Shannan Marano, ACA

Shannan Marano is a Master-level counsellor registered with the Australian Counsellors Association (ACA) at Level 3, bringing three years of experience across diverse care settings. She has worked with Aboriginal Medical Services, women's refuge centres, and employment services, developing practical skills in supporting people through stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma, and abuse.

Her approach emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion, with therapy tailored to each person’s unique needs and goals. Shannan works with a broad range of concerns including abandonment and attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, dissociation, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, eating and food-related issues, family-of-origin dynamics, guilt and shame, hospice and end-of-life counseling, isolation and loneliness, and questions of life purpose.

Clinically, she integrates evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the Gottman Method, and Motivational Interviewing to create collaborative, goal-focused treatment plans. Shannan aims to empower people to move toward a more fulfilling and balanced life, offering steady support as they take the often-difficult first steps toward change.