Adrian Harris, AASW

Adrian Harris is an AASW-credentialed mental health practitioner in Australia with more than 15 years of experience supporting individuals, couples and families through complex and sensitive life challenges. His AASW credential indicates membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers, and he is also an accredited Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist (EFCT), bringing specialised training in working with couple dynamics.

He approaches clinical work with empathy, cultural sensitivity and a trauma-informed stance, helping people navigate relationship distress, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, grief and major life transitions. Adrian blends evidence-based methods to meet each person’s needs, drawing on Emotionally Focused Therapy, attachment-informed approaches and narrative practice to support meaningful change.

Adrian has experience across a broad range of concerns including intimacy and sexual-culture issues such as BDSM and kink, blended-family challenges, addiction and codependency, body image and eating issues, and common struggles like stress, anxiety and depression. He frames therapy as a collaborative process, co-designing treatment plans that reflect clients’ values, goals and lived experience. Those ready to begin will find a structured yet attuned approach focused on reconnecting, building resilience and fostering lasting improvement.

Emotion-Focused and Attachment-Based Support Online

Adrian uses Emotionally Focused Therapy to help clients and couples identify and change unhelpful interaction patterns and rebuild emotional connection. This approach is particularly helpful for relationship distress, attachment injuries and communication breakdowns. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early attachment patterns influence current relationships and emotional responses, supporting healing of abandonment and attachment issues and improving intimacy and trust. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers practical tools to clarify values and build psychological flexibility, which can be useful for managing anxiety, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Adrian works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences. He will discuss options and adapt the work over time so therapy remains relevant and practical.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments. These options increase accessibility and flexibility, allowing clients to maintain momentum between sessions and access support from wherever they are. Appropriately qualified or registered professionals and therapists can deliver effective care through these formats when they are a good fit for the client.