About Claire
Clinical Psychologist · Perth, WA
Claire Fitzgerald (she/her)
Director & Principal Clinical Psychologist
B.A. (Hons.) Psychology | MPsych (Clinical) | Board Approved Supervisor
About Claire
Claire is a clinical psychologist based in Perth, Western Australia, working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She brings a warm, collaborative approach to therapy, one that recognises that mental health concerns rarely exist in isolation, and that lasting change comes from attending to the whole person and their broader context.
She works with people navigating a wide range of difficulties; from focused and time-limited concerns to more complex and longstanding experiences. She has particular depth of experience in eating disorders and body image, and the ways neurodivergent experience intersects with mental health and well-being. Claire has a keen interest in women's health and perinatal mental health. She also works with many people whose concerns don't fit neatly into any one category, which, in practice, is most people.
Claire offers relationship and couples counselling both as a standalone support and where relationship dynamics intersect with other aspects of someone's experience, and has a particular interest in working with parents navigating their own mental health alongside the demands of caring for others.
Imrama Psychology is an inclusive practice and welcomes people of all genders, sexual orientations, relationship structures, and family configurations.
Whether you are coming with a clear diagnosis, a long and complicated history, or a more general sense that something isn't right, this is a space to make sense of it without having to present yourself as more sorted than you are.
You’re welcome here.
What to Expect
The first session is primarily a conversation. Claire will take time to understand what has brought you to therapy, your history and current circumstances, and what you are hoping to get from the process. There is no pressure to share more than you are comfortable with, the pace is always set collaboratively, and nothing needs to be figured out before you arrive.
Many people feel anxious before their first session. That is completely normal, and it is something Claire is used to working with from the very first conversation.
At the end of the first session, Claire will share her initial impressions and you will talk together about what a useful course of therapy might look like, including how often to meet and what areas to focus on. Most people leave the first session with a clearer sense of direction than they arrived with, even if things still feel uncertain.
Sessions are 50 minutes, available face to face in Subiaco and via telehealth across Western Australia and Australia-wide.
Clinical Background
Claire completed her clinical psychology training at the University of Western Australia, with a dissertation focused on disordered eating and body image in adolescents with gender dysphoria. Her early clinical placements were in endocrinology teams at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Perth Children's Hospital, a grounding that has shaped her ongoing interest in the relationship between physical health, hormonal well-being, and psychological experience.
For a number of years, Claire worked in specialist eating disorder services across inpatient, day program, and outpatient settings, delivering individual and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults, and leading parent education and multifamily therapy groups. She has also worked in private settings across the lifespan, and delivered inpatient group therapy at The Hollywood Clinic. Alongside, her private practice work at Imrama Psychology, Claire holds a substantive position at Perth Children’s Hospital Eating Disorder Service.
Before retraining as a clinical psychologist, Claire spent several years in executive recruitment with large multinational organisations. That background is part of why she has a genuine understanding of what demanding professional environments actually feel like: the identity investment, the performance expectations, and the particular difficulty of asking for help when you are the one people usually rely on.
Therapeutic Approaches
Claire draws on a wide range of evidence-based approaches, tailoring her methods to each individual rather than applying a single framework. The question she starts with is always what is actually useful for this particular person.
Across all of her work, Claire brings an attachment-focused, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming lens. The relational patterns formed early in life, the impact of difficult or overwhelming experiences, and the particular ways a neurodivergent nervous system moves through the world are threads Claire holds throughout the work, regardless of what has brought someone to therapy.
In practice, this means the work looks different for different people. For some it is structured and skills-focused, building tools for managing anxiety, regulating emotion, or changing patterns of thinking and behaviour that are no longer working. For others it is slower and more exploratory, making sense of difficult histories, understanding the relational patterns they have left behind, and finding a different way of being in relationships with others and with oneself. For many people it is both, at different points in the same therapeutic relationship.
Claire has formal training across a broad range of evidence-based approaches, including therapies for eating disorders, trauma, couples, and family work, and draws on whichever combination is most relevant and useful for the person in front of her. If you would like to know more about a specific approach, or if you are looking for something not mentioned here, please get in touch. Claire is happy to talk through what might suit you before you commit to an appointment.
Not sure that this is the right fit?
Choosing a psychologist is a personal decision, and it matters that the fit feels right before you commit to an appointment. If you have questions about how Claire works, what a first session looks like, whether your concerns are within scope, or simply whether this feels like the right place for you, please ask. Claire is happy to have that conversation before you book.
There is no obligation in reaching out, and no particular way you need to arrive.
Registration & Endorsement
Claire holds full general registration and an Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA). This endorsement identifies psychologists who have completed advanced postgraduate training and supervised practice in clinical psychology, over and above the requirements for general registration. Claire's registration can be verified on the AHPRA public register.
Claire is also a Psychology Board of Australia Board Approved Supervisor, offering clinical supervision to provisional psychologists, registered psychologists, and allied health professionals. Information about supervision is available on request.
AHPRA Registration Number: PSY0002027723
Area of Practice Endorsement: Clinical Psychology
A personal note
Originally from Ireland, I moved to Perth in 2013. I have lived experience of migration, career change, and building a life far from home, navigating a lengthy postgraduate retraining pathway as an overseas professional, and the early years of motherhood without extended family nearby. These experiences carry a particular kind of tired that comes from doing hard things without a support network close by. These are not incidental. They are part of how I work.
The name Imrama is a quiet nod to all of this, the Old Irish word for a voyage by sea, and a reflection of my own journey from Ireland to Perth and everything that has unfolded along the way. It felt like the right name for a psychology practice, where so much of the work involves navigating unfamiliar territory and trusting that the going matters even when the destination isn't yet clear.
If something here resonates, or if you're simply ready to take a first step, booking an initial session is straightforward. You can book directly using the link below, or get in touch if you'd prefer to ask a question first. Claire responds personally to all enquiries, typically within one to two business days. If you’d prefer to speak by phone before booking, please mention this in your message and Claire will arrange a time.
Medicare rebates apply with a GP referral, bringing the gap to $124.75 for standard hour sessions. No referral is needed to book.