About Zuhrat
Zuhrat "Tara" Khan makes space for people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or major life changes. She is an AASW social worker with three years of direct counselling experience and a wider 15-year background in healthcare, education and community services. Tara aims to help clients build practical skills and clearer goals in short, steady steps.
She draws on work across hospital settings, including oncology, palliative care, aged care and complex medical wards.
Background and approach
That experience shaped her work with grief, chronic illness and caregiving stress. Tara also supports people dealing with relationship strain, family conflict and the emotional fallout of separation. Her current practice includes counselling for NDIS participants and their family members, focused on emotional wellbeing, goal setting and managing family tensions.
She tailors sessions to each person’s values and circumstances, and helps them identify strengths they can use every day. Tara’s outlook is informed by living and working across different cultures and countries. She listens for the meanings people bring from their own backgrounds and works with those to shape therapy that fits.
Sessions are offered in English and Bengali. She is studying a Master’s degree in Social Work to deepen clinical skills while continuing to provide hands-on support. Tara describes her approach as compassionate and strengths-based, aiming to make difficult changes feel more manageable.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Zuhrat "Tara" Khan uses evidence-based techniques in a straightforward way to help people manage anxiety and stress. She often focuses on building practical coping skills that can be practised between sessions, such as breathing work, problem-solving steps and activity planning to reduce overwhelm. These methods are useful for anxiety, caregiver stress and navigating major life changes.She also applies strengths-based, person-centred work that helps people identify values and resources they already have. This approach supports clearer goal setting and helps clients take small, manageable steps towards change. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process; the therapist will talk through options and tailor methods to the client’s goals and preferences.
Online therapy with Tara is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for longer conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions are handy when bandwidth is low or a hands-free option is needed. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins or working through thoughts between longer sessions. These formats make sessions easier to fit around work, caregiving and everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Bengali
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