Coach Kate McNulty

Kate McNulty coaches individuals and organizations in achieving greater satisfaction and creativity.  She is a member of Northwest Coaches Association.  Her approach includes an array of tools based in research from the behavioral and social sciences, combined with imaginative thinking and optimism.  The breadth and depth of her professional training and life experience allow her to work in an extremely focused and efficient way, getting to the heart of the matter and yielding substantial results.  Her professional and personal information follow.

Professional Background

I have been helping people grow for over 25 years.  I have been in private practice as a clinical social worker since 2000, and made the transition to coaching in 2003.  I work with people on a variety on goals, including:

• refining social skills and emotional intelligence
• developing judgment and making well-informed decisions
• finding career satisfaction
• habit change toward increased health and wellness
• improving relationships with intimates, friends, family and colleagues

• entrepreneurship

• leadership

Business Coaching

I also provide business coaching, particularly to health care and creative professionals.  I have consulted on:

• Ways to develop effective collaborative relationships within organizations; role definition and clarification; bringing together divergent perspectives
• Techniques for dealing with recruitment and retention concerns; I have done about 20,000 interviews over the years and have precise skills in this area.  I have also supervised a wide array of personnel in extremely demanding circumstances.
• Using emotional intelligence research in supervising teamwork and managing transitions
• Entrepreneurial, financial, organizational, self-promotion and business-building skills for self-employment

Prior to establishing a private practice, I spent twenty years supervising teams in a psychiatric ER and various crisis centers.  I had many opportunities to observe the human capacity to cope with change and to navigate difficult circumstances.  I am very interested in helping clients develop the qualities and habits that can give them greater resilience, which translates to greater happiness and fulfillment.

Personal Interests
 

My interests beyond my work life include singing for pleasure; lifting weights at a funky old gym in my neighborhood, populated by many serious bodybuilders; making art; growing old-fashioned roses; reading like a fiend; and enjoying my two children as a full-time single parent.  I have a huge cartoon collection, and love to learn about language and the derivation of words.  I play the accordion, badly.

Articles by Kate:

Relationship Advice Coaching -- Boundaries and Dating

Relationship Counseling -- Using Conflict to Build Closer Relationships

Personal Coach for a Woman -- Appreciation of the Body in Everyday Life

Notes from a Portland Oregon Career Coach

Leadership Executive Coaching

Business Entrepreneur Coaching

Presentation Coaching

Personal Growth Coach on Getting Rid of Fear of Risk

Life Skills Coach on Goal-Setting

Life Change Coaching - Goal-Setting Part II