Australian Hypnotherapists’ Association (AHA)

Overview:

Profession(s): Hypnotherapy
Member Type(s): Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor, Psychotherapist
Scope: National - Australia
Formed: 1949
Registration No.: 38559
Address: 22 Epsom Rd, Chipping Norton, New South Wales, 2170, Australia
Phone: 61 297555512
Fax: 61 297555514
Email: bruni.brewin_aha@froggy.com.au
Website: www.ahahypnotherapy.org.au

Description:

The Australian Hypnotherapists’ Association’s (AHA) early members were the pioneers of Hypnotherapy in Australia. The Association was formed in 1949, by a group of hypnotherapists who had already been in practice for many years. The AHA was created specifically for two reasons:

To support its members by supplying opportunities for exchanges of information, supervision and continuing education in the form of workshops and

To establish and elevate the status of the profession, and thus engender the respect and confidence of the community. The AHA founders recognised the importance of developing and maintaining uniform technical, clinical and ethical standards for hypnotherapists.

Mission/Aims:

The AHA’s aim, as an Association, is to provide continuing empirical leadership in the field of Clinical Hypnotherapy to practising Hypnotherapists throughout Australia.

Principal Activities:

The principal reason for the formation of the Australian Hypnotherapists’ Association was to create a mechanism through which Australian professional hypnotherapists could discuss and study hypnosis, disseminate information about new developments in the field, conserve and transmit traditional approaches to hypnosis and hypno-therapy, share and examine their clinical experiences, investigate and assess the value of any new clinical applications for hypnosis that might become known.

Eligibility for admission as a Member is through an applicant's actual demonstrated clinical output, specific character and acquired technical knowledge.

Member Benefits:

The AHA is a National progressive professional association that fulfils a critical role within the Australian hypnotherapy industry. The AHA is primarily concerned with supporting its members, with setting industry standards, with health fund rebates, with fair and reasonable insurance cover and with the formal recognition of hypnotherapy as a separate profession. The AHA is the "Voice of Hypnotherapists." It is an independent association that offers its members a unique combination of benefits. These benefits include:

Prestige of belonging to the AHA (which has been recognised as the authority on clinical hypnotherapy by Federal and State Governments as well as by private agencies).

Being part of the oldest and largest independent professional hypnotherapy association in Australia (Formed 1949, Registered 1957), and recognised nationally and internationally.

Ability to obtain PACFA (Psychotherapists & Counsellors Federation of Australia) Membership.

Ability to obtain Health funds rebates for your clients from participating funds.

Obtain low cost Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance.

Receive a free bi-monthly e-magazine (to all who supply the AHA with an email address) to keep members informed of happenings within the association and industry. The e-magazine contains articles and information on conferences, workshops, therapies, overseas news, business building hints, fact pages, comments from members and also has a very competitive advertising scheme.

Receive the circularisation of details of forthcoming workshops and seminars.

Attend hypnotherapy conferences and workshops at reduced rates.

The provision of regional information to members seeking peer group or personal supervision.

Strong Support Network.

All membership mail outs.

AHA Discussion Group Forum where members exchange ideas.

Full, dedicated referral facilities from the AHA Advisory Line (from our National toll free 1800 067 557 number) by an experienced, specialist hypnotherapist.

A Member of the Executive is available for our members 8 hours a day, 5 days a week through the Advisory Line.

Automatic upgrading to higher membership levels - no waiting for special meetings. As soon as they are qualified all membership benefits will be available.

Clinical members may use the AHA logos.

Opportunity to be a supervisor.

Opportunity to be a committee member.

A dedicated AHA website, with free inclusion of members' contact details together with active links to their own email addresses and websites

Access to an exclusive Yellow Pages Advertising Scheme

Free publication and distribution of regular News Bulletins

The provision of relevant information on all aspects of the profession to government departments, insurance companies, the health funds, the media and the public

Free provision of user-friendly Data Sheets for the maintenance of Continuing Professional Development records

Representation to, and dissemination of relevant information from the Department of Health (DoH) and all other interested Agencies

It is in this professional atmosphere that the AHA encourages and assists new members to achieve professionally rewarding practices.

Training/Licensing/Certification:

Continuing Education Program that consists of seminars, workshops and discussion/support groups, as well as supervision sessions etc. The AHA also holds regular one day workshops in Qld, NSW, VIC. These workshops are attended by well known speakers and experts in their field.

Affiliations:

Associations to which we are a member:
Psychotherapy & Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA)

Partner Associations:
Spanish Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists (SSCH)
Peruvian Association of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (PACEH)
Professional Board of Hypnotherapy, Inc. (Canada) (PBHI)

Verification Criteria:

Current year AHA Certification Diploma

Additional Information:

A Set of Competency and Proficiency Standards for Australian Professional Clinical Hypnotherapists - A Descriptive Guide to the Australian Hypnotherapists' Association Accreditation System is online for download. This is the first detailed set of competency and proficiency standards for professional clinical hypnotherapists published anywhere in the world; updates to the AHA's standards are reflected in its Prospectus, also on line.