BECOME A MEMBER

This membership is granted through online application, with support from two character referees, to and approval by the Executive Committee. Application is to be accompanied by a declaration of intent in working towards registration on the SAC Register of Counsellors on the online portal (3-year timeline). Applicant shall have fulfilled all the following requirements:

• Completed a SAC Recognised Programme or its equivalent 

• Achieved 600 hours of face-to-face counselling

• Received 60 hours of Clinical Supervision

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You will need to upload the following documents in PDF / JPG format on the portal:

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• Passport photo

• Certificate(s) and corresponding transcript(s)

• Letter of current employment and corresponding job description

• SAC Counselling Hours Log sheets

  • Clocked in one block period (most recent 36 months) within seven years upon completion of a SAC recognised programme at the time of application

  • Counselling hours must be broken down into individual sessions in chronological order

  • Each page must be endorsed by Head of Agency

  • Ensure that your name, signature, and total number of hours are clearly printed on the bottom of each page

• SAC Supervision Log sheets

  • Clocked in one block period (most recent 36 months) within seven years upon completion of a SAC recognised programme at the time of application

  • Supervision hours must be broken down into individual sessions in chronological order

  • Each page must be endorsed by either a SAC Registered Counsellor or SAC Registered Clinical Supervisor

  • Please note that no combination of supervisors into the same log sheet is allowed. 

Additional documents to upload for a non-SAC Recognised Programme:

• SAC Counselling Log Sheet documenting 100 hours of face-to-face counselling and 10 hours of Clinical Supervision (hours to be broken down into individual sessions)

• Detailed description of programme, including but not restricted to module descriptions, duration per module etc. available on official website or entry documents

Please note that w.e.f. January 1 2015, the ratio for Group Clinical Supervision versus Individual Clinical Supervision is 70:30, i.e. a maximum of 42 hours of Group Supervision and a minimum of 18 hours of Individual Supervision.

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For supervision hours clocked with a non-SAC Registered Counsellor (RC) or non-SAC Registered Clinical Supervisor (RCS), we regret to inform that we are unable to pre-approve prior to receiving the membership application. At point of application, applicant will need to submit a copy of the supervisor’s CV together with all the other required documents during online application. 

Clinical members shall be entitled to use the post nominal letters: CMSAC

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