Tara Unadkat, AASW

Tara Unadkat is a clinical social worker and counsellor with 16 years of experience in Australia. She focuses on practical help for people facing family stress, grief, eating concerns, parenting challenges and major life changes. Tara aims to help people feel more confident and able to cope with hard moments.

Tara has worked across hospitals, community health and mental health services. She also runs a private practice that combines social welfare support with therapeutic conversations. Her approach is hands-on and focused on skills you can use in daily life.

In sessions she helps people build emotional skills, strengthen resilience and practise new ways of handling conflict and anxiety. She tailors the conversation to each person and works alongside them to set realistic goals. The aim is to help clients gain clarity and feel more in control of what comes next.

Tara uses a mix of established therapies to suit different needs, including acceptance and commitment work, attachment-informed approaches, cognitive strategies and skills-based methods. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s priorities guide the plan.

Tara treats concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, caregiver stress, chronic illness and ageing-related adjustments. She brings a calm, respectful manner and a focus on practical tools that can be used outside the session.

How Tara's approaches translate to online therapy

Tara commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches alongside client-centred techniques. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and values then taking small actions that matter to you, which can help with anxiety, grief and life transitions. Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and can assist with intimacy, trust and family conflict. Client-Centred Therapy prioritises the person's own experience and aims to create a respectful, non-judgemental space for talking through issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods fit best. That collaborative process includes checking in and adjusting techniques as needs change.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to continue therapy across location changes, while the therapist and client still shape the pace and focus of the sessions together.