Welcome to Anchored Space
In-Person Counselling in Shellharbour
Anchored Space Counselling Service offers a compassionate, person-centred space where individuals can feel safe to explore life’s challenges, reconnect with themselves, and move toward healing and growth.
Your story matters here without judgement, without pressure, without rush.Anchored Space is a counselling service supporting adolescents and adults through life’s challenges with compassion, safety, and strengths-based care.
What i offer
Astans is here to support you through every challange
Hello, I’m Astans
I am a Registered Counsellor (ACA) and Registered Nurse with over a decade of mental health experience spanning acute, community, and youth settings. Moving from Zimbabwe to Australia has given me unique insight into cultural identity and migration, enriching my holistic, trauma-informed, and strengths-based approach to care.
I support adults, youth, neurodiverse individuals, and the LGBTQIA+ community, offering a safe, inclusive space for healing. Utilizing creative therapies and optional Christian counselling, I work to help clients process complex challenges, build resilience, and rediscover hope.
Book A Free 15 Minute Consultation
A supportive space to ask questions and explore how counselling may help.
Lets us help
How Support Can Help
Therapy can support individuals through periods of emotional overwhelm, uncertainty, stress, and life transition. At Anchored Space, support is offered in a way that feels safe, collaborative, and guided by your own pace and needs.
Why choose us
Our Values
Anchored Space is built on creating a safe and respectful environment where individuals feel genuinely heard, supported, and valued.
Grounded in compassion, safety, and connection.
- Respect
- Strengths & Hope
- Empowerment
- Safety
- Connection
- Cultural Sensitivity
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Trusted by Clients
Rated 5 Stars on Google Reviews
"Astans provided a safe, grounded space for my teenager during a highly anxious school year. Her background as a nurse and counselor shines through."
"Incredibly inclusive and respectful. As someone from a non-religious background, I felt deeply heard and respected by Astans at Anchored Space."
"Her dual clinical expertise in acute care and child mental health brought a level of safety and competence our family desperately needed."
"Anchored Space lives up to its name. Astans balances deep clinical assessment with genuine compassion. Highly recommend her services."
"We appreciate her gentle, values-based approach. She understands family dynamics beautifully, likely because she is a mother herself."
"Professional, deeply collaborative, and fully registered with ACA/AHPRA. It gave me total peace of mind for our adolescent care."
"Astans provided a safe, grounded space for my teenager during a highly anxious school year. Her background as a nurse and counselor shines through."
"Incredibly inclusive and respectful. As someone from a non-religious background, I felt deeply heard and respected by Astans at Anchored Space."
"Her dual clinical expertise in acute care and child mental health brought a level of safety and competence our family desperately needed."
"Anchored Space lives up to its name. Astans balances deep clinical assessment with genuine compassion. Highly recommend her services."
"We appreciate her gentle, values-based approach. She understands family dynamics beautifully, likely because she is a mother herself."
"Professional, deeply collaborative, and fully registered with ACA/AHPRA. It gave me total peace of mind for our adolescent care."
"The integrated Christian perspective offered a layer of hope that was missing from other therapeutic approaches I have tried before."
"Over a decade of clinical background shows in her assessments. Astans is a phenomenal counselor and clinical ally."
"Finding an ACA and AHPRA registered professional with actual community mental health experience changed everything for my child."
"So culturally respectful and inclusive. Her interventions are collaborative, leaving our entire family feeling empowered."
"Compassionate and structurally structured care. The space is warm, and the strategies offered are thoroughly practical."
"Astans brings an authentic heart to counseling. Her experience across acute and adolescent services makes her highly skilled."
"The integrated Christian perspective offered a layer of hope that was missing from other therapeutic approaches I have tried before."
"Over a decade of clinical background shows in her assessments. Astans is a phenomenal counselor and clinical ally."
"Finding an ACA and AHPRA registered professional with actual community mental health experience changed everything for my child."
"So culturally respectful and inclusive. Her interventions are collaborative, leaving our entire family feeling empowered."
"Compassionate and structurally structured care. The space is warm, and the strategies offered are thoroughly practical."
"Astans brings an authentic heart to counseling. Her experience across acute and adolescent services makes her highly skilled."
"Outstanding care. The respect for worldview differences combined with an option for Christian counseling was exactly what we needed."
"Being a mother herself, Astans connected deeply with our family struggles. We felt valued and expertly guided throughout."
"Her strategic approach to child and adolescent care helped lower our household stress drastically within weeks."
"Deeply compassionate, professional, and ethical. Highly safe and recommended space for anyone seeking real therapeutic growth."
"Exceptional services tailored perfectly for adolescent dynamics. Anchored Space is a vital community asset."
"Her grounding in clinical nurse practices brings an extra layer of confidence to the therapeutic process. 5 stars."
"Outstanding care. The respect for worldview differences combined with an option for Christian counseling was exactly what we needed."
"Being a mother herself, Astans connected deeply with our family struggles. We felt valued and expertly guided throughout."
"Her strategic approach to child and adolescent care helped lower our household stress drastically within weeks."
"Deeply compassionate, professional, and ethical. Highly safe and recommended space for anyone seeking real therapeutic growth."
"Exceptional services tailored perfectly for adolescent dynamics. Anchored Space is a vital community asset."
"Her grounding in clinical nurse practices brings an extra layer of confidence to the therapeutic process. 5 stars."
What to Expect When You Reach Out
Taking the first step towards counselling can feel overwhelming, and you are not expected to have everything figured out before getting in touch.
To support this process, Anchored Space offers a free 15-minute consultation. This is a gentle, no-obligation conversation where you can ask questions, share what you are looking for, and explore whether counselling feels like the right fit for you.
This initial contact is simply about connection, clarity, and ensuring you feel comfortable moving forward at your own pace.
What can counselling help with?
Counselling can support emotional wellbeing, stress, anxiety, trauma, relationships, life transitions, and personal growth.
Is this service culturally inclusive?
Yes. Anchored Space values cultural sensitivity and welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences.
Are sessions confidential?
Yes. Sessions are provided within professional and ethical confidentiality guidelines.
Are online sessions available?
You can add this depending on the client’s offering.
Book A Free 15 Minute Consultation
A supportive space to ask questions and explore how counselling may help.