Tara Unadkat, AASW
16 years in practice
Tara Unadkat is an experienced clinical social worker and counsellor based in Australia.
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 experienced clinical social worker and counsellor based in Australia. She helps people who are dealing with family stress, grief, eating concerns, parenting challenges and major life changes. Her approach aims to build resilience and confidence through practical skills and steady emotional support.
With 16 years working across hospitals, community health and mental health services, Tara draws on a broad clinical background. She also runs a independent practice that offers social welfare support alongside therapeutic care.
Background and approach
This variety of settings means she is used to helping people find realistic ways to cope day to day. Tara uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs. She works from Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural tools.
Conversations are tailored so people leave with clear steps they can try between sessions. Her areas of focus include abandonment and attachment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, body image and eating-related problems, chronic illness and caregiver stress. She also supports people facing cancer, ageing and geriatric worries, divorce and separation, and the effects of domestic violence.
Tara aims to create a respectful and compassionate space. She emphasises collaboration so people feel involved in planning their goals. Taking that first step can be hard, and she works to make the process straightforward and practical.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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
- 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 Tara blends emotion-focused work and online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and shift difficult emotions in the moment so they can change unhelpful interaction patterns and feel more connected to their own needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, while defining values-based actions to move forward. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will discuss goals and preferences and together they will pick or combine methods that make the most sense for the person’s situation. This collaborative process means plans are adjusted as needs change.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and emotional work, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief updates or between-session support. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives, whether balancing work, caregiving or health constraints, while still keeping therapy accessible and consistent.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Tara commonly help with?
Tara supports people facing family stress, grief, eating and body image concerns, parenting pressures and coping with major life changes. She also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment problems, caregiver stress and chronic illness.
How would you describe Tara's therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She listens in a client-centred way, uses emotion-focused work and offers concrete skills from ACT and CBT to manage feelings and behaviour.
What is Tara's professional background?
She has 16 years of experience across hospitals, community health and mental health settings and runs a independent practice that includes social welfare support and therapy.
What credentials and location are listed for Tara?
Tara is listed with the Australian Association of Social Workers, AASW, and practises from Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payment handled?
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