For student accommodation
Help residents feel at home.
Residents can live down the hall from each other for a year and never really talk. Our counsellor-led series gives them a reason to, and the results show it works.
Our latest residence series
What residents told us.
Participant feedback, four-session residence series, Semester 2 2026.
How it works
A series residents look forward to.
Each series runs over several weeks, with one counsellor-led session per week in your common spaces. Topics are chosen for student life: the nervous system and stress, the stories we tell ourselves, boundaries, and values.
Built for residents
Relaxed, small-group sessions that feel nothing like a lecture, with real conversation at the centre.
Easy to run
We bring everything. You provide the room and help promote it to residents.
Measured
Every session ends with a short feedback form, so you get results you can report on.
How a session works
Think. Talk. Grow.
Think.
We bring the content. Evidence-informed topics and structured activities that open people up.
Talk.
We open the discussion. Honest responses, no advice giving, and the relief of hearing others feel the same.
Grow.
Every session closes with something practical: a skill, a reflection, a shift people take back to work.
Bring a series to your residence.
Tell us about your residents and your calendar. We'll plan a series that fits around semester.
Talk to us about your teamBut where are the spaces to be human?
The most powerful tool for human wellbeing isn't an app, a podcast, a pulse survey, or a mental health day:
It's other people.
We bring structured group connection inside the spaces you already have because the most connected communities aren’t accidental…
they’re structured.
The most powerful tool for human wellbeing isn't an app, a podcast, a pulse survey, or a mental health day:
It's other people.
We bring structured group connection inside the spaces you already have because the most connected communities aren’t accidental…
they’re structured.
When 3RDSPACE runs inside your community, people don't just show up.
They come back
When 3RDSPACE runs inside your community, people don't just show up.
They come back
What residents told us after Third Space at Scape student accommodation, Semester 2 2026
95% felt safe and supported.
93% left more connected to the people around them. 79% feel more at home where they live. 4.7 out of 5 average session rating.
from 56 feedback forms
The most powerful tool for human wellbeing isn't an app, a podcast, a pulse survey, or a mental health day:
It's other people.
We bring structured group connection inside the spaces you already have because the most connected communities aren’t accidental…
they’re structured.
For your people
- Feeling more connected to the people around them
- Participating more deeply over time
- Feeling less alone
For your people
- Feeling more connected to the people around them
- Participating more deeply over time
- Feeling less alone
For you
- Higher retention and return rates
- Stronger community culture
- More impact from existing programs
For you
- Higher retention and return rates
- Stronger community culture
- More impact from existing programs
Every group is different, but each session follows the same 3 stages.
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We bring the content. Evidence-informed topics, structured activities, and questions designed to open people up rather than shut them down.
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We open the discussion. Real questions, honest responses, no advice-giving. Just people saying the things they don't usually say out loud, and finding out others feel the same way.
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Every session closes with something practical to take away. A skill, a reflection, a shift. People leave different to how they arrived.
Who we work with:
3RDSPACE works wherever people come together.
Who we work with:
3RDSPACE works wherever people come together.
Law Firms & Professional Services
Clubs & Member Organisations
Student Accommodation Providers
Universities & Colleges
Corporate & Workplaces
Community Organisations & Charities
Student Accommodation Providers
Universities & Colleges
Co-working spaces
Schools
Corporate & Workplaces
Community Centres
Aged Care & Retirement Villages
Your Facilitators
Therapist, Facilitator & Co-Founder
Spent a decade in corporate. Still recovering. Building something better.
Isabel Burton
Therapist, Facilitator & Co-Founder
Worked with some of the world's biggest storytellers. Now the story is this.
Shannon Frost
We bring psychology training, PACFA-registered counselling practice, and 20 years of corporate experience combined.
We’re a registered charity
Caring for the people who care for people.
A share of every program we run funds counsellor-led groups for frontline and community workers in Sydney. When you book 3RDSPACE, you’re backing them too.
The most powerful tool for human wellbeing isn't an app, a podcast, a pulse survey, or a mental health day:
It's other people.
We bring structured group connection inside the spaces you already have because the most connected communities aren’t accidental…
they’re structured.