Tara Unadkat, AASW

Tara Unadkat is an experienced clinical social worker and counsellor based in Australia. She has 16 years' experience across hospitals, community health and mental health settings, and she now runs a private practice. Tara focuses on helping people navigate family stress, grief, eating concerns, parenting pressures and major life changes. She aims to help clients build confidence and practical skills to manage difficult moments.

In sessions she uses straightforward conversation and tailored strategies. Tara draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to match the issue at hand. This means she may work on values-based choices, emotion regulation skills, or changing unhelpful thinking patterns depending on what a person needs.

Her background includes social welfare support alongside therapeutic work, so practical problem-solving often sits alongside emotional support. Tara emphasises small, achievable steps and learning skills that make day-to-day life easier. She aims for clear goals and measurable progress while respecting each person's pace.

Tara describes her role as helping people become the experts in their own lives. She listens with sensitivity and adapts conversations and plans to each person's circumstances. Many clients seek her out when facing loss, caregiver stress, relationship conflict, or the challenges of parenting.

Taking the first step can feel hard, and Tara says she values the trust people place in her practice. She aims to create a collaborative space where people can work toward greater clarity and steadiness.

How Tara’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for coping with life changes and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand and shift how they relate to others, which can be helpful for family conflict and parenting stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will talk with each person about goals, needs and preferences, then shape which methods to use. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasise values work, emotion regulation skills, or cognitive strategies in a given case.

The biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, save travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports continuing work between appointments by practising skills at home and using tools learned in sessions to manage day-to-day challenges.