Kathy is amazing! I was going through a tough time, and decided to turn to Yelp to find a life coach. I was not disappointed. Kathy not only helped me get through a difficult time, she was able to help bring out the best in me and go way beyond what I thought was possible. She gave me useful tips and tricks that helped me bring clarity and set goals. She is an excellent listener, and has that rare ability to offer advise without ever being judgmental. Her kind and down-to-earth personality immediately put me at ease. She also has a great sense of humor. I am so very happy I worked with her as she truly helped me transform my life. I could not recommend her more highly. read more

When I first reached out to Kathy, I was a little hesitant. I was feeling very low and stuck, and didn't know if anyone or anything could truly help me. A few months later, I am feeling uplifted and have gained a sense of clarity. Although external challenges still exist, Kathy has helped me develop the confidence and tools to navigate anything. During our last session, reflecting all the way back to our first together, it dawned on me how truly transformative the experience was. It was so subtle and simple. She challenged me to work through difficult conversations, but provided the comfortable, nurturing, safe space to do so. I only wish my time with her didn't have to come to an end, as I really looked forward to meeting with her each week. read more

Kathy is an incredible woman and life coach. Six months ago, I encountered tough challenges in life and decided to look for help. I found Kathy on Yelp and read her philosophy of coaching on her website. Her view of life is so beautiful and resonates with me very much. At the time, I felt so desperate​ and wanted to make a positive change in my relationship and life. Believe what, after I reached out to Kathy and talked to her on the phone about my situation, I felt much better immediately​. She is such a great listener. Throughout our work together, Kathy helped me understand that to improve my relationship with anyone around me, I need to start with building a healthy and happy relationship with myself first. She guided me to figure out ways that help me to be centered. She led​ me to a wonderland that I could live confidently without carrying​ other people's expectation, judgment​, and shame. She also showed me that I'm capable of empowering people around me. I feel so fortunate that I met Kathy in that tough period of my life. She taught me skills that are useful for the rest of my life. Now I have a deeper understanding of my feelings, mind, and body. I become less judgemental​ of myself and others. ​I have more confidence in navigating my life with ease and calmness. Kathy helped me see that happiness is a choice. read more

Kathy Jacobson is the best couples coach I have ever been to. My husband and I began seeing her when our marriage was in crisis...actually close to crumbling. In 6 weeks she helped us turn it around to a point we could really focus on the real issues. I honestly did not think it was possible to fix what was broken in our marriage but I was wrong. In Kathy's capable hands she guided our marriage to a place of health and vitality. I'm not going to lie and say it was easy because it was not. It was excruciating at times but Kathy hung in there with us and helped us see the problems and show us how to fix it. The key to any good couples counseling is a great coach and willing partners. You both have to be willing to do the work and get through the tough and uncomfortable parts. Kathy never gave up on us even when I wanted to. She had a unique way of honoring each person in the room without playing favorites...a problem I had experienced with other counselors. Kathy saw us both as individuals first and as a couple second. She showed us we had to be good with our own issues first before we could heal our marriage. I am so grateful she came into my life and 10 years later our marriage is stronger than ever thanks to the year we spent working with her. If you are in need of help getting your marriage back on track or better yet going to the next level...Kathy can do that for you with love, honesty and compassion. read more

I spent ten years struggling with pretty severe digestive challenges, and tried every traditional Western method in the book - and much to the consternation of my doctors, we found ways to relieve some symptoms but could never successfully identify a root cause. I began a course of massage with Kathy somewhat reluctantly - I'd never felt comfortable in my body, and wasn't too sure I wanted to feel into myself. One of Kathy's many talents is her ability to help you feel safe at home in yourself - and within a few sessions I was noticing tremendous improvements: for the first time I could eat all the foods I'd been avoiding for the past ten years. It was nothing short of miraculous and yet made perfect sense: Thanks to a combination of counseling, massage, relaxation, and visualization, I discovered I had been tensing muscles around my whole digestive tract for years without realizing I'd been holding them - and it was thanks to Kathy that I released all that (along with the psychological baggage coming along with it). Kathy has a unique ability to unite the physical and metaphysical in ways I never knew were possible - and above all, she helped me see for the first time that my body is my friend, not my foe. It is not remotely hyperbolic to say that our work has completely changed my life. read more

This review is long overdue. I went to Kathy Jacobson seeking advice on career transitioning. We discussed my motivations for wanting to change my work and naturally, we began to talk about my overall life goals. Kathy helped me "bite-size" my goals so that they became more manageable. She did this by setting up smaller but attainable milestones. She also taught me how to effectively communicate. This means that I had to learn to ask for things, even if I didn't think I could get them. And, she helped me develop statements to assert myself in situations in which I had difficulty in expressing myself. Kathy is skilled at helping people find new ways of re-examining old or ongoing situations. She helped me tap into a higher form of situational awareness that has changed how I make every decision. Kathy is incredibly intuitive, intelligent, helpful, open, centered and she has a great sense of humor. You can throw any situation at her and she will help you craft a better, more positive understanding of how to deal with it. I give Kathy Jacobson my highest recommendation for career and life coaching. She is a phenomenal person, and her coaching is the best investment you can make in yourself. read more

I can't recommend Kathy enough. We worked together in 2016 when I needed some help dealing with personal and career challenges, and it was a life-changing experience. I felt totally at ease with her from our initial consultation, and working with her is like talking something through with a friend. She helped my break down the problems I was facing and prioritize what really mattered to me. In a fairly short amount of time we were able to solve the issues I wanted to address, and she gave me the tools to handle almost anything that is thrown my way. I still refer to the notes from our conversations on a weekly basis and the advice is rock solid. There's a reason Kathy has all these 5 star reviews, she's fantastic. I really look forward to working with her again in the future. read more

I truly enjoyed getting to know and work with Kathy. I spent 3 months with her learning more about myself and how to improve in ways I was struggling, with relationships, work, and family. She gave me a handful of tools that I could "go to" when I need them, which I am now using daily. I feel more grounded and closer to my true self, less reactionary. I am setting intentions for how I want my time spent with people or in specific situations and interactions. Her level of compassion and the fact that she is super approachable, relatable, and down-to-earth makes her a great partner to do this self-discovery work with! read more

My friend says this and I agree: If you are like me, busy, stressed out and burned out, and if you are like me, shoulders and back aching and feeling mighty tired all the time, and if you're like me, feeling lost and confused, Kathy is your answer. She helped me so much (I know it's gonna sound corny, and I hate corny) in body, mind and soul. Really. I'm not saying she does magic, like "poof!" and you get better, instead, she helps you understand how your mind and body is connected, and gives you tools so you can work on your stuff. A rare gem. Oh, wait, did I mention she has a truly healing touch? I've been seeing Kathy for almost a year and every time, I come out feeling so much better and happier. read more

Kathy is an amazing woman with fantastic life coaching skills for all walks of life. Kathy assisted me with organizing my home office which led to organization in other areas of my life. Instead of my home office being a comfortable place to work, it was a room with stacks of papers, white walls and furniture that was disorganized. For some reason I had a block of not getting this room together. Kathy worked with me starting with the basics: (1) visualizing how I wanted my office to look and feel, (2) then taking care of the easy stuff first, and (3) taking more small steps that became easier and easier and turned into large successes. I am not a touchy feely/visualization type of guy, but by Kathy working with me andy my personal comfort level, the experience and results really worked and were fantastic. Now...I have an amazingly organized office - desk, small couch, shelves, new paint colors on the walls, papers and documents filed...even a cool plant ! I now walk into my office and feel very productive, which brings positive results in my work....it is simply amazing. On top of it all, this process that Kathy coached me through is applicable to other parts of my professional and personal life. Kathy is fantastic at what she does and really seems to enjoy her work with her clients. Her strategy is deliberate, focused and planned specifically for each of her clients - this personal type of strategy brought quicker success and positive results for me. Thanks, Kathy! read more

Kathy is an incredible coach and gets my highest recommendation! She is ready to meet you wherever you are. Her coaching style reflects her years of experience, it is comfortable, deep and wonderfully spontaneous. Working with Kathy opened my eyes to the benefit of seeking out a coach and asking for help - everyone should do it! read more

Contact Kathy!! I cannot stress how creative her methods can be when it comes to opening up and resolving personal issues. I am a soon to be, graduate in Human Development and entering the field of therapy and I appreciate Kathy's innovation and energy. One of Kathy's many tools is a board game titled 'Do Tell.' I have already used this game in group settings, with the goal of strengthening relationships and opening communication. The game was very effective and made it easy and fun at the same time. If you are looking for someone to help you, as a learned person in the field, I highly recommend Kathy as your next call. read more

Kathy is amazing. I found her on Yelp during an extremely disruptive and stressful time in my life. She has helped me focus, build confidence, and really hone in on what is important to me in my life. I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking guidance in their lives, or trying to work through a difficult life challenge. The world needs more people like her. read more

Kathy is amazing at what she does. Through creative, yet simple methods, Kathy has helped me to transform my life. I found Kathy through Yelp and I highly recommend her, no matter what your goals or struggles may be. read more

Kathy is down to earth and transformational-- in just a few months I noticed major improvements to my life, especially happiness.

One of Kathy's greatest gifts to me has been helping me to see myself with gentleness and compassion, instead of my habitual angry negativity. She has excellent and extensive training, many years of experience, and a vast repertoire of tools and methods of working - no "one-size-fits-all" here! But perhaps even more important than that, she is highly sensitive and deeply intuitive, and I always feel that she is fully present and there with me - rare qualities, indeed. With her warm understanding, she has helped me to recognize and appreciate my good qualities and to look at and accept my negative aspects, and then change becomes possible. And we often laugh! She is a true healer. read more

Still seeing Kathy several months later, and I'm seeing great results. I still get headaches, but I'm making more positive choices to deal with them (working out, changing jobs, and so on) and am feeling much better about my body. Sometimes we talk about where my tension is coming from during the massage, other times she tells me to be quiet and just breathe. I always leave feeling transformed. She's amaaaazing. read more

I found Kathy on Yelp, back in 2014 when I was struggling with depression, and I was at my wits' end after several failed attempts to find the right therapist in San Francisco. I was attracted to her practice because she is a life coach, rather than just a therapist. Since then she and I have consistently worked together, both with 1 on 1, and with my husband and I as a relationship coach. I cannot recommend Kathy enough; she listens intently and is persistent at getting to the core of the situation, then focuses on healing and progression. We've worked together for over two years, and I've never walked out of a session feeling anything less than renewed and refocused. Kathy's work is very focused on finding and keeping personal and professional happiness, which in my opinion is what makes her an outstanding therapist and life coach. Kathy also appropriates reiki and other non-Western practices into her work, which is something I've also found to be very helpful. Together, Kathy and I have been able to work through a multitude of issues and situations, and after having worked with several other therapists in San Francisco, she has by far been the best therapist I've found. Highly recommended!! read more

Kathy Jacobson is the best life coach, therapist, counselor, listener that I have ever used....hands down. She is amazingly insightful and non judgmental which leads to creative breakthroughs and new self awareness. I cannot recommend Kathy strongly enough! If you are wavering whether to see someone or not, give Kathy a call because you will find a person who is wholeheartedly there to make your life better. read more

Kathy is great at what she does. While I did feel a bit strange at first discussing things I usually only share with close friends, she was patient and made me feel comfortable. She taught me helpful tools to use on my own and was great at re-framing things that needed to be re-framed and at pointing out some of my internal inconsistencies in a way that was not judgmental but helped me to better reflect. She helped me get back to feeling good and confident. read more

Kathy is a gifted healer and guide who, with great warmth and wisdom, holds space for the unfolding of your wholeness. You will find in her not only a talented Life Coach, but also a devoted Cheerleader, of your wellness. Her love and enthusiasm will catalyze your growth! read more

Kathy Jacobson rocks my world. I started seeing Kathy for bodywork in the Fall of 2011, following a 6-week hospital stay for a ruptured cerebral aneurysm that had left me feeling completely traumatized and out of touch with my body. Before seeing Kathy, I had had physical, occupational, and speech therapies, and had even seen a psychiatrist, but none of those brought me back to myself the way Kathy did. From the moment I walked into Kathy's office, I felt calmer, more relaxed, and more present. Kathy listened to how I was feeling in a way no one else would - she was open, non-judgmental, and allowed me the space to explore my feelings. No matter what I brought into the room each visit, Kathy was able to be present with me and to help me explore and acknowledge where I was at. When I started seeing Kathy, I felt lost - like this massive trauma had occurred to me (brain surgery) and I had no way of understanding it or my feelings around it. I felt incredibly raw and vulnerable, but Kathy opened me up and allowed me to explore my feelings with a sense of safety and curiosity. The amazing and unique thing about working with Kathy was that she worked with me on both an emotional and a physical level. We talked about my feelings quite a bit, but we also worked on her massage table, and...wow. I had never explored my feelings in a physical, embodied way, but doing so was life-changing. The experience in the hospital had left me feeling out of my body, traumatized by the endless poking and prodding I had received, but Kathy gently and compassionately brought me back to myself. Through exploring physically, I was able to discover how my physical experience translated into an emotional one. It is some of the deepest work I've done in my life and has awakened me not only to myself, but to a new way of living. When people ask me now how I'm doing a year after my surgery, I actually tell them that I am better than ever, and that's because of Kathy Jacobson. She not only helped me through the most traumatizing period in my life, she also helped me to find a more present, peaceful, and embodied way of living. She is incredible. read more

I have been working with Kathy for many years and I have learned so much thanks to her expertise and guidance. She has helped me create a better life for myself and has given me tools to continue to grow and learn. She has changed my life and anyone who needs help or is interested in making a change in life should see Kathy. It is not only benefitial but a weekly treat read more

Kathy has been an amazing guide and helped me through a very tough time in my life. She taught me invaluable tools for self-talk, reframing, and communication that I continue to use everyday. I went from a single lady with very unstable income sources to a happily taken and successful business woman with various steady sources of income. Thank you so much Kathy! Words honestly do not do you justice. read more

Kathy is AMAZING!!!! I have gone to Kathy for many of the services she provides. Through Life Coaching, I have been able to grow individually, in relationships with others, and even in my career. Kathy has helped to guide me through many challenges I have faced in my life. Through tools she has taught me, I have been able to find the light at the end of the tunnel every time! Through my work with Kathy, I found I have developed much stronger relationships with others, I take the time to appreciate myself and others and I feel confident in my abilities to continue to grow! Another service I have gone to Kathy for would be her Massages! I cannot give this service enough praise, between her skilled touch, warm atmosphere, and soothing music, I leave relaxed and rejuvenated every time! Regardless of which service you go to Kathy for, you will always find a professional, understanding, authentic environment! I highly recommend Kathy if you need support or guidance in your life for any reason! read more

Kathy creates a safe and healing space to work through whatever is happening in my life. I have the tendency to 'brain dump' when I arrive and she allows me just enough room to get it all out but not too far as to get sucked back into my thoughts. I have hugely benefitted from seeing Kathy through major personal and professional transitions, and I am deeply grateful for her grounded intuitiveness. If you want to be empowered, make an appointment today! read more

Kathy's quality of touch showed a deep respect for my body and my relationship with my body. If you choose to work with Kathy, which I hope you do, I think you will find yourself inspired by the respect she brings to her work; whether that inspiration heals, moves, unsticks, educates, or simply lets you relax. I came to her with no prior experience receiving massage and a rather negligent, sometimes annoyed and sometimes oppressive, relationship with my body. How incomplete those attitudes feel now in comparison to the attitudes of curiosity and collaboration Kathy encouraged me to explore. If you are looking for a massage that releases stress and muscle pain, Kathy absolutely has the skill to help you there. If your discomfort is related to larger patterns or problems in your life, then Kathy is truly someone you will be grateful to have met. read more

What can I say? I have seen Kathy a number of times for various issues related to my body -- from uterine fibroids that had me in and out of the doctor's office for years, to jaw and neck tension and related headaches. With the help of Kathy's powerful and heartfelt work, I have come to see these "issues" as messages from my body about certain thought patterns and habits that weren't helping me feel good. Over time, as I've learned to listen to my body and take great care of myself, I have come to see my body as a glorious home for my soul that ALWAYS has my best interest at heart. I now understand that if I listen to my body and feed her and nurture her, I am actually feeding and nurturing my spirit, and she will never sneak up on me and betray me, as I used to believe. Kathy balances humor, compassion, honesty, and plain old fun to create an atmosphere of love and acceptance where I feel comfortable enough to go deep, and then open up more deeply to life. read more