The title of this is drawn from something I frequently say about the practice of therapy – it is an art not a science. When I began…… Read more “An art not a science”
Author: Karen Pollock
I am a therapist offering online counselling based in Northumberland with experience of, and post graduate training in, working with gender, sexuality and relationship diverse communities. Passionate about empowering people, and promoting better mental health for all I offer online and walking therapy.
Reflections from the Pink Therapy Conference: Intersections of Hope
Gathering for the Pink Therapy Conference 2026: Intersections of Hope—hosted at the University of Lancashire in Preston and virtually across the globe—felt less like a standard professional…… Read more “Reflections from the Pink Therapy Conference: Intersections of Hope”
Moments of Hope: Cultivating Space for Queer and Trans Joy
In times when the social and political landscape feels increasingly hostile, holding onto hope is not a naive luxury—it is a radical, necessary act of survival and…… Read more “Moments of Hope: Cultivating Space for Queer and Trans Joy”
The Need for Anti-Oppressive Supervision
Living and practicing therapy and supervision from Northumberland, with participants across the UK is a place of privilege but also isolation. I work from a village in…… Read more “The Need for Anti-Oppressive Supervision”
Rejection is Resistence – My workshop for the The Person Centered Association Annual Conference
Just as common land—once open to all for grazing and sustenance—was fenced off by the elite to create private profit and official boundaries, we are seeing the enclosure of the therapeutic landscape.
Refusing to give credit to Respectability
It is a heavy time to be alive, and an even heavier time to be a practitioner in the business of holding human pain and suffering. We…… Read more “Refusing to give credit to Respectability”
So that was 2025 then? Review of the Year
I have been stuck on how to write this year’s review, perhaps even more than those written during the pandemic. Part of the issue has been the…… Read more “So that was 2025 then? Review of the Year”
Beyond the Shadows – Celebrating the launch of Gender, Sex and Relationship Diverse Therapy; Theory and Practice
I am thrilled to announce the publication of the new Routledge collection, Gender, Sex, and Relationship Diverse Therapy: Theory and Practice. edited by Dominic Davies, Silva Neves,…… Read more “Beyond the Shadows – Celebrating the launch of Gender, Sex and Relationship Diverse Therapy; Theory and Practice”
Surviving Christmas
If you feel low, want to avoid the parties or family activities, or need to rest, you aren’t spoiling Christmas for others. They are spoiling it for themselves by demanding your compliance with their idea of what Christmas should look like
More Than a Wife: Understanding Arwen’s True ‘Doom’
As some of you already know this year I began a podcast as an act of self care, hope seeking, and from a belief that we need…… Read more “More Than a Wife: Understanding Arwen’s True ‘Doom’”
Counselling in Northumberland 