Vara Clinic
A modern space for mental health
A considered space for psychiatry, psychology, and allied health care, built around continuity, collaboration, and thoughtful clinical practice.
Opening soon in Richmond
Mental health care, designed with more care
Vara Clinic is being created for people who need thoughtful, connected mental health support, and for clinicians who want to practise in a more considered way.
Our model brings together psychiatry, psychology, mental health nursing, and allied health within a calm private setting, supporting both individual care and shared clinical thinking.
For people seeking mental health support
Vara Clinic will offer private outpatient mental health care in Richmond, with access to psychiatry, psychology, and allied health clinicians.
We are building a clinic that feels calm, respectful, and clinically grounded. Care at Vara is designed to support continuity, not one-off or fragmented appointments.
At Vara, you can expect:
A private and thoughtfully designed clinical environment
Access to experienced mental health clinicians
A focus on continuity and therapeutic relationship
Collaborative care where appropriate
Support for more complex presentations when needed
Clear communication and considered pathways of care
The Vara Model
Relational care, by design
Care at Vara is built around continuity, not isolated appointments. We support longer-term therapeutic relationships and thoughtful clinical follow-through.
Connected, not fragmented
Psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, and allied health practitioners work within a shared clinical environment, with opportunities for collaboration and case discussion where appropriate.
A considered environment
Vara is designed as a calm, private space that supports regulation, focus, and high-quality clinical work for both clients and clinicians.
Clinicians
A different way to practice
Vara Clinic is being built for clinicians who value depth of care, autonomy, and thoughtful collaboration.
We are creating a small, carefully selected community of psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, and allied health practitioners who want to work in a calm, well-supported environment without the pressure of volume-driven care.
What Vara offers clinicians
Private consulting rooms in a calm, premium clinical setting
Flexible consulting across days, evenings, and weekends
Secure after hours access for autonomous practice
The option to consult on-site, remotely, or in a hybrid model
Administrative and systems support
A shared community of practice
Regular clinical case discussion
A clinical support layer for escalation and higher-acuity presentations
Proximity to a private-billing GP clinic in Richmond
Vara is designed to support clinicians in holding complexity safely, while maintaining independence in their own clinical work.
Founding practitioner opportunities are limited
Why Vara exists
Vara Clinic was created in response to a need for mental health care that feels more connected, more thoughtful, and more clinically supported.
Vara Clinic is founded and led by Brooke Seebohm, a specialist mental health nurse with 13 years’ experience in emergency psychiatry. Brooke has worked across complex mental health presentations and has led multidisciplinary teams across medical, nursing, and allied health settings.
Vara brings this clinical background into a private outpatient setting, creating a space where clients, clinicians, and referrers can feel held by a considered model of care.