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Counselling Connections Across Australia

President’s

Statement

CCAA Working for You

Welcome to our 2020 issue of Counselling Across Australia. I want
to acknowledge the work that our new editor Ian Parkin has put in to
forming a new editorial committee who has worked diligently to put
this issue together.
We have worked together with the Australian Counselling Association
The aim of this journal is to provide articles that are not only practical to enable ACA to form its College of Christian Counsellors, out of our
for the development of counselling practice, but also reflective in conviction that Christians in the counselling industry can form a united
respect to the ongoing integration of faith and practice. The articles in professional community, regardless of what professional association
this issue reflect these two aims. they are members of.

We are into our second year of functioning as a national association. The CCAA National Office under the leadership of Rob Salmon has
We are following through on our commitment to develop new been working hard to develop better ways of serving members
opportunities and find better ways of serving our members. administratively, to improve the ease of access to PD Workshops,
making applications for membership and creating an easy
The main challenge that CCAA has faced this year has been how to membership renewal process, our of our desire to make engaging
support our members as we have all had to adjust to the impact of the with CCAA as easy as we can.
COVID-19 pandemic on our community. We have done this by:
We have just formed an agreement with christianjobs.com.au to
• doing a once-off easing of supervision and PD requirements; provide a link with their website, to connect our members seeking
employment with Christian employers who are seeking counselling
• providing a 10% across the board discount on membership fees; trained staff that share their Christian values.

• developing a Facebook chat room for members; The CCAA National Council is continuing to work out ways that we
can do more for our members. We are intending to roll out additional
• shifting to the provision of on-line PD workshops and webinars. initiatives as we move into 2021.

CCAA has undertaken a number of major initiatives over the last year. Emmanuel,
CCAA has developed new international connections through joining
the Asian Christian Counselling Association, which is an international
association for Christian Counselling association throughout the Asia-
Pacific region.
John Andersen
CCAA has formed its own registered charity, Careline Connections,
whose mission is to: CCAA National President

provide a source of immediate pastoral care and support, and to link
callers with Christian counselling services.

It does this through providing a telephone helpline called Careline
that functions as a first point of contact and immediate support
to callers in distress. This helpline is provided through a growing
network of Christian FM radio stations and ACCTV. We are grateful
for the encouragement and support that we have received from 89.9
The Light FM in Melbourne and Christian Media and Arts Australia.
Through Careline we are raising our profile and increasing our
contacts with the wider Christian community.

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