Services
Solace & Thrive is a boutique clinical practice offering specialist perinatal, infant and child mental health care. Tamera believes that trust, compassion and safe relationships are the foundations of psychological healing, emotional wellbeing and individual growth.
Tamera offers a confidential and supportive space for self-exploration, reflection, growth and healing. She recognises that each person’s journey is unique and tailors therapy to meet each person’s needs, goals, stage of life and circumstances.
Through collaborative discussions and personalised interventions, Tamera supports people to better understand their thoughts, emotions, behaviours and relationships, while developing practical strategies to enhance coping, confidence and wellbeing. Therapeutic approaches may include:
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Attachment-informed and parent-child relational interventions
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Children often communicate and learn through play, conversation, creative activities and practical strategies adapted to their age and stage of development. Where appropriate, parents and caregivers may be involved in sessions to support understanding, connection and change beyond the therapy room.
Perinatal
The perinatal period, from pregnancy to the first 12 months after giving birth, can be a time of significant emotional, physical and relational adjustment. While this stage of life can bring moments of joy and connection, it can also feel overwhelming, vulnerable or unexpectedly difficult.
At Solace & Thrive, Tamera provides compassionate psychological support for mothers, parents and families as they navigate pregnancy, birth and the early parenting period. Support may focus on experiences such as anxiety, depression, grief and loss, adjustment to parenting, relationship changes and identity shifts.
Tamera’s approach is warm, reflective and attachment-informed, with a focus on strengthening relationships, supporting emotional wellbeing and helping parents feel more grounded, confident and connected during this important stage of family life.
Infant and Child Therapy
Infants and children communicate their feelings and needs through behavoiur, play, words and relationships. Tamera takes time to understand each child’s experience from their perspective, while also considering their developmental stage, family relationships, temperament, strengths and life context.
Infant and early childhood mental health, from birth to five years, is a period of extraordinary brain development. During this time, relationships are central to emotional wellbeing, regulation, learning and development. Early support can help parents and caregivers better understand their child’s cues, emotions and behaviour, while strengthening connection and confidence within the parent-child relationship.
Tamera supports the social-emotional development of infants and children by attending to their capacity to experience, express and manage emotions, engage with others, explore the world, and feel safe within important relationships. Therapy may be helpful for children experiencing anxiety, heightened emotions, separation difficulties, sleep concerns, adjustment to change, medical or developmental challenges, trauma, grief, low mood or behavioural concerns.
Early intervention and collaboration are central to this work. Where appropriate, Tamera works closely with parents and caregivers, educators and other health professionals to better understand the child’s needs and develop a treatment plan that is practical, compassionate and tailored to the child and family.
With a strengths-based approach, therapy aims to support children to feel understood, build confidence, strengthen relationships, develop coping skills and move toward greater emotional wellbeing.
Psychological Assessments
Assessment can be an important first step in understanding a child’s strengths, challenges and support needs. At Solace & Thrive, Tamera offers thoughtful, evidence-informed psychological assessment to help identify strengths and vulnerabilities, guide treatment planning, and support practical recommendations for home, school and other care settings.
The assessment process is designed to feel welcoming, collaborative and supportive. Tamera understands that assessments can feel daunting for both children and parents, and takes care to create a calm and comfortable space where children can feel safe, understood and able to do their best.
Assessment may involve gathering detailed information from parents, caregivers, teachers and other relevant professionals, alongside direct work with the child. When a formal assessment is completed, findings are summarised in a written psychological report.
To find out more about assessment options, please get in touch.
Tamera Clancy is a board approved supervisor with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and endorsed in the area of Clinical Psychology.
If you wish to make an enquiry regarding supervision, please get in touch.