- Event Date: 29/05/2026
Let This Poem Be A Hand Upon My Shoulder Workshop with Charmaine Pollard
Event Details
- 11:00
- Online
- From £25
Event Description
“In a dark time, the eye begins to see …” Theodore Roethke
Let this poem be a hand upon your shoulder, consists of workshops that can help you explore feelings, and build your resilience as you connect with others in these challenging times.
The theme for the workshops was inspired by a poem written by Deborah Cooper.
The workshops will take place online, in a closed group on Zoom.
We will use carefully selected poems as a springboard for writing, reflection and conversations.
The workshops are for anyone who wants additional resources, in these unsettling times. It is for those who enjoy creativity, journalling, writing for personal or professional development.
No prior knowledge of poetry or expressive writing is required; you simply need to be willing to share, reflect and experiment with words in a supportive environment.
Charmaine Pollard is an experienced Certified Poetry Therapist, Counsellor and Coach with a passion for leading writing for wellbeing workshops with a particular focus on confidence and resilience. Her fusion of contemporary coaching with poetry therapy techniques have helped people from all walks of life, find self- compassion, contentment and success.
Charmaine Pollard has written an inspirational work book Writing for Resilience. You can find the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0942FWMN8
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This standalone workshop is an invitation to accept and welcome all parts of yourself – the valued parts, the neutral parts, and the parts you find most challenging.
Informed by Internal Family Systems and Compassion Focused Therapy, we’ll move through two practices together. First, a guided lovingkindness meditation – cultivating warmth towards different aspects of yourself. Then, compassionate two-pen dialogue – tuning in to what your body needs, and offering space to the parts that feel loud through pain or discomfort, or that have quietly grown silent.
An invitation to soften, and let your embodied wisdom guide you.
You can find out more about Self-Centred, my Substack publication here: https://katepoll.substack.com/
If you are not yet a subscriber, you’re still very welcome to join. There is a paid option through my website (katepoll.co.uk) but, given you can subscribe for free, you might choose to sign up here: https://katepoll.substack.com/subscribe
Take time to pause and create – giving voice to parts of yourself that often get overlooked, and building self-trust in yourself and your creative process.
Sessions work at your pace – with multiple ways in through writing, image, sound, and movement. There is also the option to include Emotional Freedom Technique and guided visualisations.
Nurturing and shaped entirely around your needs and interests.
Currently available fortnightly on Tuesday mornings, or weekly on Thursdays and Fridays – online via Zoom.
What? One-and-half hours to reflect and recharge.
Creative writing prompts assist another part of the self to come on stream, dreaming and noticing, seeing a bigger picture.
When? Saturday 9 May 2026 10.00 – 11.30am
Where? Online – Zoom link sent when you sign-up.
How much? £15.00
One ticket reserved for pay-what-you-can-afford – get in touch asap
Small group, limited spaces.
What is therapeutic writing?
No creative writing experience necessary. It is not about grammar, spelling or the perfect sentence.
It is about expressing the self (whoever the self is at that moment) through creative writing in an encouraging and supportive environment.
We may share our writing. And, there is no obligation to share. Everything is confidential.
I offer creative writing prompts and a poem to facilitate:
– Reflection
– Grounding in the moment
– Writing freely.
Contact Elisabeth for how to join at https://elisabethwinkler.com/contact/
Look forward to writing with you!