About me
Hello! I’m Kata, and I’m the face behind ALCHEME.
I’m not usually one for the spotlight, but I know how important chemistry and connection are in a successful therapist-client relationship. So I created this section to tell you a little bit more about me, my personal story, and how I came to do what I do.
Scroll down to read on, and if you think we might be a good fit and you’d like to work with me, simply click the button below to schedule a free consultation.
MY STORYI’m a certified Hypnotherapist, Rapid Transformational Therapist, and Life Coach, and I’m the founder of ALCHEME. But that’s not where my story started…
Change is the only constant
l've experienced a lot of change and transformation in my nearly four decades on this planet, both on an internal and external level…
I’ve moved countries (and cultures), changed jobs and even career paths more times than most people do in their entire lifetimes.
I’ve been happily single, had long, healthy relationships, and survived some highly toxic ones, as well as a few tough break-ups.
I’ve personally experienced health challenges, physical and emotional pain, trauma, addiction, burnout, depression and anxiety.
And I’m grateful to have come out the other end of all of it - in one piece, and perhaps even a little wiser.
I believe that having gone through, survived and grown from all of these challenges and experiences is what makes me a better therapist, able to serve my clients in the best, most empathetic way possible.
Turning our wounds into wisdom
I’ve worked a lot (and continue to work) on my own patterns, on cultivating confidence and self-love, learning to set healthy boundaries, reparenting my inner child, overcoming my fear of failure (and of success), recovering from perfectionism and people-pleasing, the list goes on…
We’re all only human.
And that means we’re forever a perfectly-imperfect, messy, beautiful, work-in-progress. But I can tell you from experience, that the more work we do, the closer we can get to that inner balance, peace and contentment we’re all looking for. It’s 100% worth it.
Why I do what I do
My own healing journey is what led me into the field of coaching, hypnotherapy and RTT®.
I’ve personally experimented with and experienced many different healing modalities, therapies and approaches, from traditional psychotherapy, NLP, hypnotherapy and RTT®, to meditation, breathwork, EFT, plant medicines, shamanism and energy healing… to name a few.
After a decade-long career as a marketeer and brand consultant, which transported me around the globe from London to Asia to Amsterdam, I found myself in a full-blown mid-pandemic burnout-identity-crisis: I felt lost, stuck and miserable. I appeared to “have it all”… and yet I didn’t feel happy. So I asked myself what it was I truly wanted, who I am and why I’m here, and I began searching for answers.
And while I didn’t know precisely how at the time, what I did know was that I wanted to ‘help people’. To be part of the solution, not the problem. I want to help people be their best selves and live their best lives… because I believe the world would be a better place if we all did.
One year (and a lot of inner work) later, I finally quit my job, moved to Mexico (that’s a story for another day) and began to pursue my qualifications in Coaching and RTT®.
Fast forward to today, three years, several certifications, and many more enriching and expanding life experiences later, I can honestly say - I’ve never once looked back.
How can I help you?
Do I have all the answers? Of course not.
But I can provide you with the right tools, support and guidance to help you dive into your subconscious in order to find your own answers there, quicker.
If this is something you’d like to explore, let’s chat!