Tarulata Mathur, PACFA
Somatic-informed counsellor with 25 years experience
About Tarulata
Tarulata Mathur is a counsellor who blends somatic awareness with talking therapy to help people move through distress. She works from a belief that clients are the experts in their own lives and brings 25 years of experience to sessions. Tarulata holds PACFA credentialing and offers care in English, Gujarati and Hindi.
Tarulata has worked across public services, non-profits, NGOs and independent practice in Australia and overseas. She focuses on relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, stress, anxiety and depression.
Background and approach
She also helps with ageing and geriatric issues, attachment concerns, blended family matters and caregiver stress. In sessions she prefers video calls or phone conversations because they help her notice real-time emotions and body responses. Her approach uses somatic techniques alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice how their body and mind respond to problems.
She aims to make each session practical and focused on what the person wants to change. Clients can expect a calm, respectful space where the counsellor listens for strengths and small steps forward. Tarulata helps people work through communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and multicultural concerns.
She places value on collaboration and clear goals. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that fits their calendar. Currently she offers sessions mainly on weekends and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How somatic and evidence-based approaches work online
Somatic work helps people tune into body sensations and movement that relate to emotions and stress. It can make it easier to notice where tension sits in the body and to try small, practical ways to release it or change the response. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches clear values-based steps and simple skills to reduce avoidance and build a life that matters. It is useful for anxiety, stress and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds shape reactions and communication in current relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and will try different techniques to see what fits. This is a collaborative process and plans adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let the therapist watch facial expression and body language, while phone or messaging options suit people who need simpler access. These formats help people fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel, and allow regular contact without commuting.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Gujarati, Hindi