Registration as a Graduate or Clinical Member
Renewal of Membership/Registration- Registration as a Graduate or Clinical Member
- Supporting Information for your Registration
- Benefits
- Fees
- Annual Leave
- CCAA-Accredited Supervisors
Renewal of Membership/Registration
- Graduate and Clinical Member Annual Renewal Form - Mailed May each year
- Download the Supervision and PD log Form
Registration as a Graduate or Clinical Member
- Graduate and Clinical Member Application Form - Not sure if you meet requirements? Ring/contact your State office via Contact Us
You may become a Registered Member of CCAA at two levels:
Graduate Members have a Bachelor degree or equivalent in counselling over 3 years, or a Postgraduate qualification in counselling over 2 years. They have completed 50 hours of training supervision related to 200 hours of counselling internship, and met CCAA theological and accountability requirements.
Clinical Members have, in addition, successfully completed 75 hours of supervision related to 750 hours of counselling.
Supporting Information for your Registration
- Supervision Contract Template
- Theology Requirements - Some thoughts on how to meet the Theology Requirement
- Video Requirement - Some applicants may be asked to do a video/role play of counselling
- Fellowship with a Faith Community - Some thoughts on the Faith Community Requirement
- Counsellor Response Quality Rating Scale
Recognition of Prior Learning
CCAA recognises that some counsellors have acquired their competency through a variety of means. If you wish to apply to be a Member through recognition of prior learning it is your task to submit a portfolio demonstrating equivalent counselling competence. Applicants must meet the criteria and a substantive proportion of the formal requirements of CCAA.
Benefits
Over recent years, a consensus is emerging nationally as to appropriate benchmark standards for professional recognition for counsellors, called the PACFA Training Standards. Being registered by CCAA as a Graduate Member means you have achieved this benchmark of professional recognition.
Graduate and Clinical Members:
- are automatically listed on the PACFA Register at Provisional level (for Graduate Members) or Clinical level (for Clinical Members), at the member's request
- receive a CCAA Membership Certificate may attach 'CCAA(Grad)' or 'CCAA(Clin)' after their name
- may advertise details on the CCAA 'Find a Counsellor' web page
- may set up their own webpage hosted on the CCAA website
- will have the full support and services of CCAA and PACFA Ethics committees in mediating and resolving complaints
Clinical Members:
- may be eligible to be listed as a CCAA-Accredited Supervisor on the State 'Supervisors' pages. See CCAA-Accredited Supervisors.
Fees
Application fee for Graduate membership, or upgrade to Graduate membership |
$50 |
Application fee for Clinical membership, or upgrade to Clinical membership Once approved, you will be invoiced for your first year annual subscription, plus a once-off $99 for a free annual listing on the PACFA Register. |
$50 |
Annual Subscription - Graduate Member |
$195 per year |
Annual Subscription - Clinical Member |
$265 per year |
Annual Leave
CCAA-Accredited Supervisors
CCAA-Accredited Supervisors have:
- 3 years Clinical membership of CCAA, or 3 years clinical membership (or equivalent) of
another counselling association
- Supervision Training of 2 days face to face, or the equivalent training at degree level
- current supervision for their Supervision practice
- professional indemnity insurance
- relevant qualifications in theology or Bible if supervising in a Christian context
To be listed as a CCAA-Accredited Supervisor on the Supervisors web page in your state:
- Download CCAA-Accredited Supervisor Application form
- Fill out form and post
