Zuhrat "Tara" Khan , AASW

Zuhrat "Tara" Khan is an AASW social worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety and major life changes. She works with individuals on career pressures, family conflict, self-esteem and finding practical ways to cope. Tara speaks English and Bengali and aims to make first steps feel manageable.

Tara brings three years of direct counselling experience and 15 years working across healthcare, education and community services. Her background includes psychosocial support in oncology, palliative care, aged care and complex medical wards. This experience informs how she supports people facing illness, loss or long-term caregiving demands.

She provides counselling to NDIS participants and their family members, focusing on emotional wellbeing, goal setting and resolving family problems. Tara uses a strengths-based, compassionate style and adapts her approach to what each person needs. Sessions focus on clear goals, small practical steps and building everyday coping skills.

Tara draws on lived experience across cultures and countries to understand how identity, faith and migration shape people’s choices. She aims to create a respectful, non-judgemental space where people feel heard and can find more clarity. Her work emphasises clients’ strengths and real-life problem solving.

If someone is feeling overwhelmed by change, grief or ongoing stress, Tara supports them to identify priorities and try new ways of managing. The focus is steady progress rather than quick fixes, with practical tools tailored to each person’s situation.

Therapeutic approaches and online delivery

Two approaches Tara commonly uses are strengths-based practice and goal-focused problem solving. Strengths-based practice identifies what is already working in someone's life and builds on those resources to manage stress and improve wellbeing. Goal-focused problem solving breaks down big problems into small, clear steps to reduce overwhelm and produce practical changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tara works together with each person to choose strategies that fit their goals, values and day-to-day routine. She tailors sessions so techniques are relevant and can be practised between meetings.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging helps people share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel, while keeping focus on consistent progress and practical support.