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Catherine Cooley
Communication, Empathy & Conflict Coach and Certified Trainer
Catherine Cooley is a communication coach, trainer, conflict mediator, facilitator, speaker, founder of Peaceabl, and a Certified Trainer through the Center for Nonviolent Communication.
Catherine is the Empathy Sequencing expert who cut her teeth teaching empathy to male inmates in federal prison; now she gives business teams and leaders who dread their workplace a reliable way to resolve differences, restore trust and build an empathic culture.
She applies the consciousness and skills of Nonviolent and Compassionate Communication (NVC), a model used by organizations worldwide for
- Empathic and psychologically safe culture building,
- Emotional Intelligence awareness,
- Conflict resolution,
- Relationship transformation,
- Team building
- Values and mission alignment.
She has facilitated workshops in federal prison for the Alternative to Violence Project. She trained workshop participants in non-violent communication, active listening, empathy, collaborative problem solving, authentic self expression, conflict transformation, leadership and community building.
Catherine co-developed second generation Active Peace Circles (APC), a Restorative Justice circle process for resolving and repairing community and organizational conflicts with a needs-based lens. She has brought Restorative Justice processes to two international Buddhist communities.
She is a member of Rotary International E-Club of World Peace, and Mediators Beyond Borders International.
Catherine lives in Southern California and has a long time passion for peace, environmental sustainability and spiritual inquiry. She loves going to the beach and mountains, and attends gatherings that revitalize her sense of “the human village” - live theater, council circles, farmers markets, Family Camp, retreats, dance events and community song circles.