Benefits
	Association of Solution Oriented Counsellors & Hypnotherapists of Australia

ASOCHA had been established in the year 2000 to provide a national and professional organizational structure to support and advance the practice of Solution Oriented counselling and hypnotherapy throughout Australia.

The foundations of the Association have evolved from the growing body of Diploma graduates from Ampersand Australia and CET, and a commitment to foster a unique learning community devoted to supporting the ongoing practice of its members and expanding their skills

The broad aim of ASOCHA is to provide a respectful, stimulating and creative forum for Solution Oriented counsellors and hypnotherapists, in which professional identity, support, public accountability and excellence in the practice and education of therapeutic endeavour is fostered. ASOCHA further aims to highlight, expand upon and share the diverse application of the principles of Solution Oriented therapy among its members, and provide for the professional interests of practitioners in both the broader community and between therapists of other persuasions.

To this end, ASOCHA has successfully sought membership of PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia), a national federation for counselling and psychotherapy organizations.

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Objectives ASOCHA intends: to provide a creative environment where Solution Oriented therapists can continue to learn from and with each other. to formulate, review and incorporate standards of training and experience in Solution Oriented therapy. to liase with and advise relevant professional and government bodies involved in the accreditation of counsellors and hypnotherapists. to provide a means for members to have access to the services and standards for professional recognition provided by PACFA.

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Benefits

ASOCHA will provide its members and associates with a range of benefits including: conferences, seminars, workshops and other forums for support, the exchange of ideas, as well as the advancement of skills, identity and career opportunities. a structure for establishing professional recognition on a national level, as a counsellor / hypnotherapist via the standard(s) of both ASOCHA and PACFA. a national newsletter, website and email interchange to facilitate communication with like minded colleagues.

............................................................................................................................................... "The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." - W. M. Lewis