Tara Unadkat, AASW
16 years in practice
Tara Unadkat is an AASW clinical 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 clinical social worker with 16 years' experience. She supports people facing family stress, grief, eating and parenting concerns, and big life changes. Tara uses clear, practical strategies so people can feel steadier and more confident in day-to-day life.
She has worked in hospitals, community health and mental health settings. That background means she is used to short-term crisis work and longer-term therapy. In independent practice she offers a mix of social welfare support and therapeutic conversations to suit different needs.
Background and approach
Tara draws on Systemic Therapy to look at relationships and patterns that affect family life. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches to help people notice what matters, build skills, and strengthen connections. Her style is down-to-earth and respectful.
Sessions focus on practical skills and emotional tools people can apply between meetings. Tara tailors the pace and plan to each person's situation rather than following a fixed template. Tara helps clients build confidence and resilience through manageable steps.
She aims to make therapy useful and understandable, so people leave each session with a clear next step. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Tara welcomes a conversation about what might work for you.
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
- Systemic Therapy
- 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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Systemic Therapy looks at how family relationships and patterns shape current problems. It helps identify practical changes in how people relate to one another and in household routines. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions, which is useful for anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect feelings of safety and connection and can help with parenting concerns and attachment issues.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose or adapt methods that fit. Sessions often combine elements from different approaches so therapy matches real-life needs rather than a single model.
Online therapy provides a flexible way to access these methods. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions suit people with limited bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can work for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or mobility limits and to maintain momentum between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Tara help with?
She helps people with family stress, grief, eating and parenting concerns, and coping with major life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and relationship communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
Tara uses a mix of Systemic Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based and Client-Centred methods. Sessions are practical and collaborative, with an emphasis on skills people can use between appointments.
What background does Tara bring to sessions?
She has 16 years' experience across hospitals, community health and mental health services, plus independent practice work that includes social welfare support and therapy.
Where is Tara based and what credential does she hold?
She is located in Australia and holds AASW as her listed credential.
Can I have sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with Tara?
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