CCAST Christian Counsellors Association of Samoa Trust is an organisation with a register/database of all Membered Christian counsellors working presently in Samoa.
CCAST is a hub where clients seeking healing and therapy to deal with life’s challenges and social issues, can locate a suitable and registered Christian counsellor to work alongside them.
CCAST also is an educational resource for Membered Christian counsellors providing opportunities for further learning and developing counselling skills. This is achieved by linking resources received from similar counselling bodies abroad, and providing training workshops tailored to the cultural and Christian settings of its members and clients using the services of CCAST.
CCAST Membership Category Table
Please note the following:
- Members must include the category they hold in using the credentials such as:
Member CCAST (for both Member and Exceptional Circumstances member); Provisional member CCAST;
Student member CCAST; Affiliate member CCAST. - Members at all levels must undertake supervised counselling practice, and must demonstrate the supervised hours of being counselled by a registered counsellor or someone recognised and approved by the Executive Committee for every quarterly period.
- The Executive Committee meet monthly (pending any new submissions received) to consider CCAST Membership Applications often in the final week of that month.
- Notwithstanding, the Executive Committee reserves the right in exceptional circumstances to include or exclude any application for membership. The Executive Committee may include an interview either face-to-face or virtual, as a part of the application process.
- CCAST welcomes applications from counselling practitioners in similar fields (e.g. church ministry and theological/biblical studies, psychology, social work). As CCAST is an organisation that supports counselling and pastoral counselling professionals, evidence of core counselling skills training and clinical counselling practice and experience must be clear in the application submitted for consideration.
To Apply to become a Member of CCAST,
simply identify the category of membership that you wish to apply for and email
talanoa@soultalksamoa.ws
or
soultalksamoa@gmail.com
stating in the ‘Subject’ to your email the category you wish to apply for.
A representative of the Executive Committee will then forward the relevant documents to you that include:
- CCAST Membership Application Form (according to the category identified); and
- CCAST Code of Practice and Ethics (CPE01); and
- CCAST Rules.
You will then be notified of the date of the next Executive Committee meeting that will assess your application.
The Membership Fee structure is found on the CCAST Membership Application form.