She shared a room with two other girls in a girls' hostel in Paddington and enrolled at the London School of Dramatic Art. Īdvised to leave South Africa, Karen moved to London at the age of 17.
According to Karen, the South African National Theatre Company had hired a black stage manager and Karen broke apartheid-era laws by visiting the manager's home to see his sick daughter.
She starred in several touring productions over the next two years. Karen developed an interest in acting at a young age, and joined the South African National Theatre at the age of fifteen. Her Irish father was an accountant while her mother was English. Karen was born in Durban, South Africa, on 19 September 1936 as Ann Harrison McCall to John and Muriel McCall (née Harrison). She also reprised the role of Olive Rudge in The Rag Trade from 1977 to 1978, while her film roles included parts in two Carry On films: Carry On Camping (1969) and Carry On Loving (1970).
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As part of her mission to educate, inform and challenge widely held ideas that harm people’s sex lives she did her first TEDx talk and wrote her first book, ‘Mind The Gap: the truth about desire and how to futureproof your sex life’ in 2020.Ann Harrison McCall (19 September 1936 – 22 February 2022), professionally known as Anna Karen, was a British actress best known for playing Olive Rudge in the ITV sitcom On the Buses from 1969 to 1973 including its film spin-offs and stage version and Aunt Sal in the BBC soap opera EastEnders on a recurring basis from 1996 to 2017.
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She is also Director of The Havelock Clinic, an independent sexual problems service offering innovative, accessible and low cost online workshops for better sex as well as free downloadable tools and worksheets.
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She believes that sex is always political and brings this intersectional perspective plus her vast experience in this field (and with marginalised groups such as the LGBTQ+ community) to challenge people’s thinking. Worksheet to discover what you think is important in sex: ĭr Karen Gurney ( is an NHS clinical psychologist/psychosexologist on a mission to improve the sex lives of the nation by translating research and clinical experience to normalise and improve people’s relationship with sex. Does this indicate different levels of trust, emotional bond, or commitment? (46:32)Īt what point does low desire become a problem and when should I seek help? (50:00) I’m poly and I notice different levels of desire between my partners. What exactly happens in sex therapy? (45:20) The importance of talking to your partner(s) about sex What is the one thing Karen would suggest for people to improve their sex lives? What is sexual currency? Why is it so important? The idea of spontaneous and responsive desire The myth that happy healthy couples have penetrative sex three times a weekĭo people find it difficult to figure out what is important to them in good sex?Īctual sex frequency statistics for the UK Why did Karen write Mind the Gap and who is its intended audience? Read the episode transcript here! SHOW NOTES Finally, Hannah and Karen discuss how to find out what good sex is for you, the idea of sexual currency, and whether or not scheduling sex is a good idea. She and Hannah talk about how we have no actual measurement for desire, and what good sex actually is. Karen discusses desire and also the myths around the average frequency of sex. In this episode, Hannah is joined by Dr Karen Gurney, who is a clinical psychologist, psychosexologist, and author of the book “Mind the Gap: The Truth about Desire and how to Futureproof Your Sex Life”.
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