Adrian Harris
Relationship-focused counsellor with practical tools
AASW Australia
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Adrian
Adrian Harris is an AASW counsellor with 15 years' experience helping people facing relationship and family challenges. He focuses on helping partners reconnect, people cope with grief, and those dealing with anxiety, depression or trauma find steadier ground.
Background and approach
Adrian works in plain language and aims to make therapy feel practical and manageable. He uses the Gottman Method alongside attachment-informed and acceptance-based approaches to look at how people relate and respond under stress.
Sessions often focus on improving everyday communication, repairing trust, and reducing the patterns that lead to repeated conflict. Adrian pays close attention to intimacy-related issues and family-of-origin patterns that keep repeating across relationships.
Clients commonly bring concerns about parenting, blended family dynamics, addiction, body image, codependency and commitment doubts. He also supports people navigating separation, domestic violence impacts, BDSM and kink conversations, and caregiver stress.
The work balances emotional understanding with clear, skills-based practice for handling difficult moments. Adrian describes therapy as a collaborative process.
He helps people set realistic goals, try new ways of interacting, and reflect on progress between sessions. He adapts his approach according to each person’s needs, aiming for changes that feel useful in daily life.
Sessions are offered in English to people in Australia. The usual formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
Adrian asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
Using relationship and acceptance approaches online
Adrian often draws on the Gottman Method ideas to look at how couples communicate and repair trust, focusing on practical exercises and structured conversations that help reduce repeated conflict. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify values, and take small committed steps toward a more meaningful life. Attachment-Based Therapy is another lens he brings in to explore how attachment patterns shape intimacy and emotional responses in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Adrian works collaboratively to choose techniques that match a person's goals and preferences. He reviews progress together and adjusts methods if something isn't helping or if priorities change during work together.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people practice communication exercises in real time, phone sessions can be a quicker check-in when video is difficult, and messaging options work well for shorter reflections or when someone needs flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or daily life while keeping the focus on usable skills and steady progress.
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Experience
15+ years
Registered with
AASW
Languages
English