AAHTC Workshops, Seminars and Conferences
- Voting rights and Commitee elegibility
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Professional Member:
This category is for the counsellor with considerable professional
experience. To become a Professional Member, an applicant must:
- have completed an AAHTC approved course, and
- have accumulated more than 25 hours of professional
supervision within the previous 2 years. Supervision undertaken as part of a counsellor training program does not count towards these 25 hours.
Entitlements
- Inclusion in any listing of practitioners (conditional upon
ongoing professional developments targets being met)
- Quarterly Newsletter
- Discounts when attending AAHTC Workshops, Seminars and Conferences
- Voting rights and Committee eligibility
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Qualified Member:
This category is for the inexperienced counsellor or graduate who
has only recently completed a recognised course in counselling and
has less than 25 hours of professional supervision.
To become a Qualified Member, an applicant must:
Entitlements
- Inclusion in any listing of practitioners (conditional upon
ongoing professional developments targets being met)
- Quarterly Newsletter
- Discounts when attending AAHTC Workshops, Seminars and Conferences
- Voting rights and Committee elegibility
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Student Member:
This category is open to those individuals who are currently
undertaking an AAHTC approved course of study in counselling.
Entitlements
- Quarterly Newsletter
- Discounts when attending AAHTC Workshops, Seminars and Conferences
- Voting rights and Committee elegibility
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.:. Practicing and
Non-practicing Status
In common with many professional associations, the AAHTC expects its members who are active in the
counselling profession to continually maintain and upgrade their
skills by attendance at professional development activities. It is
also expected that AAHTC members who are active counsellors undergo
professional supervision.
"Supervision is the process where by a counsellor can speak to
someone who is trained to identify any behavioural and/or
psychological changes in the counsellor that could be due to an
inability to cope with issues of one or more clients. A supervisor
is also responsible for challenging practices and informing clients
of alternative theories and/or new practices, as well as changes in
the industry. The supervisor is responsible for observing the mental
health of their client in turn protecting the public from unhealthy
counsellors. Counsellors can face issues such as transference and
burn out without any recognition of the symptoms. A professional
supervisor would notice the symptoms long before the counsellor.
Supervision is a learned discipline separate from counselling."
Source: Australian Counselling Association
The Association recognises that not all graduates go on to become
full-time counsellors. These members may choose not to invest in
ongoing professional development and, without a client base, will be
unable to undertake professional supervision. A Non-practicing
Status exists to enable such individuals to remain as members of the
Association.
In order to attain a Practicing Status, Professional and Qualified
members are required to meet the following targets:
1. 20 points of ongoing professional development in the
previous 12 months.
The points system is clearly described in the AAHTC Logbook provided to members.
2. 5 hours professional supervision in the previous 12
months.
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