Tara Bruin, AASW

Tara Bruin is a counsellor registered in Australia as an Accredited Social Worker with the AASW and has three years' professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, separation, grief, loss and parenting concerns. Tara also lists addiction, depression, relationship strain, trauma and coping with life changes among her focus areas.

Before counselling she taught in schools for 16 years and remains registered as a teacher in Queensland. That background shapes how she talks with parents and carers, and how she explains options in clear, everyday language. She draws on both professional and lived experience of mental illness, trauma and grief when meeting people.

Tara uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. In practice she aims to help people notice what matters to them, understand relationship patterns, and develop practical steps they can try between sessions.

Sessions are focused and straightforward. Conversations typically begin by clarifying the most pressing problem, then exploring small, realistic changes. She works with people on issues such as guilt and shame, caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication problems and separation planning.

Her style is practical and conversational, with an emphasis on clear options and gradual steps. People who prefer plain talk and concrete strategies for handling worry, grief or difficult relationships may find this approach helpful.

Therapeutic approaches used for online sessions