Clinical services, therapy, counselling and consulting for children, adolescents, adults and families.
Storylines Consulting offers a wide range of professional services and therapies tailored to you and your family’s particular need.
Our Services
Individual Psychotherapy
Family Therapy
Parent Education and Support
Couples and Relationship Counseling
CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Narrative Therapy
Emotion Coaching
Child Play Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Single Session (‘One at a Time’ or ‘Walk In’) Therapy
Mindfulness
Stillness Meditation
Therapy
Approaches
Clinical
Services
Professional Training
Clinical Supervision
Educational Workshops
TIK (Tuning into Kids) program
TIK (Dad’s Tuning into Kids) program
TinT (Tuning into Teens) program
Emotion Coaching Training
School Liaison
Emotion Coaching
Group Therapy
Our Fees
Please contact us directly to discuss fees for clinical services.
For individuals and families, fees are payable on the day of consultation, EFTPOS is preferred.
A Medicare rebate may also be available to you with a referral from your GP. Private health insurance rebates are also available in some cases.
For cancellations of appointments, 48 hours notice is required or a cancellation fee will be charged.
About
In her role as a private clinician, Karen’s primary concern is her compassionate commitment to you or your family’s wellbeing.
Karen Story
Psychotherapist, Family Therapist & Clinical Social Worker
B.A.Dip Soc Stud, Dip Ed, MCPP, MCFT
Karen holds Masters Degrees in in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Clinical Family Therapy.
In addition to her post graduate degrees, Karen is a Registered Mental Health Care Social Worker who also holds teaching qualifications. Along with her private clinical practice, Karen has over 30 years experience in the public sector working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), together with analysing and preparing pre-primary and secondary school programs for State Governments.
Karen has been extensively engaged at the Bouverie Centre, which is recognised in Australia and internationally as a leader in family therapy adopting ‘single session’ or ‘one at a time’ thinking as a productive framework for approaching comparatively straight forward as well as more complex issues affecting individuals and families alike.
Karen supervises clinicians and other professionals in the mental health sector. She has worked in the academic sector and she is co-author and trainer of the ‘Exploring Together’ program for children, adolescents, and their families. Karen is a trainer and facilitator of the ‘Tuning into Kids’ and‘Tuning into Teens’ programs, training and facilitating these programs throughout Melbourne and Victoria. Karen is also a trained Stillness Meditation Therapist.
Crisis support
If you are unable to contact me in an emergency, the resources listed below may provide important support.
Your child's distress levels may become overwhelming. At these times you or your child may feel very unsafe and require immediate attention. The following contacts may be helpful in providing timely and valuable support.
Call 000 for emergencies (police and ambulance)
Lifeline
13 11 14
Beyond Blue
1300 224 636
Suicide call back service
1300 659 467
Kids Helpline (5-25 years)
1800 551 800
Mensline
1300 789 978
Sexual Assault Crisis Line
1800 806 292
National Sexual assault, Family & Domestic Violence Counselling (24 hour line): 1800 737 732
Safesteps 24/7 Family Violence Response Line (crisis support, information and accomodation):
1800 015 188
