Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists

13/05/2026

REMINDER ASCH Webinar 17 May 2026 Dr Richard Hill -

(You will receive the Zoom link after payment has been verified. Registrations close at 1.00pm (Sydney) on Sunday, 17 May 2026.) Can’t attend on the day? No problem. Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recording a couple of weeks after the event.  

03/05/2026

ASCH WEBINAR 17 May 2026 Dr Richard Hill -

(You will receive the Zoom link after payment has been verified. Please allow up to 24 hours for an email.) Can’t attend on the day? No problem. Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recording a couple of weeks after the event.  

23/04/2026

ADVERTISEMENT: Courses in June 2026 with Clover Institute -

This course integrates hypnotherapy with psychotherapy-informed techniques to support clients with IBS and stress-related digestive conditions. It includes:

20/04/2026

30th May from 10am-12pm

Lyndall Briggs, ASCH President will be offering free zoom supervision sessions in 2026 as mentioned in the newsletter.

This session counts towards your CPD and is for members only.

There are only 10 places available. If you are interested, please email [email protected]

First in, first served!

20/04/2026

ASCH Member Benefit – Community Connect Sessions -

We know that working as a hypnotherapist can sometimes feel isolating. These monthly online sessions are designed to offer a welcoming space for connection and shared learning. In addition, they offer the added benefit of allowing you to claim peer supervision hours. The sessions will be informal, s...

15/04/2026

Sunday, 17 May 2026, at 2.00 p.m. (Sydney, Australia) via Zoom.

The presenter is Dr. Richard Hill and his topic is The Art of Sensitive Observation.

COST: AU$20.00
DURATION: Approx. 80 minutes
OPD: 3 points

PAY AND REGISTER: Please go to the ASCH Shop. You will receive the Zoom link in a confirmation email.

The Art of Sensitive Observation
Being sensitive and responding to the client in the most appropriate way has been thought about and written about for decades.

Slowly, this and other concepts about the therapeutic relationship are taking hold. After a career of experiencing my own practice leaning strongly in the direction of sensitivity to the client and responsiveness in the moment, I chose to pursue a PhD to find out what this is really all about.

The results have produced a model that encompasses most, if not all, of the elements that have largely been explored by others separately. It has proved possible to encompass everything within a system of therapy that is being called “client-responsiveness” with the central determining elements being “sensitive awareness”.

This presentation will describe these concepts, how they interact and integrate, and especially the central theme of sensitivity: What it is and how we can increase our sensitivity in therapeutic practice.

He is co-author with Ernest Rossi, PhD, of The Practitioner’s Guide to Mirroring Hands (Crown House, 2017), and with Matthew Dahlitz of The Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy (Norton, 2022). He is Patron of The Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists (ASCH) and author of numerous other books and book chapters.

For more information about Richard, visit https://www.richardhill.com.au/ and https://www.thescienceofpsychotherapy.net/

15/04/2026

ARHG Update (from Margit)

I have completed and submitted the database of Registered Professionals details to the Australian Regional Health Group (ARHG). One of the requirements was to add Working With Children expiry dates. Please note that if you do not work with children, the Working With Children certificate is not mandatory.

I have also had a walk-through of the ARHG's portal with ARHG's Manager, Ancillary Provider Services, where I will update members' details as they come to hand. It is worth noting that if an ASCH member's insurance or First Aid dates have expired, the ARHG's system rejects that member in not only ARHG's system but also the health funds under its umbrella.

I will contact Registered Professionals as soon as the process has been finalised and the various funds' members can claim for hypnotherapy.

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The ASCH has signed the Medibank Private agreement for 2026.

A new requirement of note is a questionnaire for home-based clinics, which I will adapt to suit hypnotherapists. The questionnaire will be sent to new Registered Professionals.

Registered Professional members' obligations

It is important that you:
notify me as soon as possible of any changes to your clinic address(es)
send me your updated insurance Certificate of Currency
send me your updated First Aid Certificate.
As a reminder, when you are audited, a health fund asks me to provide evidence of your:
diploma in hypnotherapy
OPD card showing supervision hours and OPD activities
insurance Certificate of Currency
First Aid Certificate
Failure to provide these documents can result in a slap on the wrist for me and you losing your provider status with that health fund.

Margit Zsigmond
Vice-President and Health Fund Administrator
[email protected]

15/04/2026

NEW MEMBER BENEFIT: Community Connect Sessions
Zoom picAttendance qualifies for peer supervision points!

The ASCH is pleased to introduce a new ASCH member benefit this year: our Community Connect Sessions.

We know that working as a hypnotherapist can sometimes feel isolating. These monthly online sessions are available to all ASCH members, and are designed to offer a welcoming space for connection, conversation and shared learning. In addition, they offer the added benefit of allowing you to claim peer supervision hours. The sessions will be informal, supportive, and shaped by you.

Bring a coffee, connect with peers, and take some time for shared conversation, reflection, and learning.

Sessions will be hosted by our ASCH State/Region Representatives, and offer a flexible, participant-led format.

Benefits include:

- Connection with peers
- Peer supervision (contributing to supervision hours)
- Informal, confidential discussions around challenges, successes, wellbeing and other topics on your mind
- Networking and relationship building
- Opportunities for sharing and learning

- We’d Love Your Input -

As our members are based across different time zones and have varied commitments, your preferences are important in shaping these sessions.

As such, please look out for a very short survey that we will send out soon asking for your preferences around session length, day and time.

After we hear from you, we will share dates and times for our 2026 Community Connect Sessions.

Laurenne Di Salvo
State Representatives Coordinator, ASCH