Kate is the founder and director of The InnerMe Project, delivering specialist consultancy and training to services across the UK. She is a Sensory and Behaviour Specialist with over 19 years’ experience supporting children, families and the systems around them where life is complex.
Kate has worked extensively across education, social care and family support services, supporting children experiencing trauma, neurodivergence, burnout and high levels of distress, alongside the professionals responsible for managing risk, safety and outcomes in high-pressure environments. She brings clinical expertise combined with system-level insight to her consultancy and training.
Kate understands the cumulative impact of emotional load, decision fatigue and relational stress on professional practice and recognises that burnout is rarely the result of insufficient skill or commitment, but of prolonged exposure to dysregulating systems without adequate regulatory support. The Regulation Rhythm™ was originally developed to support children and families. Kate later identified that the same regulatory principles were essential for professionals, leading to the development of training that strengthens professional presence, judgement and safety across services.
This work reduces risk, stabilises practice and supports safer outcomes, enabling services to sustain effective support under pressure.
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Our mission is to support families and professionals in understanding what behaviour is truly communicating by looking beneath the surface and recognising the body’s role in every response. We believe that behaviour is not a problem to be fixed, but a message to be understood. By helping adults decode these messages, we shift the focus from compliance and control to curiosity, safety, and connection.
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We guide caregivers and educators in understanding the critical role of interoception, sensory processing, and nervous system regulation in shaping how children experience the world. When adults can recognise signs of sensory overload, stress, and internal dysregulation, they are better equipped to reduce burnout, meltdowns, shutdowns, and masking. Rather than asking, “What’s wrong?” we encourage the question, “What does this child’s body need right now?”
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Through a body-first, nervous-system aware approach, we provide practical, compassionate strategies that prioritise felt safety and co-regulation. Our work helps rebuild connection between adults and children in ways that are sustainable, authentic, and grounded in mutual respect. We believe that behaviour is bodily, regulation is relational, and meaningful support must always be sensory-aware, because when children feel safe in their bodies and relationships, they can truly thrive.