Emotional Intelligence Coach
EQ coaching for finance and corporate professionals — so you can lead with clarity, not fumes.
Not therapy. The work builds a way to switch off.
Confidential. No obligation. No HR report.
Years of Experience
Countries
Years in Corporate Finance
About Katerina
Before coaching, I spent 10 years in corporate finance. I know what month-end feels like from the inside — the deadlines, the precision culture, the unwritten rule that emotions stay at home. So I'll say the thing no one told you: the exhaustion, the 2am mind that won't switch off, the edge in your voice by 7pm — you can't out-analyse it. It's not an intelligence problem. It's a regulation one.
That's the work. Psychology-backed, evidence-based, drawn from established frameworks — no pseudoscience, no motivational fluff. Not to make you softer. To make you steadier: someone the pressure runs through, not someone the pressure runs.
Who I Work With
You may recognise yourself in more than one of these. The common thread is high pressure, high responsibility, and a mind that stays switched on long after the day ends.
CFOs, controllers, analysts and fund professionals carrying quarter-end pressure, regulatory deadlines and a culture where showing strain feels like weakness.
Leaders carrying the whole company on their shoulders — every decision, every risk — who can't afford to run on empty but don't know how to stop.
Leaders responsible for other people's performance who need to give feedback, handle conflict and stay steady when everyone is looking at them.
Professionals changing roles, industries or countries who want to arrive at the next chapter with capacity — not on fumes.
Why Emotional Intelligence?
It's not about staying calm all the time or never feeling pressure. It's about what happens next.
It's the difference between snapping at your team at 7pm on the last day of the quarter — and noticing the edge in your voice before it lands.
Between rereading a critical email six times over the weekend — and answering it once, on Monday, without the churn.
Between lying awake at 2am because your brain won't stop — and actually being able to switch off.
Between coming home so drained that your family gets the leftovers of you — and having something left when you walk through the door.
Between a difficult conversation you've postponed for three months — and one you can actually have this week.
The pressure doesn't disappear. You stop being run by it.
Baseline — we identify the pressure patterns that keep you switched on.
Focus — we choose the one situation costing you the most right now.
Practice — you build a response you can use in the next real conversation.
The Method
My proprietary 4-pillar system for lasting emotional transformation.
Awareness
Develop self-awareness through somatic sensing and emotional mapping.
Responsibility
Take radical responsibility for your emotional responses.
Mastery
Calm your nervous system and process difficult emotions.
Connection
Authentic communication and empathic listening.
Transformations
My clients work in roles where discretion matters. Testimonials are shared only with written permission, and names are withheld at the client's request.
"I walked into coaching with one question that was bothering me: was pursuing this promotion really the right move for me and was I actually committed to it or just curious? What shifted wasn't a strategy for getting the role. It was finally understanding my own motivations. What used to feel like an interesting possibility became a goal I'm pursuing with real determination. And beyond the career piece I got something I didn't expect - clarity on what is actually important to me. That turned out to matter just as much. If you're weighing coaching: clarity changes everything. Once you know what really matters, decisions get easier and progress speeds up."
"I used to replay conversations for hours after they'd already ended, rehearsing what I should have said, running worst-case scenarios that never happened. Work would 'end' and my mind just kept going without me. What changed wasn't that I stopped thinking a lot, I still do and I don't want that to go away. What changed is I can now tell the difference between thinking that's actually useful and my mind just spinning in place with nowhere to land. That distinction alone has probably given me back a hundred nights of sleep. This wasn't 'calm down' advice. It felt more like learning to actually switch something off, not just think my way past it. I finish my day now and I'm genuinely done with it."
"Every time I closed one business, I was already opening the next. I called it drive. I went into our 1:1 sessions expecting tactics for managing my time better. Instead I finally saw what I'd been performing for every time I filled the space with another venture. In reality, some part of me believed I had to keep achieving to deserve rest, deserve love, deserve to just be. That was the real work. No judgement. No force. I finally got space to actually think again. I noticed I stopped running every decision through the version of myself that never rests. I now got clarity about who I am outside the role I play and that completely changed how I lead. You're not just a coach, you're a partner in figuring out the life, not just the business."
Investment
Single Session
€200
A powerful 60-minute deep-dive for breakthrough clarity.
8 Weeks
€1,400
The complete journey through my CORE framework.
6 Months
€4,200
White-glove support for executives.
Questions
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own emotions while also being able to recognize, understand, and influence the emotions of others. It's a skill that can be developed and has been proven to be more important than IQ for success in life and work.
While therapy often focuses on healing past wounds, EQ coaching is forward-focused and action-oriented. We work on developing practical skills for emotional mastery, communication, and leadership. I help you build new capabilities rather than process trauma (though the two can complement each other).
Most clients report noticeable shifts within the first 2-3 sessions. However, lasting transformation typically occurs over 8-12 weeks of consistent practice. The CORE Transformation program is designed for sustainable, long-term change.
Yes! I work with clients worldwide via video call. I've coached individuals in over 30 countries. Sessions are conducted in English, and I accommodate various time zones.
Each 60-minute session includes check-in, focused coaching on your current challenge, practical exercises, and action steps. We use a combination of neuroscience-based techniques, somatic practices, and evidence-based coaching methods tailored to your needs.
Yes. Everything we discuss is private. Client names never appear in my marketing without written permission, and NDAs are welcome. Discretion is part of the work.
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll discuss your goals, challenges, and how EQ coaching can help you achieve the breakthrough you're looking for.
No pressure. No pitch. Just clarity.