Meet Dr Karina Rune

Karina is the founder and principal therapist at NPST. She is a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience working across private practice, hospital, cancer care, research, and university settings. She works predominantly with adolescents and adults experiencing trauma, relationship difficulties, emotional distress, chronic health concerns, identity-related difficulties, psychosis, and major life transitions.

At the core of Karina’s approach to therapy is the belief that each individual has the capacity for growth, healing, and self-discovery. She places strong importance on the therapeutic relationship and aims to create a space that feels safe, collaborative, grounded, and genuinely human. Karina works collaboratively with individuals to deepen self-understanding, explore patterns that may be keeping them feeling stuck, and support movement towards a life that feels more meaningful and connected.

Karina draws on evidence-based therapies and has training in:

• Schema Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Mindfulness-based approaches
• Somatic and body-informed approaches
• Jungian dream analysis

Alongside private practice, Karina works as a lecturer and researcher in psychology at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Her academic work informs a strong evidence-based approach to therapy and an ongoing interest in translating research into meaningful, practical, and compassionate clinical care.

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