About Tara
Tara Unadkat is an AASW clinical social worker and counsellor with 16 years of experience. She aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by family conflict, grief, eating concerns, parenting pressures and major life changes. Her approach is practical and respectful, and she focuses on building confidence and everyday coping skills.
She has worked across hospitals, community health and mental health services. Tara also runs a independent practice where she provides social welfare support alongside counselling.
Background and approach
This mix of settings gives her a broad view of how life events and health issues affect daily routines and relationships. Tara uses a blend of somatic-informed work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-focused approaches. In sessions she helps people notice how stress shows up in the body, name what matters to them, and practise small changes that fit their lives.
She keeps language simple and actions practical so people can use what they learn outside the session. Clients can expect sessions that are tailored to their circumstances. Tara pays attention to safety, boundaries and pacing, and adjusts the focus as needs change.
She values clear communication and supports people to become more resilient and self-assured. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that suits you. Tara views the early sessions as a time to listen, clarify goals and agree on a plan that feels manageable.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Tara draws on somatic-informed work to help people tune into bodily signals such as tension, breath and posture. This can make it easier to notice stress and try simple grounding or movement exercises during or between sessions.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on identifying personal values and taking small, workable steps toward them. ACT is useful when coping with anxiety, grief and life transitions because it links practical action with what matters most.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Tara works collaboratively to test methods and adjust as needed, taking clients' goals and preferences into account. Early sessions are used to clarify priorities and agree on strategies that feel manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexible options. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around family commitments, work and health needs, and let people use techniques in their usual environment. Tara will discuss which format best suits each person's situation and help set realistic steps for change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
Also works with
- 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
- Coping with life changes
- 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
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English