A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO THE TRAINING OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS IN CLINICAL HYPNOSIS The Australian Society of Hypnosis WA Inc. (ASH WA) has a long history of training health care professionals in the use of Clinical Hypnosis. The West Australian Society for Medical Hypnosis (WASMH), which amalgamated with the WA Branch of ASH to become ASH WA , is believed to have been the first professional hypnosis society in Australia and to have offered the first professional training leading to the award of a Fellowship..WASMH was founded in 1971 by Dr A.E. (Manny) Bernstien and a small group of Doctors and Psychologists. WASMH both as a Society and as a training organisation was recognised by the International Society of Hypnosis (ISH) . Since that time ASH WA has trained hundreds of health care professionals.