Membership categories in the organisation are based on professional training, therapy work experience and clinical supervision.

1. Student Member/Mail Associate Member. A second year student enrolled in a program recognised by the Health Ministry is eligible to join the association as a student member. A student member will receive all the newsletters and other communications of the association, will be eligible to take part in conferences and other programs organised for members. A Student Member is not eligible to work as a therapist, and is not eligible to vote in the association’s general meeting.

Mail Associate Member can be any other professional therapist that is interested in receiving current information about the field and the activities of the association. A Mail Associate Member is not eligible to work as an Art Therapist or any other Expressive and Creative therapist, and is not eligible to vote in the association’s general meeting.

2. Professional Member - A graduate of a training program recognised by the Health Ministry that fulfilled the membership requirements of YAHAT (Bachelors degree which was completed before entering the Arts Therapies training program, which contains the 4 Psychology requisite courses necessary for receipt of certificate of recognition from the Health Ministry); Graduation diploma or degree from a recognised program; 600 hours of art study and practice in the chosen therapy field; 1200 hours of field work practicum). A Professional Member is eligible to work in public institutions and clinics under clinical supervision. Professional Members are not eligible to operate in private practice.
3. Registered Member - A member is eligible to apply for registration after two years in the category of Professional Membership, and at least 1000 client contact hours in a public insinuation or clinic. Members who received their Professional Membership status before 2003, and who had completed only 600 hours of fieldwork practicum as was demanded by the Health Ministry at the time, need to accumulate 1600 client contact hours. 100 Clinical Supervision hours are required, of which 70 have to be obtained from a registered supervisor within the discipline of the applicant. The rest of the hours - minimum 30 - can be obtained from a psychotherapist who is registered as a supervisor with another association approved by YAHAT (for example: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, etc.). Client contact hours and supervision hours will be calculated as of the end of graduation from the approved training program, and need to be documented and presented to the Membership and Registration committee together with the application form. Upon verification of all documentation, the member will receive permission to write a Case Study in triplicate, which will be read and evaluated by three Registered Supervisors in the applicant’s field of practice. Upon approval, the member will attain Registered Member status, which permits him/her to operate a private practice.
4. Supervisor - A registered member with at least three years of experience in that category, can apply for permission to start stage A. for attaining Supervisor status. In order to receive the permission the member has to accumulate at least 2000 therapy work hours at a Registered member level, as well as at least 200 clinical supervision hours of at least one hour per week. Of the supervision hours at least 100 will be given by a recognised supervisor in the field of practice of the member. The rest of the supervision hours (100) may be obtained from a psychotherapist who is registered as a supervisor with another association approved by YAHAT (for example: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, etc.). Upon verification of the signed documentation the member will receive permission to give individual supervising to 2 students per year for a two-year period – Stage B. The member is required to receive 25 hours of individual Supervision on Supervision per year. During the two-year period the member will supervise a maximum of 4 students, with 50 hours of individual Supervision on Supervision given by two different supervisors in the field of practice of the member. Upon completion of the process (which assures that a minimum of 5 years have elapsed since the member attained Registered Membership status - 3 years of accumulating work and supervision hours plus two years of Supervision on Supervision) the member will attain Supervisor status. A Supervisor is allowed to supervise individuals and groups, as well as give supervision on supervision.

• In the Psychodrama section the candidate for Supervisor category will supervise groups instead of individuals, but will be required to receive individual supervision.

• All forms and regulations can be obtained by contacting the association’s ofice.