BIO
My name is Cat.
I am a transpersonal psychologist and psychotherapist (MSc, DPsych), holistic therapist & coach, experienced yoga teacher (EYT 500), reiki master, and facilitator. I’m also a singer, writer and dancer, and a unique human being just like you.
I devoted the best part of fifteen years to training, studying and working therapeutically in mental health, youth & family support, and education systems in England. I desperately wanted to understand the mind, and all this suffering I saw in myself and others. I wanted to know how to help. I also suspected that mainstream systems didn’t have everything I was looking for. So, alongside my western psychology degrees, I studied eastern philosophies, trained as a yoga teacher and energy worker, and explored play and arts based therapies.
After a transformational trip to Thailand in spring 2024, I realised I had reached burnout, and that before truly returning to helping others, I had to first rebalance my own nervous system. It was returning to my yoga and spiritual practices that really sorted me out, and helped me begin building Heal with Heart.
I believe that the golden tickets to feeling truly well in ourselves can lie in the simplest things in life, which we already know make us feel good.
Quality connection with others, good food, good sleep, taking care of our bodies, spending time in nature, playfulness, the arts and creative expression, discovering and exploring new potentials…
These are the kinds of things I now like most to share with others. With the healing powers of love and presence.
I like to work with clients 1-1, and give group offerings of play, movement, music, meditation, nature, connection, and spiritual teachings that can help us reconnect with our natural wisdom, the energy of love, and feelings of wellness.
I love to collaborate with others who share similar visions to mine.
I believe we are all capable of making some magic in this world. If we’re only here for a short ride…
Why not?
“We’re all just walking each other home.”
Ram Dass
Trainings and accreditations
Psychology & Psychotherapy
Bachelors in Psychology - Cardiff University
Masters in Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice - Anna Freud Centre & UCL
Doctorate in Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy - British Psychotherapy Foundation, Anna Freud Centre & UCL
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Video-feedback Intervention for Positive Parenting (VIPP-SD) Practitioner - Anna Freud Centre
Incredible Years Parent Training Programme Facilitator - Incredible Years UK
Workplace trainings & CPD include: Working with couples, working with nueurodiversity, safeguarding, first aid, crisis response and safety planning, working with self-harm, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approaches, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) approaches, Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) approaches
I am accredited and registered with the British Psychotherapy Foundation and Association of Child Psychotherapists.
Movement and Holistic Therapies
Yoga Teacher Training Ashtanga Vinyasa 200hrs - Sampoorna Yoga
Teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to Teens - Teen Yoga Foundation
Teaching Yoga to Children ages 4-11 Certification - Yoga Bananas
Teaching Yoga for Autism & ADHD - Special Yoga
Partner Acrobatics Teacher Training 175hrs - Partner Acrobatics
Advanced Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training 300hrs - Sampoorna Yoga
Reiki Levels 1, 2, 3 and Master level - Monica Roman
Holistic Therapies training including meditation, breathwork, chakra balancing and sound healing - Siddha Healings
I am accredited and registered as a yoga teacher for adults, teens and children, and holistic therapist, with Yoga Alliance Professionals UK.
For my current resume, click here
My teachers
I am deeply thankful for all my teachers. I’m only ever really sharing what I’ve learned from the guidance of others, in partnership with my own insight.
My current perspectives and my work are especially inspired by the teachings of Ram Das and Thich Nhat Hanh.
My meditation, technology of the mind and philosophy teachers Aly Hazeltree, Yuval Fluke, Zohar and friends at Wonderland, Stephen Cope, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Sam Harris, Michael Singer, Tara Brach, and many more.
My master yoga teachers Aram Raffy, Emi Tull, Stewart Gilchrist, Alan Ellman, Marcus Veda, and many more.
My friends, family and loved ones… and all my other teachers of life.
