Compare Memberships

Advanced Diploma Member

Qualifications

• Has the basic training requirements of a qualification in counselling from an accredited AQF 6 Advanced Diploma,  Associate Degree, AQF7 Bachelor Degree or AQF8 Advanced Diploma in counselling (these do not meet the PACFA Training Standards for Provisional Level).
• Has a placement with a minimum of 40 Client Contact hours of face-to-face counselling or psychotherapy practice with 10 hours of supervision (related to client contact included in the course).

Benefits

• Voting Member of CCAA.
• May practice professionally as a counsellor either in private practice or as an employee.
• May promote CCAA Membership publicly and may list their services on the CCAA ‘Find a Counsellor’ registry.
• Discounts, where applicable, for CCAA professional development events.
• Connection to a diverse network of Christian counsellors.
• Subscription to the CCAA Journal and eNews.
• Support with counselling study, practice and career progression.

Supervision and PD Requirements

• Advanced Diploma Members are required to complete a minimum of 10 hours of Supervision, or 15 hours if client hours are over 400, as part of renewal their requirements per annum
• 20 hours of PD as part of their renewal requirements per annum.
• Advanced Diploma members working towards Provisional membership are required to complete further training to meet PACFA Training Standards.

Provisional Member

Qualifications

• Has the basic training requirements of a qualification in counselling from an accredited AQF 7 Undergraduate degree in counselling, AQF 8 Postgraduate Diploma or an AQF 9 Master Degree in Counselling (that meet the PACFA Training Standards or equivalent).
• Undertaken study over 2 or more years (part or full-time study is accepted).
• Within the course, there must be a minimum of 400 hours of instruction in counselling specific subjects (i.e. lectures, tutorials, workshops);
  • of these 400 hours, 140 hours must be face-to-face and in person
• Has a placement with a minimum of 40 Client Contact hours of face-to-face counselling or psychotherapy practice with 10 hours of supervision (related to client contact included in the course).

Benefits

• Voting Member of CCAA.
• May practice professionally as a counsellor either in private practice or as an employee.
• May promote CCAA Membership publicly and may list their services on the CCAA ‘Find a Counsellor’ registry.
• Discounts, where applicable, for CCAA professional development events.
• Connection to a diverse network of Christian counsellors.
• Subscription to the CCAA Journal and eNews.
• Support with counselling study, practice and career progression.
• When basic training satisfies PACFA’s training requirements, able to list on the ARCAP Register through membership with PACFA.

Supervision and PD Requirements

• Provisional Members are required to complete a minimum of 10 hours of Supervision, or 15 hours if client hours are over 400, as part of renewal their requirements per annum
• 20 hours of PD as part of their renewal requirements per annum.
• Provisional members working towards Clinical membership are required to have 75 hours of supervision linked to 750 client hours over a minimum of 2 years. These are post training hours.

Clinical Member

Qualifications

• The same requirements as Provisional Membership.
• You have graduated from your counselling course more than 2 years ago.
• You have met the additional professional practice requirements comprising a further;
  • 750 client contact hours and 75 hours of supervision since graduating.
• 5 hours of theological integration professional development or a semester unit of 39 hours or equivalent of theological integration studies.
• At least 4 hours of supervision with a CCAA Accredited Integration Supervisor, where the supervision is focused on integration of Christian faith and theology with professional practice.

Benefits

• The same benefits as Provisional Members.

Supervision and PD Requirements

• Clinical Members are required to have a minimum of 10 hours of supervision, or 15 if client hours are over 400 as part of their renewal requirements per annum.
• 20 hours of PD as part of their renewal requirements per annum

Clinical Supervisor Member

Qualifications

• To be considered for CCAA Clinical/Supervisor Membership, applicants will have been Clinical Members for 3 years and must have completed the prerequisite supervision training (minimum of 36 hours).
• A Supervisor can also be on the Find a supervisor register as a Theological Integration Supervisor.  These supervisors have done training in theology as well as the integration of faith and psychology.  The application form can be found on the Forms and Documents page under For Members.

Benefits

• Clinical Supervisor Members receive the same benefits as Clinical Members as well as being able to list their practice on the CCAA website under “Find a Supervisor”.

Supervision and PD Requirements

• Clinical Supervisors are required to have a minimum of 10 hours of supervision, or 15 if client hours are over 400, as part of their renewal requirements per annum.
• 20 hours of PD as part of their renewal requirements per annum.
• It is recommended 1/3 of supervision be linked to supervision of supervision.

Fellow

Qualifications

• The Fellow will be a clinical/supervisor who
  has been a member of CCAA for at least 15 years, nearing retirement and working for a maximum of 100 hours of client a year, and in good standing in the profession. An application for a Fellow membership needs to be endorsed by the local branch committee, which will confirm that the personal circumstances and standing of the applicant satisfies the criteria of membership.

Benefits

• Fellows will receive the same benefits as Clinical/Supervisors

Supervision and PD Requirements

• The Fellow will be required to have:
• No CPD requirements
• Peer supervision of 1:20.
• PII will still be required whilst practicing.
• If PACFA member would require to meet their normal renewal hours of PD and Supervision.

Student Affiliate

Qualifications

• CCAA Student Affiliates are currently studying to achieve their counselling qualifications and have not yet completed their studies or practical counselling and supervision components.

Benefits

• Student Membership is FREE.  Students are to be studying and not in a current ‘counselling’ position.
• Discounts, where applicable, on attendance fees for CCAA professional development events.
• Connection to a diverse network of Christian counsellors.
• Subscription to the annual CCAA Journal and eNews.
• Support with counselling study, practice and career progression
• Are not able to promote their CCAA affiliation publicly and cannot advertise their practices on the Find a Counsellor.

Associate

Qualifications

• A CCAA Associate has an interest in the counselling profession but may not have undertaken formal training in counselling.
• These people may include Pastoral workers, Pastoral Counsellors and Chaplains.

Benefits

• Discounts, where applicable, on attendance fees for CCAA professional development events
• Connection to a diverse network of Christian counsellors.
• Subscription to the annual CCAA Journal and eNews.
• Are not able to promote their CCAA affiliation publicly and cannot advertise their practices on the Find a Counsellor.