Kate Poll

MSc-accredited Creative Writing for Wellbeing Facilitator

Therapeutic Approaches | Voice & Expression | Compassion-Led Practice

Upcoming Workshops and Courses

Compassion Journalling course

4-weeks facilitation
(a small group course)

19th February–13th March, Thursdays 1.30–3pm

Explore self-compassion and build self-trust through creative writing, psychological frameworks, and embodied practice.Using two-pen dialogue, visual mapping, and mindfulness techniques, you'll develop skills for working with self-criticism, setting boundaries, and building sustainable self-compassion practices. Drawing from Compassion Focused Therapy and self-compassion research, this course integrates evidence-based approaches with creative exploration.

Price: £175
Concession rate: £149

The course is limited to 8 participants to help foster community and a sense of safety.

Full Course Details

Two Spaces Available

Compassion Journalling Self-Study Course with Optional Community Component

6-week structure (adaptable)

Available: March / April 2026

Neuroinclusive course that you can adapt to your schedule and needs.

Complete guided journey through self-compassion practices – video meditations, reflective prompts, and embodied practices you can work through at your own pace.Includes 47-page companion guide, guided meditation recordings, and poetry videos exploring working with your inner critic, cultivating lovingkindness, and developing sustainable self-nurture.Optional Weekly Community Sessions: Join 60-minute drop-in sessions for questions, reflection, and support as you work through the course.

Community Support is Free
for Substack subscribers
Non-subscribers: £60

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Embodied Lovingkindness & Body Dialogue Workshop

Available: March 2026

This practice is informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Compassion Focused Therapy, and draws on research exploring self-talk and body-self relationship.

A standalone workshop for accepting and welcoming all parts of yourself – the valued parts, the neutral parts, and the parts you find challenging.Through guided lovingkindness meditation, cultivate warmth and connection towards different aspects of yourself. Then tune into what your body needs through compassionate two-pen dialogue – offering space for the parts that feel loud (through pain or discomfort) or have gone silent to be heard and answered with compassion.An invitation to soften and let your embodied wisdom guide you.
Offered as self-study format with video-guided meditation and written prompts (or live online session, depending on demand).

Free for Substack subscribers
Non-subscribers: £60

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Working With Me

Creating spaces for authentic growth and connection through creativity, reflection, and care.

Individual Support
Research and Collaboration
Impact Stories

I specialise in Compassion Journalling – a methodology I've developed through my MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, integrating Compassion Focused Therapy, self-compassion research, and person-centred practice. My work focuses on places where voice gets lost: in caring roles, through burnout, within systems that don't recognise the full story. Through creative writing and reflective practice, I support people to challenge internalised stories about themselves – the narratives of dysfunction or marginalisation that often aren't theirs to carry.Drawing on Gottman communication frameworks applied to self-relationship, Internal Family Systems principles, and therapeutic approaches adapted for creative settings, I create spaces that are neuroinclusive, trauma-informed, and grounded in choice.I work across private practice, social prescribing partnerships (including Age UK, Peabody Trust and Ruils), group facilitation, and co-edit Lapidus International's wellbeing magazine. I have created Compassion Journalling: A Self-Guided Practice for Developing Self-Compassion and Emotional Resilience (2025), a course resource for Athabasca University's MA Writing the Self programme.This work is shaped by lived experience of neurodivergence, care relationships, and the complexities of delayed diagnosis. Writing is my primary tool, alongside visual practices, somatic awareness, and mindfulness techniques – creating spaces where psychological insight meets creative exploration.

Individual Support

One-to-One Therapeutic Writing Sessions

Online Via Zoom | £80 per session*

Take time to pause, explore, and create – reconnecting with neglected and under-represented parts of yourself, and cultivating a fuller, more self-directed and connected way of being. These sessions place writing and voice at the heart of the process, supported by sound, image, and other creative tools for wellbeing.Together, we’ll focus on what matters most to you, nurturing your strengths, giving voice to overlooked parts of yourself, and discovering fresh ways to navigate life with clarity and confidence. Sessions are gentle, collaborative, and shaped entirely around your needs and interests.

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Compassion Journalling Course

19th February–13th March, Thursdays 1.30–3pm

A 4-Week Creative Course to Build Self-Trust & Wellbeing

A structured exploration of self-compassion through creative writing, psychological frameworks, and embodied practice.Using two-pen dialogue, visual mapping, and mindfulness techniques, you'll develop skills for working with self-criticism, setting boundaries, and building sustainable self-compassion practices. Drawing from Compassion Focused Therapy and self-compassion research, this course integrates evidence-based approaches with creative exploration.

Each participant receives a comprehensive 47-page companion guide.
Frameworks, weekly trackers, and resources for ongoing practice provided.
Graduates are invited to continue deepening their practice through monthly Compassion Circles.

🔗 Full Course Outline (downloadable)

90 minutes each session | Online via Zoom | Limited to 8 participants | £175*

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*Limited £149 concession rates available.

Impact Stories

"The Creative Writing session seemed to be particularly impactful for some attendees, and not just those who chose to perform their writing. Val and Kim, support workers at Redbridge, explained that one customer, who is usually very reserved, expressed his thoughts in a way that he never had before during the session. “He felt comfortable sharing his feelings in that room, surrounded by other people opening up” said Val, “It gave him a safe space and the confidence to share his story and his feelings, something we haven’t seen before during his 10 years with Peabody. It’s a real moment of realising how much these services matter."

— Key Worker, Peabody Trust

"Thanks to you, I was able to devote more time and reflection to compassion and to recognise that I became even more mindful... these Monday sessions were the best kind of disruption I have experienced in a long time. I feel it takes someone special to be able to hold this kind of space."

— Compassion Journalling Course participant

"The setting you created allows inner world wisdom to emerge… I felt less alone… other people have similar thoughts… the things people do not talk about in daily life. A beautiful setting to share."

— Workshop participant

Research and Collaboration

I have been involved in research projects, publications and collaborative projects that demonstrate the transformative power of compassion-led, neuroinclusive creative practice. This approach can create meaningful change for individuals and communities.

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What Ruils say...

"Kate showed such understanding and compassion while working with us. Always thinking about our wellbeing as a priority for all.We appreciate all she has done so much. Our world Needs Love and Kate brought Love to ourselves and writing."

— Ruils Creative Writing group