ICF Level 2 Accredited · Professional Coach Training
ILCATE was created for one clear purpose: to develop coaches who can perform with clarity, structure, and ethical precision in real coaching conversations.
Many people understand coaching concepts. Fewer can apply them effectively in real time. ILCATE closes that gap.
This is not passive learning. It is applied skill development through methodology, live practice, direct feedback, and real-world coaching integration.
What We Mean by Intuition
At ILCATE, intuition is not guesswork, assumption, or feeling-based coaching. We define intuition as trained perception: the ability to notice what is happening beneath the surface of a conversation and respond with clarity and responsibility.
At ILCATE, intuition is not treated as a personality trait. It is a professional skill — developed through structured practice, feedback, ethical standards, and real coaching experience.
This includes the ability to:
Read non-verbal signals and behavioral patterns
Detect inconsistencies between language, emotion, and behavior
Recognize what is not being spoken
Interpret the deeper movement of a conversation in real time
Respond without projection, assumption, or overreach
Our Approach
Perception without structure is unreliable.
Raw intuition alone produces inconsistent results. Without a framework, coaches cannot reliably reproduce effective sessions.
Structure without depth is ineffective.
Technical coaching without perceptual awareness keeps sessions at the surface — methodical but not transformational.
ILCATE integrates both.
Our method trains coaches to work with what is actually happening — patterns, contradictions, emotions, signals, and shifts in real time.
Students learn to bring structure without becoming rigid. They learn to bring depth without becoming vague. They learn to intervene with precision rather than relying on scripted questions or personal instinct alone.
Coaching mastery is not defined by how much a coach knows. It is defined by how clearly, ethically, and effectively they can operate when sitting across from a real client.
What ILCATE Develops
ILCATE trains coaches who can think clearly in real time, hold complexity with confidence, and guide coaching conversations toward meaningful movement.
Inside the Session, Graduates Learn To
Professionally, This Supports
More consistent coaching performance across different clients and scenarios
Increased confidence in professional environments requiring structure and accountability
Stronger client trust through more effective session work
Clearer differentiation as a trained, method-based coach
Preparation for the ICF PCC credential through an ICF Level 2 Accredited program
Development is measured by what you can do inside a real coaching conversation — not by how much you have absorbed.
Our Founder
Founder & Lead Mentor
Experience
14+ Years
Clients Served
1,000+
Accreditation
ICF Level 2
Pass Rate
100% PCC
Method
ILCM™
Katya Dmitrieva is a professional coach, educator, and mentor with over 14 years of experience and more than 1,000 clients served.
She founded ILCATE to address a consistent gap in the coaching industry: capable, intuitive, and deeply committed individuals often lacked the structure, feedback, and professional training required to coach at a truly effective level.
Through years of direct client work and coach development, Katya saw that coaching excellence requires more than empathy, insight, or good questions. It requires the ability to perceive accurately, structure responsibly, and make clear coaching decisions in real time. This became the foundation of the Intuitive Life Coaching Method™.
Her method integrates:
Coaching must go beyond conversation. It must produce meaningful, responsible outcomes.
Faculty
ILCATE faculty are practicing coaches trained in the ILCATE methodology. They bring together real coaching experience, structured teaching, and applied feedback to support students in developing professional coaching capability.
Their role is not simply to deliver information. Their role is to develop coaches.
Students are guided by faculty who understand both the methodology and the lived reality of coaching clients through complexity, emotion, resistance, and change.
Students are not only taught coaching principles — they are observed, challenged, refined, and supported as they learn to apply them.
Meet the Faculty
Asiyah H. Abdul-Mu’min
Teacher & Mentor
Asiyah has a background in psychology and holistic health. Her work bridges evidence-informed understanding, emotional awareness, and intuitive development, helping students build coaching practices that are both grounded and deeply human.
At ILCATE, Asiyah supports students in strengthening their inner perception, emotional intelligence, and resilience, especially during seasons of transition, identity shift, and personal growth.
How I Support Students
Teaches practical ways to integrate intuition into responsible coaching practice
Supports students in developing emotional intelligence, resilience, and self-awareness
Brings a grounded perspective informed by psychology, holistic health, and lived transformation
Emily Abbott
Student Liaison | Mentor
Emily’s background in leadership and operations gives her a strong foundation in structure, systems, and professional execution, while her intuitive coaching practice brings depth, presence, and relational insight.
At ILCATE, Emily supports future coaches in developing both the technical skills and the internal confidence required to coach with clarity, integrity, and authenticity. Her teaching style brings together precision, encouragement, and thoughtful feedback, helping students trust their own coaching presence while strengthening their professional capability.
How I Support Students
Helps students strengthen core coaching skills with clarity and structure
Supports emerging coaches in trusting their intuitive voice without losing professional grounding
Offers thoughtful feedback that helps students grow into confident, authentic, and effective coaches
Amanda Butland
Teacher & Mentor
Amanda is dedicated to helping women move from overwhelm into clarity, confidence, and grounded self-trust. Her work blends practical coaching tools with intuitive perception, supporting clients and students in recognizing their strengths, identifying internal patterns, and creating meaningful change with greater balance and direction.
Within ILCATE, Amanda brings a steady, compassionate presence and a deep commitment to helping developing coaches connect intuition with structure, so their work becomes both heartfelt and professionally grounded.
How I Support Students
Helps students move from uncertainty into greater clarity and confidence
Models the integration of practical coaching structure with intuitive insight
Supports emerging coaches in developing their authentic voice while staying grounded in effective coaching practice
Kimberly Petschen
Teacher & Mentor
Kimberly Petschen has over 35 years of experience leading change in global organizations. Her background bridges corporate leadership, project and change management, integrative coaching, and holistic healing. She brings the ability to connect high-performance leadership with deep inner alignment, helping coaches and leaders understand the human patterns that shape behavior, presence, decision-making, and sustainable impact.
Kimberly is the founder of Absence of War and the healing initiative Presents of Peace™.
At ILCATE, Kimberly supports students in cultivating presence, integrating wisdom, and understanding the deeper dynamics of human performance. Her teaching style is practical, interactive, restorative, and rooted in the belief that true leadership and coaching require both professional excellence and inner congruence.
How I Support Students
Bridges professional leadership frameworks with intuitive and holistic development
Creates learning spaces that are practical, reflective, and deeply restorative
Supports coaches and leaders in cultivating authenticity, presence, and sustainable impact
Maritta Carnegie
Teacher & Mentor
Maritta Carnegie is devoted to spiritual wisdom, compassionate presence, and meaningful inner transformation. Her path has been shaped by years of personal exploration, global travel, and study with sacred traditions and teachers whose wisdom has deeply influenced her work.
At ILCATE, Maritta brings a grounded, heart-centered presence to the learning environment. She supports students in deepening their self-awareness, strengthening their intuitive perception, and reconnecting with the deeper purpose behind their coaching work.
How I Support Students
Creates a grounded and compassionate space for reflection, learning, and transformation
Supports students in strengthening intuitive awareness with presence and care
Helps emerging coaches reconnect with clarity, purpose, and the deeper service behind their work
Jacquelyn Haupt
Mentor & Teacher-in-Training
Jacquelyn is devoted to helping individuals live with greater alignment, connection, and vitality. Her work is shaped by training in spiritual psychology, years of inner practice, and a deep commitment to personal and collective transformation.
At ILCATE, Jacquelyn supports students in expanding their awareness, deepening trust in their intuition, and developing the confidence to coach from a place of authenticity and grounded presence. Her mentoring style creates space for both inner development and practical integration, helping students embody their work rather than simply understand it.
How I Support Students
Holds space for deep personal and professional transformation
Supports students in expanding awareness and trusting their intuitive perception
Helps emerging coaches embody confidence, authenticity, and alignment in their coaching presence
The ILCATE Standard
We do not train personality-based coaching
We do not train coaches to rely on scripts or inspiration alone
We do not teach instinct as a substitute for professional skill
Think clearly in real time
Operate responsibly under pressure
Make precise coaching decisions
Hold both structure and depth
Produce measurable outcomes in service of the client
ILCATE exists for coaches who are ready to move beyond knowing the work — and become capable of performing it with excellence.
