Pat Pollard Counseling, PLLC

Pat Pollard Counseling, PLLC Recognized provider by most major insurances and EAPs. Mental health and addiction counseling in a personal, informal, homey atmosphere.

Pat entered the counseling field as a result of the benefit she received from personal therapy. She was originally trained as a teacher and was also a day care provider while raising her family. During the past 20 years, she has worked in the prison setting, in- patient treatment, and community mental health. She is a Meadows trained therapist receiving extensive training from Pia Melody, Patrick Carnes. Claudia Black, and John Bradshaw. Her current case load includes individuals of all ages and issues from depression and anxiety to relationship. parenting and addictions. She accepts all major insurances and EAPs.

03/10/2026

Today is International Women’s Day. Thank you to all of the women in our lives making the world a better place.

03/10/2026

'Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.'

03/10/2026

Maybe the exhaustion, anxiety, irritability, and brain fog
isn’t a personal failure.

Maybe it’s you carrying loss
with nowhere to put it.

Grief doesn’t always look like tears.
Sometimes it looks like snapping at people you love.
Canceling plans.
Feeling behind in your own life.
Wondering why everything feels heavier than it should.

Maybe nothing is “wrong” with you.

Maybe you’re grieving
things you were never taught to name.

03/09/2026
03/09/2026
03/09/2026

Here's a little cheat sheet for happy boosting chemicals in the brain.
(And of course, store-bought is fine too because some brains don't want to cooperate)

03/09/2026
03/09/2026

Many of us grew up believing that good parenting meant having all the answers and always knowing exactly what to do. We were taught that being a “good parent” meant staying calm all the time, never losing patience, and responding perfectly in every situation.

But conscious parenting was never meant to be about perfection. It is about awareness. It is about learning to pause before reacting, choosing to listen before correcting, and doing our best to stay connected even when emotions are running high. It asks us to slow down enough to see our children not as problems to fix or behaviors to control, but as whole human beings with their own thoughts, emotions, perspectives, and wisdom.

This way of parenting also invites us to grow. It reminds us that we do not have to be perfect parents to raise emotionally healthy children. What matters most is our willingness to reflect, repair when we make mistakes, and keep showing up with intention and love.

Conscious parenting is not a destination we arrive at once we have everything figured out. It is a practice of growing alongside our children, learning together, and choosing connection again and again, one mindful moment at a time. 💕💕

03/09/2026

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4117 W Beryl Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
85051

Opening Hours

12pm - 5:45pm

Telephone

+16025500396

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