At a cultural level, HTA:

• Is a community whose members have all undergone experiential transformative
• training. Counsellors trained online or by distance education are not eligible for membership.
• Unambiguously declares that our members trained to Diploma/Adv Diploma level are qualified to facilitate psychotherapeutic transformations and will support members through complaints or legal processes on that basis.
• Considers harm to clients as much more likely a failure of personal development than of skills training and applies that attitude both to recognised counsellor training and to the range of activities that constitute approved professional development.
• Encourages members to make informed individual decisions about the style of professional development and supervision that meets their needs
• Takes account of the inherent complexity in members’ lives, and applies the association’s rules in a flexible manner.
• Operates paperless self-reporting processes based on trust
• Adopts a stance that encourages compliance with national standards rather than taking punitive action when members may fall short

At the practical level, HTA:

• Provides low cost membership, enabled by a volunteer Executive
• For full members provides free listing in a searchable online practitioner directory for members who have met their OPD and supervision targets and are covered by appropriate insurance
• Provides access to professional insurance through several brokers
• Has an annual OPD target of 15 experiential hours and 10 hours Supervision
• Provides a range of logos for advertising purposes
• Provides access to a range of online journals, including the archive of The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology