Tara Unadkat, AASW
16 years in practice
Tara Unadkat is an AASW social worker with 16 years' experience.
License and registration
- AASW
- 497620 · expires June 2026
- AASW
- 497620 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Tara
Tara Unadkat is an AASW social worker with 16 years' experience. She aims to help people manage anxiety, grief, eating concerns, parenting stress and big life changes in straightforward, practical ways. Tara speaks calmly and directly, helping clients build confidence and everyday coping skills.
Her background includes hospital, community health and mental health settings. She also runs a independent practice that blends social welfare support with therapy work. That mix gives her a broad view of how practical supports and talking therapy can fit together.
Background and approach
Tara uses approaches that focus on values, relationships and thinking patterns. She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify what matters to them. Attachment-based and client-centred strategies guide how she listens and responds in sessions.
Sessions aim to teach skills people can use outside the room. Tara breaks down techniques into simple steps. She works on emotional regulation, communication and problem solving depending on the issue.
People come for help with family conflict, parenting challenges, bereavement, body image and complex health or caring demands. Tara adapts the pace to each person and builds a plan that matches their circumstances. Her style is practical, respectful and solution-focused.
She encourages clients to trial small changes and notice what works. The goal is clearer thinking and steady improvements in day-to-day life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Tara names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and times of life transition where choices feel stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and aims to improve connection and trust in relationships through reflective conversation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. That collaborative process means the approach can change as needs become clearer and progress is tracked together.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, while text options suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats help therapy fit around caring duties, appointments and work commitments rather than the other way around.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Tara commonly help with?
She supports people dealing with family concerns, grief, eating and parenting difficulties, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and person-centred, focusing on teaching skills and clarifying values to manage emotions and behaviour.
How long has she practised?
Tara has 16 years of professional experience working across hospitals, community health and mental health settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed as AASW and works in Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
How does payment and starting therapy work?
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