About Antoinette
Antoinette Bastian offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss or big life changes. She is a PACFA counsellor with four years of practice and focuses on helping people build confidence, manage panic and work through grief. Antoinette writes in plain language and aims to make the first step feel achievable for someone worried or unsure.
Her approach treats the client as the expert in their own life.
How Antoinette works
Sessions concentrate on practical steps, clearer thinking and noticing strengths that are already present. Antoinette helps people break down problems into manageable parts and practise new ways of coping between meetings. She brings experience helping with workplace strain, relationship difficulties and issues that often appear in midlife.
Antoinette also supports people dealing with chronic illness, ageing concerns and the emotional fallout of separation. Smoking and vaping cessation, social anxiety and panic are other areas she addresses. Sessions are offered in English and use short, direct communication rather than technical jargon.
The goal is to help someone leave sessions with a clear next step and a small plan to try before the next appointment. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session. Antoinette works with a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and tailors each meeting to the person’s needs and current life circumstances.
What Antoinette works with
The areas below are the ones Antoinette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Antoinette uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and learning new skills. One approach emphasises identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practising alternative responses to reduce anxiety and panic; this helps people regain control when worry feels overwhelming. Another approach concentrates on coping strategies for grief and loss, guiding people to process difficult emotions and build small, sustainable routines that support day-to-day functioning.Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Antoinette will work with each person to match techniques to their goals, concerns and preferences rather than starting with a fixed plan. Together they review what helps and adjust the approach as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, shorter updates or moments when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving or travel commitments while maintaining regular contact with an appropriately qualified counsellor.
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