Tara BruinAASW

Tara Bruin is an Accredited Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). She brings three years of counselling experience and a prior sixteen-year career as a school teacher in Queensland. Tara highlights compassion and respect in her work and draws on her own lived experience with mental illness, trauma and grief when supporting clients.

She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting strain, grief and life changes. Tara also supports those facing relationship difficulties, addictions, trauma and separation. Her approach is tailored to each person and focuses on practical steps that fit everyday life.

In sessions she uses a mix of approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based and Client-Centred methods. This means she can work on thoughts and behaviours, deepen understanding of close relationships, and focus on values and what matters most to the client.

Tara has a background in education and that shapes how she explains things. She keeps language simple, offers clear examples, and works at a pace the client is comfortable with. Clients can expect a down-to-earth style and a focus on useful tools they can try between meetings.

She is based in Australia and offers services in English. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule appointments according to therapist availability.

How Tara’s approaches fit into online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-based steps even when thoughts or feelings are difficult. It is often used for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and practising different responses; it can help with panic, depression and worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people connect and communicate and can be useful for relationship struggles and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before, and then suggest a plan together. That collaborative process means the approach can change as needs evolve.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, shorten travel time and allow for quicker check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to continue work during life transitions or when coordinating around parenting and caregiving duties. Appropriately qualified therapists, including AASW-accredited social workers, adapt exercises, worksheets and conversational techniques so they work well in remote sessions.