FEELING OVERWHELMED? MISUNDERSTOOD? ALONE? I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
At Positively Living, I believe everyone deserves access to compassionate, affirming support that helps them live in alignment with who they truly are.
I offer individual counselling, couples therapy, and family counselling, tailored to your unique needs and goals. My approach blends evidence-based strategies with warmth, empathy, and lived experience to help you manage challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, or relationship stress.
I also specialise in neurodivergent therapy and support, providing inclusive, trauma-informed care that both understands and celebrates difference. Every session is designed to help you reconnect with your strengths, build confidence, and find sustainable ways to thrive.
Take the first step toward living well.
Contact me today to schedule a consultation and begin your journey toward balance and wellbeing.
A Message from the Principal Clinician
I get your struggle.
Hi, I’m Shazzy — an experienced Credentialed Mental Health Nurse with lived experience. I understand the weight and frustration of feeling like there’s more out there for you, but not knowing where to turn first.
My mission is simple: to give you the wellness education, tools, and support you need to feel healthy, grounded, and capable of managing life’s pressures. My clients come from all walks of life — professionals, parents, carers, and rural community members — many of whom have felt like they had nowhere safe to turn.
I’ll be here for you every step of your journey. My goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward toward where you want to be in life. I can also help advocate for you or your child when needed. For those I see who are practitioners themselves, I offer a space of absolute discretion.
As an experienced speaker, trainer, and lecturer, I also write and present professional development, training, and seminars tailored to the specific needs of organisations, schools, and workplaces on a wide range of topics.
I also take on selected pro bono community and charity work, so please reach out if your organisation needs support.
Get in touch and let’s get started.
Work With Me
Alongside my therapy and training work, I offer specialist consulting for organisations and leaders who want to build mentally healthy, neuroinclusive, disability-aware, and culturally responsive workplaces.
Whether you’re launching a new project, managing a high-demand environment, or embedding lasting change in your organisation, I can help you create real-world strategies that support both people and performance.
From policy reviews to practical training, my focus is on helping workplaces move beyond compliance — creating cultures where people feel safe, valued, and able to thrive.
NEURODIVERSITY AFFIRMING THERAPY
I change lives, not people.
I change lives, not people. I celebrate and nurture difference, honouring the unique perspectives of neurodivergent and disabled people. Guided by lived experience, I approach my work with empathy, curiosity, and a trauma-informed lens — empowering every client to grow with authenticity and pride.
Positively Living acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures; and to elders both past and present.
TESTIMONIALS
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Shazzy Tharby is an amazing therapist that I grant my most heartfelt and deepest recommendation. I had fit together so many pieces of my jigsaw puzzle together, yet the picture did not emerge and I could not find out why. Low and behold, through her open exploration and holistic approach, she found a whole piece of the puzzle was missing! Imagine your life as a jigsaw puzzle that you didn't realize was 3D, struggling with a blurry 2D image that you couldn't decipher when someone shows you a whole other dimension you were missing. I was instantly comfortable with her, so the suggestion of the missing piece, that would otherwise seem counterintuitive, was a possibility I openly considered, followed by an epiphany of memory after memory that finally made sense. Whether your concerns are professional, personal, or both, I guarantee that Shazzy Tharby is one you want in your corner to examine the problem with a spirited curiosity and innovative exploration of solving your issue. I am eternally grateful to her services.
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— Ryan L
Shazzy’s knowledge of neurodiversity is incredible! I loved our session and how she could draw on her living experience and give me great practical guide on how to approach my situation. It felt like I’ve known Shazzy for years during the first session. Very compassionate, non judgemental, direct and to the point. Look forward to more sessions!
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— Dania Z
Shazzy is hands down one of the best counsellors that I've had the pleasure to work with. Shazzy's knowledge, expertise and dedication for her clients is second to none. Shazzy has proven herself to be a pivotal figure in the mental health industry, especially helping client's with Neurodiverse Traits and client's with a disability. Shazzy is very passionate about her work and the mental health industry which is one of the many reasons why I look forward to working together and help take the mental health industry to the next level. Keep up the great work Shazzy, I am very excited to continue to work together.
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— Abdul A
I recently found a post from Shazzy and I reached out to her. After years of not being able to progress in my career, knowing I am good at what I do, can do anything I put my mind to and getting knock back after knock back at work in a male orientated industry, I found myself wondering if I am Neurodiverse. It turns out I have high functioning ASD and ADHD. I reached out to Shazzy for some guidance, thinking she lives in the UK, but actually now lives in Australia. She helped me immensely. She made me realise it isn't me or my fault as to why I am getting nowhere and I am just misunderstood. I felt so much better after our sessions and she has referred me on to get a full diagnosis. Thank you so much for all your help, support and guidance. I really appreciate everything. Thank you.
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— Debbie S
Shazzy is an A+ human and practitioner I’d recommend wholeheartedly, who's actively and compassionately listened to my concerns with a nigh-on-supernatural ability to ask just the right questions at the most pivotal times, giving me the voice to elaborate on feelings previously unspoken. Shazzy's also a resourceful practitioner, taking great initiative in fully equipping their clients to deal with the realities of our institutions, workplaces, and lives generally; and their intersectional approach means they’re sensitive to people of all backgrounds (myself being neurodiverse and LGBTQ+) and can segue amongst a myriad of topics, adaptive to anyone’s circumstances (long-, medium-, or short-term). Thanks for everything Shazzy!
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Shazzy has been a rock for myself over 7+years. She has validated what Ive felt and going through with compassion and understanding, She is kind, caring and so knowledgeable. I’ll hold her in my heart forever.
Whether you are considering therapy for the first time or feeling like therapy is a dead end, I believe you have nothing to lose and plenty gain by seeing Shazzy.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve tried counselling over the past 15 years with various counsellors without much success or self improvement. I can’t even begin to find the words to explain how much Shazzy has changed my life over the past year and for the better. I feel like I have a solid understanding of myself and have now begun to recognise the patterns in behaviours and solutions that work for both myself and in relationships. I’ve still have a ways to to go (I have a lot to unpack) but I am on the path to self love and healing from past traumas. I am eternally grateful to have researched and chose Shazzy as my now entrusted mental health specialist. Thank you for everything you’ve helped me with so far and look forward to our continued collaboration towards a brighter future for myself and my family.
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— Alicia N
It’s rare to come across someone like Shazzy Tharby, a leader whose integrity is as strong as her impact.
During her time as Chair of People with Disabilities WA, Shazzy brought something that’s often missing in leadership: genuine care. She didn’t just lead with lived experience, she led with clarity, compassion, and courage, especially when it would have been easier to stay quiet.
As a staff member navigating a rapidly shifting and often complex advocacy landscape, I felt seen and supported by Shazzy in ways I hadn’t experienced before. Her ability to cut through noise, ask the hard questions, and advocate for structural change while still holding space for the humanity of her team was nothing short of powerful.
She challenged the status quo with grace. She uplifted emerging voices, including mine — with intention. And she reminded all of us that justice work shouldn’t cost us our wellbeing.
Shazzy’s leadership created ripples far beyond the boardroom. I’m better for having worked alongside her, and the sector is stronger for the example she sets.
If you're looking for someone to bring fierce integrity, deep insight, and a truly values-aligned approach to leadership, Shazzy is the real deal.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
— Tyla F
I have had the privilege of working with Shazzy for three years now and could not have asked for anything more from a mentor of their calibre
They have guided me at vital and formative parts of my career and helped me to build my future with professionalism and authenticity.
With their regular support, as well as timely urgent support when required, I've been able to navigate challenges and growth with such a reduced burden that I couldn't have imagined doing it without them.
Shazzy has helped me launch programs for my community, further my skills as a clinician, and come into my own as a public speaker and figure within my community.
I strongly recommend them for their capacity as a supervisor and mentor.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
— Mike K
Shazzy Tharby is an exemplary trainer .Her dedication to empowering and bringing out the best to everyone who goes through her is amazing .She is loving , dedicated to her work , full of positive energy , such a great ICON to look up to .She makes sure she delivers detailed , well researched information and I recommend everyone to go through her .Thank me later 😊
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I recommend Shazzy as a speaker about neurodivergence and mental health.
Shazzy spoke at the Intersectionality panel event I chaired during Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024 to a global audience of over 6000.
They brought a wealth of experience, knowledge and insight to the event, and spoke engagingly, with credibility and humanity, and with a clear and soothing voice.
They were also super reliable, insightful and supportive to me personally while I was putting the event together, liaising with the panelists, scripting the introduction and questions etc.
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Shazzy is the CEO of and Practitioner at Positively Living. All dealings I have had with Shazzy have demonstrated to me her professionalism, depth of knowledge, and delightful humanity. Shazzy has a genuine and generous spirit. I recommend her highly.
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Shazzy presented to a network meeting of Mental Health professionals, speaking about the fundamentals of supporting people and the basics of neurodiversity and the relationship to mental health and suicide. It was an evidence based and informative presentation, which has certainly benefitted my practice and knowledge on the subject. I can highly recommend Shazzy as a skilled presenter- she certainly knows her topic inside out and speaks incredibly well- her experience shows. Thank you Shazzy!
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Shazzy is an insightful and extremely helpful mental health consultant and counsellor who provides great support, sound advice, helpful suggestions and useful resources. She is always available to those she supports. With her empathy and understanding of diversity, neurodiversity and disability, she is well-placed to support any individual in their psychological health, but in particular those individuals with unique issues in the area of diversity and disability. We recommend her highly and unreservedly.
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— Dr. Angela C.
Shazzy's profound knowledge and insights in neurodiversity, disability, mental health and inclusion areas are unparalleled; fostering a deeper understanding and acceptance in professional environments. Shazzy's influence is remarkable; her services empower businesses and their employees, creating inclusive spaces that harness the unique strengths of each individual. Collaborating with Shazzy will undoubtedly lead to positive and impactful changes within any organisation, team or individuals within.
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