Catherine Jacobs, CPsychol, AFBPsS

Welcome to my website

I'm a Research Psychologist and an Executive and Leadership Coach. In both roles, I work collaboratively and with high professional standards to help understanding of our below the surface patterns of coping and how we relate to others and the wider organisational or family systems we are part of. Based in London, I work with people both online and face-to-face. 

As a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society,  I've have worked for thirty years as an academic and trainer  bringing evidence-based assessments for relationship patterns, attachment styles and mental health risks and resiliencies to children's services.

As an Executive and Leadership Coach, I help leaders and managers working in today's complex and often stressful environments; building rapport and psychological safety to work together to clarifying roles, the impact of wider systems and to better achieve developmental goals and value for stakeholders. With my background in psychology, I bring an evidence-based approach to coaching and specialise in:-  
  • Working with how self-awareness leads to resilience and less reactivity
  • Helping with work/life balance challenges
  • Exploring the boundaries of time, work tasks and authority, and how these  might be playing out in work and team relationships
  • Improving work related stress, burn out and overwhelm
  • Working with challenging relationships and dynamics
  • Building confidence and working with limiting beliefs 
  • Improving team management, time and task management 
  • Exploring support systems, patterns of relating and attachment styles
  • Personal development and promotional goals
Contact Me

Coaching with me

  • Our workplace environments are often fast-paced and  pressurised with a lot of constant change to deal with and to help this I offer developmental coaching for individual executives and managers with a particular focus on working with organisational contexts and psychological dynamics.  Coaching conversations with me provide leaders with much needed time and space to pause, process and allow fresh solutions to emerge.  
  • As a coach I work authentically and sensitively to create safe learning environments for my clients. We will work reflectively and collaboratively allowing you to develop and grow to meet your potential. I am currently working towards Senior Practitioner status with the European Mentoring Coaching Council, in Tavistock Consulting’s renowned Executive Coaching Programme, 2024-2025 and work strictly to the EMCC codes of ethical practice.
  • My current clients include emerging leaders and executives: - Associate Professors in Higher Education, a Director of an Architectural Firm, Head of Marketing for a Sporting organisation, Head of Service for a Local Authority, Director of a Youth Services charity,  a Manager of Consumer Experience  and a Public Health Consultant. 
  • Typical coaching contracts are for six sessions of ninety minutes each, taking place  usually at monthly intervals, giving us time to explore your leadership goals in depth. Whilst I complete my training as an EMCC Senior Practitioner, I am offering contracts with lower fee sessions of £90. Do get in touch to arrange a thirty-minute, free,  initial consultation over zoom or the phone. 
  • I also offer life coaching sessions, when I have availability. In these personal development sessions we specialise in working together to find solutions to overcome overwhelm, work/life balance, patterns of relating, building awareness of positive social support and balancing our roles in family and social systems. After an initial, free 30 minute coaching 'chemistry' call, I offer one off sessions of 90 mins, or blocks of 4-6 sessions.

Here's what my clients have to say about me

Attachment Style Training 

Social Worker, Yorkshire

The Attachment Style interview Training course fulfilled my aims and helped me to look at ways to focus my work during assessment. It gave me a better understanding of the support people need.. The trainer, Catherine Jacobs, gave very good examples, listened and helped me work through the practical applications of attachment theory. She was very approachable and encouraged discussion. 

Residential Worker, London

Excellent attachment training – great having the gap to do a pilot – really helped to consolidate the learning. An excellent tool which will be valuable in developing support/treatment plans for young people.

Leadership & Executive Coaching

E.M, Senior Lecturer, London

With her mental health background and professionalism, I built a rapport and trusting relationship with Catherine quickly. Over the six coaching sessions, we worked together on specific goals around promotion and NED roles. Many other themes emerged from our in depth conversations, that are helping me in my new management role and in my personal and professional development.

Continued Professional Development 

In addition to the Executive Training Programme, I am undertaking CPD to bring a wide evidence-base into my coaching practice. Continuing Professional Development, or CPD, is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities. As a Coach CPD shows a clear commitment to personal-development and professionalism. Senior Practitioners with the EMCC are required to undertake 32 hours of CPD every year. My recent CPD includes;- 
  • 'Coaching Leaders in Times of Crisis: Achieving Personal and Organisational Transformation', 20 week course, Animas Coaching, Summer/Autumn 24: We are in an era marked by unprecedented complexity, leaders are increasingly facing unique challenges as they navigate the current organisational and global landscape. This course is helping me work together with  leaders to empower them to  thrive in crisis and achieve personal and organisational success. Topics covered have been psychology of leadership, and creating resilience, as the course aims to provide an understanding of exactly what happens when leaders are faced with crisis, our role as coaches'  in navigating this with our clients and exactly how we can adapt our practice to meet the needs of their clients. Speakers have included Simon Cavvicchia, Peter Hawkins, Eric de Haan, Jonathan Passmore, David Clutterbuck and Astrid Korin. 

Further information

The photographs on this website are all artworks of mine, as I'm  a professional artist, working for over twenty years with positive aspects of uncertainty and ambiguity in art. You can follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/catherinejacobsartist/ or visit my art website https://www.catherinejacobs.co.uk 

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