Stories of healing, growth,
& transformation
from Kate’s clients
Real reflections from individuals, families, and practitioners who found clarity, connection, and lasting change through working with Kate
“I don’t fix people. I walk beside them. Together, we listen for what’s ready to shift, what needs to be felt, and what’s waiting to emerge.” – Kate
Explore more stories of how Kate partners with clients to create honest, embodied, and lasting transformation.
“I happened to come across Kate Appleton while looking for a Safe and Sound Protocol practitioner to work with, through SSP and the Unyte program. I had a choice of about 15 different practitioners, but was drawn very much to Kate and her biography and her experience and her background, and in short, it’s just been one of the most remarkable journeys.
I’ve come across many teachers and many masters in my lifetime, and as a practitioner and coach myself, I can identify that in her. Kate has this unique ability to hold this balance of wisdom with humor, like a great aunt or a big sister that I can nestle into and Just be heard and held.
So if you are considering a practitioner, a support, an educator, a sage and all the above, then I cannot recommend Kate highly enough.”
Richard Lubner, South Africa,
former professional tennis player & currently an integrative coach
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“I have been working with Kate for almost 8 years and I can’t express how much she has touched my life"
I initially reached out to her because of her diverse set of creative approaches. Upon meeting her, I was struck by her warmth, sincerity, and willingness. Over time, I have continued to work with Kate because she has been incredibly supportive, present, daring. She has instilled in me a curiosity and willingness to shift perspectives, balance emotions and take action. All along, I have felt that Kate hit an elegant balance between encouraging me, holding my hand and letting me build and walk my own path. She has not held back from challenging me, calling me out when I needed it, yet she also provided the softness and understanding that I needed. She has not only been a therapist but a mentor, a wise ear, a confidant. Kate is not your typical therapist, and she doesn’t fit into any boxes. She is a true gem, and I feel lucky to have crossed paths with her.
– Laligne Anik, BA, DBA Harvard Business School, currently in Amsterdam -
I feel very grateful and blessed to have had the incredible fortune or as one might say “Divine Grace” to have Kate Appleton enter my life as a mentor, coach and guide particularly at one of the most critical and crucial times of my life. She offered me a safe space in which to “rediscover all aspects of myself” and explore the various parts of my “inner family" that were either too dominant and or not being acknowledged. In short, she helped me get in touch with my authentic ME. This was done initially through the medium of the Safe and Sound Protocols (SSP) and Somatic practices and once the SSP course was completed we continued (to present day) exploring my blind spots, learning effective tools and assisting me in up-skilling my coaching of others. All via her patient, loving, deep and personal experiential approach. In short, she has been one of the most influential and authentic “guides” I have had the privilege of working with…and I have worked with many profound masters for more than 30 years.
- Richard Lubner, Coach, S. Africa -
"It’s a real challenge to describe what working with Kate is like using written words. It’s a FEELING. The container Kate creates for her work with you is an oasis of safety, support and compassion. There’s love, guidance and deep understanding of YOU as a human being."
She sees the deepest parts of you that may have been buried for years if not decades. She shines a light on your blind spots and gently guides you to explore them.
Working with Kate I was able to find a way back to my body. To find safety within myself possibly for the first time in my life.
For the first time I truly felt my edges and was able to locate and ground myself in space and that to me is priceless.
- Marta, Life Coach, Poland -
I feel incredibly lucky to have found Kate! As a newly trained SSP provider, I was eager to access experiential mentoring to go through my own SSP listening experience and continue to develop my own knowledge and skills connected to providing SSP services with clients. My expectations were greatly exceeded! Even though we met virtually, I felt supported emotionally through our weekly meetings as well as through email check ins.
Having her as a support to go through the SSP myself was invaluable as during this time I was also experiencing a very challenging family diagnosis, which she graciously and empathetically shared her support with.
Along with the support going through the SSP myself, our weekly meetings also included case analysis, resource sharing and brainstorming about how to most effectively use the SSP with my client population. Engaging in this mentoring experience has greatly increased my confidence, has provided practical and relatable resources and ideas and has given my nervous system more capacity!
I truly feel that everyone who completes the SSP training certificate should be encouraged to access mentoring support, especially with Kate (but I might be biased ;). I plan to continue to connect with Kate to learn from her incredibly vast knowledge, insight and support!
- Faye Fraser, Counselor in Nova Scotia -
"I came across Kate at a time in my life where I was ready for something new and different after having worked with many other coaches, therapists and counsellors. I knew I needed someone that had the depth of wisdom and experience to truly meet me where I was at and was so relieved to have found that in Kate. In such a short space of time I felt seen, heard and believed in a way that cannot be forced or faked. She would continually bring clarity and understanding to our interactions no matter what the content. With a careful touch, Kate crafted an environment that allowed me the time, space and support necessary to work through my own processes. Then at just the right times she would weave her own unique brand of kind and confident guidance to illuminate the next steps of where the path may be leading. In doing so I could always feel the safe container that Kate holds for the work and whoever it encompasses. She is a gifted mentor with a holistic approach to supporting people as entire beings and she does this all with a breath of kind-hearted humour. Definitely a mentor of the highest regard that I would value being in my sphere for years to come."
- Matt A. From Australia (SEP & Somatic Bodyworker) -
“My weekend intensive with Kate was more than I could have ever imagined! It is challenging to put it all into words."
"Safety was established first and foremost and continually during our time together. This helped me to breathe deeper and relax into our time ahead. We set an intention for the weekend and quickly left that intention behind in order to be open to what may come out of our moments together. A weekend of sand tray, expressive arts, somatic experiencing, and reflection opened up my mind, my body, and my heart to things that I had long forgotten and/or tucked away. In three days I was able to uncover and explore more than I have been able to do with past counselors in a year. Kate’s integrated approaches engaged my mind, body, and spirit, helping me to uncover patterns and blocks that have been holding me back for decades. I could have never stepped into these parts of myself without feeling safe and knowing I was in the lead. Kate did a great job letting me lead the way to my own healing.
Kate is an incredible guide and her wisdom is palpable. She encouraged me to be open and curious throughout our weekend together. Little did I know, this openness and curiosity would lead me to feeling whole, alive, and connected — to myself, others, and nature. I left the weekend feeling like a brand new person. I was reborn, seeing the world with new eyes.
My follow-up session allowed me to let the weekend settle in my mind and in my body, in order to fully integrate my takeaways into life. I will forever hold this experience in my heart as a defining moment for my life. I am truly grateful for this experience!”
- Karena H., Ph.D., LPC, ACS, NCC, USA -
“When working with Kate, I value her ability to see us as individuals and as a couple. That she can reflect my partners truth to me and help me appreciate that he is trying. That she can see our relational styles and where they chafe when under stress. She reminds us to use the PAUSE, which is great we need a lot of reminding, old habits and patterns take time to change and need this sort of reminding and space.
Working with Kate has improved my life because it has helped me see how I bring my unhelpful coping strategies to our relationship, and my relationship with my daughter its given me more perspective and agency.
I have recommended Kate to friends because she has a wholistic approach, and is very compassionate and impartial. Her holding is secure.
I like her manner, she is easy to be with. She knows her stuff, there is a sense that she works with this knowledge in her personal life, and is not preaching anything she doesn’t practice. I appreciate her humanity and humility and clarity.”
– Anne, therapist, UK -
“In my forty years of teaching interns in my approach to karmic astrology using Carl Jung’s philosophic foundation, I rarely found a student with such an integrated knowledge of Jungian psychology and spirituality. Then I found Kate Appleton. She not only had the knowledge and experience as a psychotherapist, she was open to expanding her horizons to learn what I had to teach. She has been a dedicated student throughout our twelve- year history. She uses karmic astrology as a precious tool in her ever- expanding tool box to assist her clients in becoming aware of their mind, body and soul.
It is said that students teach their teachers more than the teachers can ever share with their students. That is certainly true of our relationship. She has become my friend and colleague as well as my student. We have collaborated on many clients using our specialized skills in enhancing our clients’ progress.”
– Linda Brady, M.S – Co-founder of Partners for Karmic Freedom, Inc. -
“The things I value most about working with Kate are her incredibly accurate intuition and her directness, which enable her to hone in and make progress significantly faster."
My life has improved dramatically in just the last 5 months since I started working with Kate. Throughout my life, I have had anxiety, difficulties with sleep, and emotional traumas.
Already, I have experienced tremendous results. Not only do I have less anxiety than I ever have before, but now I also have a deep sense of peace. I now fall asleep easily, sleep soundly through the night, and wake up feeling refreshed. I have better boundaries which extends to a multitude of areas and situations. She has helped me understand, process, and reframe the emotional traumas I experienced.
Those are just the highlights. I could write several pages detailing the positive shifts I have experienced because of my work with Kate. I am excited to see what further progress I will experience through our continued work, likely things that I can’t even imagine right now!”
– Meghan M. -
“I have been so pleased to collaborate with Kate! I referred my client to her several months ago for an intensive therapeutic retreat, and the results have been astounding!"
I especially appreciate Kate’s thorough and professional assessment and treatment planning process, and her willingness to coordinate and communicate all aspects of follow up therapeutic care.
Kate provided a detailed case report after the retreat which was so helpful in processing with my client upon her follow up treatment with me. My client has been very excited to receive this specialized care, while maintaining her therapy with me, especially knowing we maintain a collaborative relationship. Kate is creative, compassionate, and competent on so many levels, and as a therapist I have so appreciated her expertise and ability to provide this specialized treatment for my client, while collaborating and honoring the ongoing therapeutic process my client has with me. I look forward to referring future clients to her!
– Sarah Massie, Therapist, USA -
“Kate approaches her clients with utter kindness and a true absence of judgement."
She is gentle and accepting, and her extensive knowledge of the mind body connection creates paths to progress and healing that are powerful yet simple. She has taught me so many effective techniques for dealing with anxiety I truly see the experience in a different way. One of the greatest benefits of the work I have done with Kate is the deep understanding and acceptance of self that I have acquired; which has brought openness to my life and greatly affects how I feel daily, as well as how I respond to others and the world we live in.
– Anonymous Client -
“What I value most about working with Kate, is that she steers me back to the point, and she mirrors points back to me. She is direct and gets to the nub of things – she explains what is behind things & is clear.
Kate has helped me to see more clearly some of the issues I have. I can handle things better, modify my response, think about where my reaction comes from, and take a ‘pause’.
She has helped me find clarity on why and from where some of my responses come from. Kate is very much like a friend and mentor. Her wisdom, clarity and insight are remarkable.”
– Simon, UK -
“I moved to Charlottesville for a new job and initially reached out to Kate because I was experiencing a lot of stress. I connected with Katherine right away. I was a bit of mess that first session and she was so kind. She listened, validated my feelings and didn’t judge. She also suggested some concrete ways I could start reducing the stress. Where we started and where we are now is like night and day. Kate has helped me dig deeper and understand myself in ways I never anticipated. I use something she has shared with me almost every day and the result has been a more peaceful, intentional, purpose-driven life. I laugh sometimes because I was just looking for less stress and have gotten so much more. Kate is compassionate, trustworthy, honest, and totally dedicated to helping people reach their highest potential. I am truly grateful for her wisdom and guidance. Our work together has made a tremendous difference in my life.”
– Sue G.
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“I have been working with Kate for almost 8 years and I can’t express how much she has touched my life"
I initially reached out to her because of her diverse set of creative approaches. Upon meeting her, I was struck by her warmth, sincerity, and willingness. Over time, I have continued to work with Kate because she has been incredibly supportive, present, daring. She has instilled in me a curiosity and willingness to shift perspectives, balance emotions and take action. All along, I have felt that Kate hit an elegant balance between encouraging me, holding my hand and letting me build and walk my own path. She has not held back from challenging me, calling me out when I needed it, yet she also provided the softness and understanding that I needed. She has not only been a therapist but a mentor, a wise ear, a confidant. Kate is not your typical therapist, and she doesn’t fit into any boxes. She is a true gem, and I feel lucky to have crossed paths with her.
– Laligne Anik, BA, DBA Harvard Business School, currently in Amsterdam -
I feel very grateful and blessed to have had the incredible fortune or as one might say “Divine Grace” to have Kate Appleton enter my life as a mentor, coach and guide particularly at one of the most critical and crucial times of my life. She offered me a safe space in which to “rediscover all aspects of myself” and explore the various parts of my “inner family" that were either too dominant and or not being acknowledged. In short, she helped me get in touch with my authentic ME. This was done initially through the medium of the Safe and Sound Protocols (SSP) and Somatic practices and once the SSP course was completed we continued (to present day) exploring my blind spots, learning effective tools and assisting me in up-skilling my coaching of others. All via her patient, loving, deep and personal experiential approach. In short, she has been one of the most influential and authentic “guides” I have had the privilege of working with…and I have worked with many profound masters for more than 30 years.
- Richard Lubner, Coach, S. Africa -
"It’s a real challenge to describe what working with Kate is like using written words. It’s a FEELING. The container Kate creates for her work with you is an oasis of safety, support and compassion. There’s love, guidance and deep understanding of YOU as a human being."
She sees the deepest parts of you that may have been buried for years if not decades. She shines a light on your blind spots and gently guides you to explore them.
Working with Kate I was able to find a way back to my body. To find safety within myself possibly for the first time in my life.
For the first time I truly felt my edges and was able to locate and ground myself in space and that to me is priceless.
- Marta, Life Coach, Poland -
I feel incredibly lucky to have found Kate! As a newly trained SSP provider, I was eager to access experiential mentoring to go through my own SSP listening experience and continue to develop my own knowledge and skills connected to providing SSP services with clients. My expectations were greatly exceeded! Even though we met virtually, I felt supported emotionally through our weekly meetings as well as through email check ins.
Having her as a support to go through the SSP myself was invaluable as during this time I was also experiencing a very challenging family diagnosis, which she graciously and empathetically shared her support with.
Along with the support going through the SSP myself, our weekly meetings also included case analysis, resource sharing and brainstorming about how to most effectively use the SSP with my client population. Engaging in this mentoring experience has greatly increased my confidence, has provided practical and relatable resources and ideas and has given my nervous system more capacity!
I truly feel that everyone who completes the SSP training certificate should be encouraged to access mentoring support, especially with Kate (but I might be biased ;). I plan to continue to connect with Kate to learn from her incredibly vast knowledge, insight and support!
- Faye Fraser, Counselor in Nova Scotia -
"I came across Kate at a time in my life where I was ready for something new and different after having worked with many other coaches, therapists and counsellors. I knew I needed someone that had the depth of wisdom and experience to truly meet me where I was at and was so relieved to have found that in Kate. In such a short space of time I felt seen, heard and believed in a way that cannot be forced or faked. She would continually bring clarity and understanding to our interactions no matter what the content. With a careful touch, Kate crafted an environment that allowed me the time, space and support necessary to work through my own processes. Then at just the right times she would weave her own unique brand of kind and confident guidance to illuminate the next steps of where the path may be leading. In doing so I could always feel the safe container that Kate holds for the work and whoever it encompasses. She is a gifted mentor with a holistic approach to supporting people as entire beings and she does this all with a breath of kind-hearted humour. Definitely a mentor of the highest regard that I would value being in my sphere for years to come."
- Matt A. From Australia (SEP & Somatic Bodyworker) -
“My weekend intensive with Kate was more than I could have ever imagined! It is challenging to put it all into words."
"Safety was established first and foremost and continually during our time together. This helped me to breathe deeper and relax into our time ahead. We set an intention for the weekend and quickly left that intention behind in order to be open to what may come out of our moments together. A weekend of sand tray, expressive arts, somatic experiencing, and reflection opened up my mind, my body, and my heart to things that I had long forgotten and/or tucked away. In three days I was able to uncover and explore more than I have been able to do with past counselors in a year. Kate’s integrated approaches engaged my mind, body, and spirit, helping me to uncover patterns and blocks that have been holding me back for decades. I could have never stepped into these parts of myself without feeling safe and knowing I was in the lead. Kate did a great job letting me lead the way to my own healing.
Kate is an incredible guide and her wisdom is palpable. She encouraged me to be open and curious throughout our weekend together. Little did I know, this openness and curiosity would lead me to feeling whole, alive, and connected — to myself, others, and nature. I left the weekend feeling like a brand new person. I was reborn, seeing the world with new eyes.
My follow-up session allowed me to let the weekend settle in my mind and in my body, in order to fully integrate my takeaways into life. I will forever hold this experience in my heart as a defining moment for my life. I am truly grateful for this experience!”
- Karena H., Ph.D., LPC, ACS, NCC, USA -
“When working with Kate, I value her ability to see us as individuals and as a couple. That she can reflect my partners truth to me and help me appreciate that he is trying. That she can see our relational styles and where they chafe when under stress. She reminds us to use the PAUSE, which is great we need a lot of reminding, old habits and patterns take time to change and need this sort of reminding and space.
Working with Kate has improved my life because it has helped me see how I bring my unhelpful coping strategies to our relationship, and my relationship with my daughter its given me more perspective and agency.
I have recommended Kate to friends because she has a wholistic approach, and is very compassionate and impartial. Her holding is secure.
I like her manner, she is easy to be with. She knows her stuff, there is a sense that she works with this knowledge in her personal life, and is not preaching anything she doesn’t practice. I appreciate her humanity and humility and clarity.”
– Anne, therapist, UK -
“In my forty years of teaching interns in my approach to karmic astrology using Carl Jung’s philosophic foundation, I rarely found a student with such an integrated knowledge of Jungian psychology and spirituality. Then I found Kate Appleton. She not only had the knowledge and experience as a psychotherapist, she was open to expanding her horizons to learn what I had to teach. She has been a dedicated student throughout our twelve- year history. She uses karmic astrology as a precious tool in her ever- expanding tool box to assist her clients in becoming aware of their mind, body and soul.
It is said that students teach their teachers more than the teachers can ever share with their students. That is certainly true of our relationship. She has become my friend and colleague as well as my student. We have collaborated on many clients using our specialized skills in enhancing our clients’ progress.”
– Linda Brady, M.S – Co-founder of Partners for Karmic Freedom, Inc. -
“The things I value most about working with Kate are her incredibly accurate intuition and her directness, which enable her to hone in and make progress significantly faster."
My life has improved dramatically in just the last 5 months since I started working with Kate. Throughout my life, I have had anxiety, difficulties with sleep, and emotional traumas.
Already, I have experienced tremendous results. Not only do I have less anxiety than I ever have before, but now I also have a deep sense of peace. I now fall asleep easily, sleep soundly through the night, and wake up feeling refreshed. I have better boundaries which extends to a multitude of areas and situations. She has helped me understand, process, and reframe the emotional traumas I experienced.
Those are just the highlights. I could write several pages detailing the positive shifts I have experienced because of my work with Kate. I am excited to see what further progress I will experience through our continued work, likely things that I can’t even imagine right now!”
– Meghan M. -
“I have been so pleased to collaborate with Kate! I referred my client to her several months ago for an intensive therapeutic retreat, and the results have been astounding!"
I especially appreciate Kate’s thorough and professional assessment and treatment planning process, and her willingness to coordinate and communicate all aspects of follow up therapeutic care.
Kate provided a detailed case report after the retreat which was so helpful in processing with my client upon her follow up treatment with me. My client has been very excited to receive this specialized care, while maintaining her therapy with me, especially knowing we maintain a collaborative relationship. Kate is creative, compassionate, and competent on so many levels, and as a therapist I have so appreciated her expertise and ability to provide this specialized treatment for my client, while collaborating and honoring the ongoing therapeutic process my client has with me. I look forward to referring future clients to her!
– Sarah Massie, Therapist, USA -
“Kate approaches her clients with utter kindness and a true absence of judgement."
She is gentle and accepting, and her extensive knowledge of the mind body connection creates paths to progress and healing that are powerful yet simple. She has taught me so many effective techniques for dealing with anxiety I truly see the experience in a different way. One of the greatest benefits of the work I have done with Kate is the deep understanding and acceptance of self that I have acquired; which has brought openness to my life and greatly affects how I feel daily, as well as how I respond to others and the world we live in.
– Anonymous Client -
“What I value most about working with Kate, is that she steers me back to the point, and she mirrors points back to me. She is direct and gets to the nub of things – she explains what is behind things & is clear.
Kate has helped me to see more clearly some of the issues I have. I can handle things better, modify my response, think about where my reaction comes from, and take a ‘pause’.
She has helped me find clarity on why and from where some of my responses come from. Kate is very much like a friend and mentor. Her wisdom, clarity and insight are remarkable.”
– Simon, UK -
“I moved to Charlottesville for a new job and initially reached out to Kate because I was experiencing a lot of stress. I connected with Katherine right away. I was a bit of mess that first session and she was so kind. She listened, validated my feelings and didn’t judge. She also suggested some concrete ways I could start reducing the stress. Where we started and where we are now is like night and day. Kate has helped me dig deeper and understand myself in ways I never anticipated. I use something she has shared with me almost every day and the result has been a more peaceful, intentional, purpose-driven life. I laugh sometimes because I was just looking for less stress and have gotten so much more. Kate is compassionate, trustworthy, honest, and totally dedicated to helping people reach their highest potential. I am truly grateful for her wisdom and guidance. Our work together has made a tremendous difference in my life.”
– Sue G.