Benefits & Membership Criteria

ASOCHA provides 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.
  • Access to the services and benefits of PACFA (a professional organization of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Australia).

Membership Categories and Criteria

There are three categories of membership of the Association:1. Full Membership; 2. Associate Membership; and 3. Fellow.

1. Full membership is available to those who:

(i) can provide evidence to the satisfaction of the Executive Committee or its charge that an amount of appropriate Solution Oriented training and supervision, meeting the minimum standards set by PACFA (with respect to solution oriented content, contact hours, the progressively advanced and congruent nature of the training, and trainer/supervisor qualifications and experience) has been successfully completed.

(ii) agree to abide by the Association's Code of Ethics Full members who are financial are entitled to: vote at general meetings of the Association; be elected as an office holder or member of the Executive Committee; and represent themselves as a member of the Association. Successful candidates are entitled to use the suffix MASOCHA.

2. Associate Membership is available to those who:

(i) can provide evidence to the satisfaction of the Executive Committee or its charge that an amount of appropriate Solution Oriented training and supervision, meeting the minimum standards set by PACFA (with respect to solution oriented content, contact hours, the progressively advanced and congruent nature of the training, and trainer/supervisor qualifications and experience) has been partially completed.

(ii) agree to abide by the Association's Code of Ethics Associate members who are financial are entitled to full participation in all activities of the Association, except for eligibility for election to the Executive Committee. Associate members are entitled to: vote; be elected or invited to participate as members of working parties and committees as directed by the Executive Committee; invited to assist the Executive Committee at its discretion; and may represent themselves as an Associate Member of the Association. Successful candidates are entitled to use the suffix AssocASOCHA.

3. Fellow Membership Fellow Membership is an honor bestowed upon ASOCHA Full Members.

The status of Fellow requires that sufficient evidence is provided, to the satisfaction of the Executive Committee, which demonstrates that a person's work has contributed in a significant, unusual and outstanding manner to the operation and development of the Association, and/or the field of Solution Oriented therapy in general.

Election to Fellow status requires the provision of such evidence from 2 full Members of the association, submitted to the Membership Committee and subsequently recommended for the consideration of the Executive Committee. Successful candidates are entitled to use the suffix FASOCHA.