The Australian Society of Hypnosis WA Branch (ASH WA) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the training of registered health care professionals in the practice of hypnosis. Originally there were two professional hypnosis societies in Western Australia, one of which was the West Australian branch of the Australian Society of Hypnosis Limited. The other society was the West Australian Society of Medical Hypnosis ( WASMH ) which coincidentally was the first professional hypnosis society in Australia In 1989 these two professional bodies decided to merge and the new organisation became the Australian Society of Hypnosis WA Branch