Adrian Harris, AASW

Adrian Harris is a credentialed mental health practitioner in Australia with more than 15 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through complex and sensitive life challenges. He works with relationship distress, family conflict, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting and blended family issues, grief and major life transitions, as well as stress, anxiety, depression, eating and body image concerns, and substance-related difficulties.

Adrian holds AASW accreditation, which indicates professional recognition with the Australian Association of Social Workers, and he is an accredited Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist (EFCT). EFCT is a focused approach that assists partners to repair emotional bonds, improve communication, and reconnect with greater empathy and understanding. Adrian combines this relational expertise with trauma-informed perspectives and narrative practice to tailor therapy to each client’s history and strengths.

His approach balances structure and attunement, creating a supportive environment where clients can explore attachment patterns, longstanding family of origin issues, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and intimacy-related concerns including alternative sexual cultures. Therapy is collaborative - Adrian works with clients to co-create goals and a treatment plan that reflect their values and lived experience, drawing on evidence-based methods to support meaningful change and greater resilience.

Whether seeking clarity in a partnership, healing from past wounds, or navigating life changes, Adrian offers experienced, compassionate support aimed at restoring connection, autonomy, and well-being.

Evidence-based approaches and online support

Adrian uses Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help partners identify and change unhelpful interaction patterns, rebuild emotional connection, and respond to one another with greater empathy - a helpful approach for couples facing recurring conflict, disconnection, or intimacy problems. He also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early attachment experiences shape current relationship dynamics and to support clients in developing more secure ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help clients clarify personal values, build psychological flexibility, and take meaningful action even when difficult emotions arise - useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Adrian collaborates with each client to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps shape a treatment plan that feels relevant and practical.

Online therapy with Adrian is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules, geographic constraints, or varying comfort levels with communication styles. These formats make it easier to maintain consistent care and access support from licensed professionals and therapists without needing to travel to in-person appointments.