Catrin MacMahon

MSc Psychology | BWRT® |

Neural Coaching

My work comes down to one thing: helping people find their way back to the part of themselves that was there before the blocks formed – clear, capable and free to unfold.

My Story

I know these patterns from my own experience. Early on I learned to hold back – a pattern that later held me back at work, especially when things were going well, to the point of complete exhaustion. It was only years later that I understood: it wasn’t me, it was an old protective pattern that had never been updated.

“The most moving moment in my work is when someone realises that they are not the problem – the pattern is, and that change becomes possible because of it.”

Discovering BWRT® changed a lot for me: for the first time, change was possible right at the source of the reaction, without staying endlessly in the past.

I studied psychology at the University of Hamburg and went on to train further in neuroscience, systemic coaching and mindful photography. Photography still travels with me – a tool for noticing where we place our focus and what we overlook. I live in Noordhoek near Cape Town and work online with English- and German-speaking clients worldwide.

BWRT® – REGISTERED & QUALIFIED

BWRT Registered Practitioner – Level One BWRT Registered Practitioner – Level Two BWRT Transformational Coaching – Master Coach

What I believe

You are not the problem. The patterns that hold you back formed for good reasons – at a time when they made sense. They protected you. This isn’t about “fixing” you – it’s about updating the programming that no longer fits.

Insight alone rarely changes anything. Understanding why you do something is useful. But the pattern sits beyond the conscious mind – in the part of the brain that runs on autopilot. That’s where the real work happens.

You don’t have to relive it. We don’t need to dig through the past to change the present. With the right tools we can work directly at the source – without reopening old wounds.

Change feels like freedom. When a neural loop is finally broken, clients don’t describe it as an improvement. They describe it as relief – as if trapped energy has finally been released. That moment is why I do this work.

 

Background

Qualifications & Training

 

MSc Psychology. University of Hamburg 2001 – 2007
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Conflict Management Training South African College of Psychology 2010

Structural Alignment Life Coaching Training SA Coaching 2012

BWRT® Level 1 General Psychopathology BWRT® Institute 2016

BWRT® Level 2 Psychology of Identity and Behaviour BWRT® Institute 2016

BB4B – BroadBand for the Brain® – using the physical brain pathways to make changes in the physical body. Essex Institute 2016

WSN – Level 2 Practitioner – WSN (Warriors, Setters & Nomads) a modern, dynamic energetic form of parts work. Essex Institute 2017

BWRT® Level 3 Psychophysiology (Mind & Body) BWRT® Institute 2017

BWRT® Transformational Coaching BWRT® Institute 2018

Capra Course, Fall 2018 – understanding the nature of our systemic problems and recognising the systemic solutions that individuals and organisations are developing worldwide. https://www.capracourse.net/

Training Program “Guided Solo Experience in Nature” November 2019, Mallorca. Iacone GmbH Systemic Consulting & Coaching

PnP Host Training (Warm Data) – warm data is contextual and relational information about complex systems. International Bateson Institute 2020.

Ecotherapy Online Training The Earthbody Institute, USA 2020.

The Ancestral Healing Journey – online intensive on the principles and practices for working with ancestral trauma. Thomas Huebl, Academy of Inner Science (in training)

Mindful Photography Training Look Again®, UK 2023