Hi I'm Catherine!

​I am a curious and passionate individual, who finds joy in helping others find meaning, happiness and themselves. I am interested and inspired by, and care about the people I work with.
 
Experiences in my life have taught me that real happiness comes when we give ourselves full permission to be who we really are, and make our choices and decisions based on that truth.
 
​I have experienced the dance between Desire and Fear, and Authenticity and Fitting in. Fear kept me stuck, beliefs about myself kept me trapped, and the idea of what ‘I should be doing’, left me drained, disappointed and unrecognisable.
 
I believed that in order to change my life that I needed to change myself, and for a period of time, I was unhappy.
 
With support, I turned my focus inward, stepped inside, and really got to experience and experiment within my own world: finding contentment, meaning and a strong relationship with myself there. This became possible, not by changing who I am, but by giving myself full permission to unashamedly live and breathe me.

I am a London based Coach, EFT Practitioner, Photographer and INFJ, who loves travelling, hiking and chocolate.

By learning to understand myself, be the author, the teacher, the student and the cheerleader of myself, I now accept and embrace who I am, imperfections and all. And I continue to make choices that are right for me.
 
I also make the most important relationship in my life, the one that I have with myself. I'm imperfect, vulnerable, resilient, stubborn, and passionate; and I'm always me.  All the parts I thought I needed to change about myself, turned out to be the keys to changing my life..​.

Feedback from past clients

​My coaching sessions with Catherine have given me insight into my current beliefs about myself and the world around me. Catherine is extremely professional and expresses upmost empathy during coaching sessions. I would recommend Catherine especially for those who have a stressful job or own their own business." - Daniel O'Shaughnessy - The Naked Nutritionist

I found the authenticity coaching I did with Catherine to be invaluable. We worked together in identifying what my values are – both in and out of work situations – which have therefore helped me understand what I respond to, and have helped me to recognise my behaviours moving forwards. I felt comfortable talking to Catherine in a non-judgmental, safe space , and found the sessions to be pro-active and collaborative in working towards my own personal goals. Can thoroughly recommend, as I feel I now approach situations from a stronger place thanks to our sessions.  - Tony Rochford - Director of Programming

'I chose Catherine because what her business represents. Authenticity is important to me as is the need for space. Catherine hears what not been said, and reflects this back, meaning that you focus on exactly what you need to, and are supportively 'held' in the undertaking. Her authentic and gentle approach to each session meant that I was not only able to choose the pace and content of the work we did together, but also push at the areas that were more challenging. She used both experience and knowledge to enhance my sessions meaning that she was able to place me in the right contexts in regards to work and personal struggles. I was able to take much away from our sessions and continue to do so.' - Georgina - Sculptor

The Formal Bits

I am an Authenticity Coach, certified by The Coaching Academy, Accredited by the International Coaching Federation. 

I'm also an EFT and NLP practitioner and have continued my professional development in the Areas of Confidence, Resilience, Solution Focussed Therapy and Stress Coaching.

I have ten years experience in the social care field in the areas of addiction, mental health and employment, utilising Mindfulness, CBT, Recovery Coaching, Solution Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing.

I obtained my Social Science Degree from the University of Westminster and have a Certificate in Humanistic Counselling Skills from The Gestalt Centre.

For the last 12 years I have been working with groups and 1:1 clients around self esteem and confidence issues; supporting Individuals to reconcile with themselves, raise self acceptance, improve self perception and increase self worth, allowing them to move away from situations and circumstances that leave them unhappy and exhausted and towards a direction that is inspired, meaningful and ambitious.  

In addition to my own coaching practice, I work freelance with Sanctus, an organisation working to reduce the stigma around mental health the workplace. https://sanctus.io/

What makes you come alive? 

This is one of the first questions I ask my clients when we start working together. Once you know how 'Alive' really feels to you, the work can begin to bring more of this into the parts of your life where it's lacking. The images below show a few things that make me feel really alive.