Clinical Psychology · Perth · Telehealth Australia-wide
imrama psychology
Wherever you are right now, this is a good place to start.
Claire sees clients face to face every Wednesday, and alternating Saturdays and Sundays. New client places are currently available. Please get in touch to enquire.
Telehealth appointments may also be available outside of these days and times, by arrangement.
Imrama (im-RAH-mah) is an Old Irish word for a voyage by sea, a journey into unknown waters in search of something that can only be found by going. The word captures something true about what it takes to sit with what's difficult, to look honestly at what isn't working, and to trust that the going matters even when the destination isn't clear.
Imrama Psychology is a Boorloo/Perth-based clinical psychology practice. Claire works with adults navigating a wide range of concerns; from anxiety, mood, and the pressures of everyday life, through to eating disorders and body image, perinatal mental health, women's health, and neurodivergence. Couples are also welcome, usually alongside individual therapy. Sessions are available face to face in Subiaco and via telehealth across Australia.
If you're not quite sure where to begin, that's okay. Most people aren't.
About Claire
Claire is a clinical psychologist with a broad clinical background spanning some of Western Australia's leading public and private specialist services. She works with people navigating a wide range of difficulties, from focused and time-limited concerns to more complex and longstanding experiences, and brings a warm, direct approach to the work.
She takes the whole person seriously, not just the presenting concern, and doesn't assume she knows what the work needs to look like before it's begun.
Before retraining as a clinical psychologist, Claire spent several years in executive recruitment. Originally from Ireland, she has lived experience of migration, career change, and the particular shape of early motherhood far from extended family. These are not incidental, they are part of how she works.
Services We Offer
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Individual Therapy
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Telehealth
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Parenting Support
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Group Therapy
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Supervision
Areas of Focus
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Anxiety, Mood & Everyday Challenges
Everyday challenges to complex and longstanding experiences, including the pressures of demanding professional lives.
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Perinatal Well-being
Trying to conceive, pregnancy, birth, and the early years of parenthood; support for the full emotional range of this stage, including the paths to parenthood that don't follow a straightforward line.
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Women's Hormonal Health
Support for the psychological impact of PMOS (PCOS), endometriosis, PMDD, perimenopause, menopause, and related hormonal conditions; because physical and psychological health are rarely separate.
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Parenting & Matrescence
The identity shift of becoming a parent: matrescence, patrescence, and the relational changes that come with it, including the often-overlooked experience of non-birthing parents.
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Neurodiversity
ADHD, autism, and AuDHD across all genders, including late-identified presentations.
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Eating Disorders and Body Image
Across all genders and the lifespan. You don't need a formal diagnosis to find support here.
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Chronic & Complex Health Issues
Diabetes, GI issues, Hypermobility, POTS, autoimmune presentations, and the psychological burden that often gets overlooked.
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Not sure where you fit?
This list isn’t exhaustive, and most people find themselves across more than one area. If you’re not sure whether what you’re carrying fits here, please reach out. Even if Imrama Psychology isn’t the best match for you, Claire will help point you in the direction of somewhere that is.
Why Imrama?
The name has personal roots. Claire grew up with a family connection to a small harbour village on the west coast of Ireland, the place from which St Brendan is said to have set sail on his legendary voyage across the Atlantic. As a child, the wooden rowing boats (currachs) at the harbour were a familiar sight. There is something quietly remarkable about those small vessels and the vast ocean they were built to face.
It felt like the right name for a psychology practice. The work of therapy asks something similar, the willingness to set out into unfamiliar territory, to sit with uncertainty, and to trust that what can be found along the way is worth the going.
Imrama Psychology is an inclusive practice.
Claire works with people of all genders, sexual orientations, relationship structures, and family configurations, individuals, couples, and families across the full spectrum of human experience. She is experienced in working with LGBTQIA+ clients, and with those navigating the intersections of identity, neurodiversity, physical and mental health.
You shouldn't have to wonder whether you'll be welcome here. If you want to ask before you commit to an appointment, please do, that conversation is always available.
For Referrers
Imrama Psychology welcomes referrals from GPs and other health professionals. The practice is currently accepting new client referrals, with face-to-face appointments in Subiaco, and telehealth available across Western Australia and Australia-wide.
Availability: Wednesdays, and alternate Saturdays and Sundays (telehealth may be available outside these times by arrangement).
Claire brings an attachment-focused, trauma-responsive, and neurodiversity-affirming to all of her clinical work, and is experienced in holding the complexity that comes when presentations intersect.
Who she works with:
Adults, including parents; couples' work is offered alongside individual therapy
Areas of focus:
Perinatal · Women's health and hormonal well-being · ADHD & Neurodiversity · Anxiety and Mood · Eating disorders and Body Image ·Life Transitions · Chronic Health Conditions
Referral pathways:
Medicare (MHCP and EDP), CDM/Chronic Disease Management Plans · private health fund · NDIS (self and plan-managed) · EAP · WorkCover · private
Location:
Suite 9, 20 Churchill Avenue, Subiaco, a member of the Churchill Ave Practice, a collective of experienced independent allied health practitioners
Group programs:
Upcoming group programs offered through Wild Rose Wellness & Psychology, co-facilitated with co-located clinicians from Churchill Ave Practice
Collaborative care:
Claire welcomes ongoing communication with referring clinicians and works collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. Referrers already working with Churchill Ave Practice clinicians can expect the same standard of clinical communication they are accustomed to.
Getting Started
If something has been sitting with you, whether you have a clear sense of what it is or simply know that something needs to change, you're welcome to reach out. There's no obligation in making an enquiry, and no particular way you need to arrive.
Claire responds personally to all enquiries, typically within one to two business days. If you would like to speak by phone before booking, please reach out on 0469 884 615, or mention it in your message and Claire will organise a time with you for a brief call.
Wherever you are right now — this is a good place to start