Hypnotherapist Nairobi.
We help individuals, leaders, and organizations move from internal instability to clarity, emotional regulation, and sustainable performance — working where behavior is created, not just managed.
Who We Are
A human performance & emotional wellness organization
4Core Pillars
5Service Lines
3Published Books
KeightWellness is a Nairobi-based transformation organization with a global methodology. We work at the intersection of clinical hypnotherapy, emotional intelligence, forensic psychology, and behavioral neuroscience — identifying and rewiring the subconscious patterns behind stress, anxiety, inconsistent performance, and emotional instability.
Our clients are high-functioning individuals, executives, leadership teams, schools, and organizations who are achieving on the outside while navigating significant internal pressure. We address what is actually driving behavior, not just its visible expression.
Our Four Pillars
How sustainable change is actually built
01
Subconscious Pattern Rewiring
Identifying and restructuring the subconscious drivers behind behavior, decision-making, and emotional response.
02
Regulation Under Pressure
The capacity to think clearly and act intentionally — even when the pressure is high.
03
Internal Stability & Performance
Consistent execution, sustainable high performance, and clarity of direction.
04
Real-World Integration
Embedding change across work, leadership, and personal life — so it lasts.
Founder & Lead Practitioner
Meet the Founder
Catherine Gatwiri
A certified hypnotherapist, emotional wellness therapist, mindset coach, and published author with a multidisciplinary clinical background spanning forensic psychology, counseling psychology, art therapy, and meditation.
Catherine is the architect of KeightWellness's proprietary transformation methodology and creator of nationally recognized programs including The Power Years Africa Menopause Summit and The Weight Men Carry.
Certified Hypnotherapist
Mindset Coach
Forensic Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Art Therapy · Meditation
Published Author ×3
Creative Arts & Emotional Wellness
Creative Arts & Emotional Wellness
Art Based Emotional Wellness | Expressive Arts | Creative Self Discovery
At KeightWellness, we believe transformation does not always begin with a conversation. Sometimes it begins with a colour, a shape, a memory, a blank page. You do not need to be an artist — there is no perfect picture to create. The focus is on the experience of creating, reflecting, and discovering.
What is Art Therapy?
Professional art therapy is a specialised mental health profession involving art making, psychological theory, and a psychotherapeutic relationship, delivered by appropriately trained and credentialed professionals.
KeightWellness provides creative arts and art based emotional wellness experiences — structured activities such as drawing, painting, collage, and visual storytelling that support reflection, communication, and emotional awareness. Where a programme requires clinical art therapy, we collaborate with appropriately qualified professionals.
How We Use Creative Expression
Guided Visual Expression
Visual Storytelling
Reflective Art
Emotional Mapping
Creative Release
Collaborative Art
Art & Reflection
Who Is This For?
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Our Approach
1CreateA guided creative activity
2ReflectWhat the experience brings up
3RecognizeEmotions, patterns, needs
4ReframeAlternative perspectives
5RespondOne intentional action
Because information informs. Experience transforms. And behaviour change sustains.
Experiences We Can Design
The Art of Becoming
A guided creative journey exploring identity and the person you are becoming.
Paint Your Story
A visual exploration of experiences, transitions, and personal growth.
Colours of Emotion
An experiential emotional awareness activity using colour and guided reflection.
Release & Reframe
Identifying what participants want to release, and what they want to intentionally create.
The Inner Child Experience
An age appropriate reflective experience exploring childhood needs and growth.
The Collective Canvas
A collaborative artwork designed to create connection and shared meaning.
Giving young people another language for their emotions
Children do not always have the words to explain what they are experiencing — sometimes they draw it. Creative expression can provide a less intimidating entry point into conversations about emotions, identity, relationships, and hopes.
Our age appropriate programmes can support emotional awareness, self expression, communication, confidence, connection, and healthy emotional regulation, focused on wellness and self awareness rather than replacing clinical mental health care.
TeensIdentity, emotional regulation, and resilience
Adolescence brings shifting identity, relationships, and pressure. Structured creative activities give teens a lower-pressure way to reflect on who they are becoming, express what's difficult to say aloud, and build emotional regulation skills.
Programmes are age appropriate and designed around emotional wellness and positive identity development, not as a substitute for clinical care where that is needed.
AdultsSometimes the conversation begins without words
Life can leave people carrying experiences they struggle to articulate. Through guided visual exercises, storytelling, painting, and reflective activities, adults can explore emotions, identity, life transitions, relationships, personal values, and resilience.
At KeightWellness, creative expression is integrated into a broader process of emotional awareness, reflection, and intentional behavioural change.
WomenIdentity, transitions, and renewal
For women navigating transitions — career, motherhood, relationships, or personal reinvention — creative expression offers space to process change, reconnect with identity, and explore what renewal looks like on their own terms.
Sessions are guided, reflective, and built around emotional wellbeing rather than artistic outcome.
TeamsConnection through shared creative experience
Collaborative creative experiences give teams a different way to pause, reflect, and connect — building trust and conversation that everyday work meetings rarely make room for.
These sessions strengthen communication and shared meaning without requiring anyone to be "good at art."
LeadersValues, identity, and behavioural awareness
Leadership development sessions use creative exercises to explore values, emotional intelligence, identity, and the behaviours that shape how a leader shows up for their team.
The goal is greater self awareness that translates into more intentional leadership behaviour.
OrganizationsFrom creativity to healthier human behaviour
Workplaces are made of people, and people bring emotions, stress, relationships, and behavioural patterns to work every day. We integrate creative wellness experiences into employee wellness, team connection, leadership development, culture and behaviour change, retreats, conferences, and broader mental health and wellbeing programmes.
Evidence from workplace settings suggests promise for stress, burnout, and connectedness, though the corporate evidence base is less developed than clinical literature — so we design around realistic, measurable outcomes rather than promising instant transformation.
Our Evidence CommitmentGrounded in evidence, delivered responsibly
A major World Health Organization review examined more than 3,000 studies and found evidence for the contribution of the arts to health promotion, prevention, and the management of health conditions across the lifespan. Research on structured art therapy has reported promising outcomes in areas including psychological wellbeing, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and emotional expression — though evidence varies by population and intervention.
We do not claim that art alone can diagnose or cure mental health conditions. KeightWellness distinguishes between clinical art therapy, which requires appropriately trained professionals, and our creative arts and emotional wellness programmes, which use structured creative experiences as part of broader emotional wellness and personal development work.
Our goal is not to promise magic. It is to create meaningful experiences that help people understand themselves better, connect more deeply, and make more intentional choices.
What Makes Our Approach DifferentEvery activity has a purpose
We don't use creativity simply to keep participants busy. We design experiences around a psychological and behavioural objective — every activity has a purpose, every reflection has a question, every programme has an intended outcome.
Where appropriate, we measure the participant experience before and after the intervention, including emotional awareness, perceived stress, self expression, connection, confidence, and intention to apply learning. For longer programmes, follow-up measures can explore whether changes are sustained beyond the session.
In The Room
Keight Wellness In Pictures
Our Services
Five ways we work with you
One-on-One
Private Transformation & Hypnotherapy
Clinical sessions for anxiety, self-sabotage, identity challenges, emotional burnout, or performance blocks — combining hypnotherapy, subconscious healing, and mindset coaching.
Corporate
Emotional Intelligence & Leadership Training
EI and workplace wellness programs for executive teams, designed for measurable behavioral outcomes.
Keynotes
Speaking & Panels
Transformational keynotes for corporates, schools, and leadership forums.
Online
Digital Programs & Courses
Self-paced programs on personal mastery, parenting, teen EI, and subconscious healing.
Community
Signature Events & Summits
Opening under-served emotional conversations across African communities.
Published Works
Three books by Catherine Gatwiri
Book 01
The Stability Code
The internal architecture behind consistent, sustainable high performance.
Book 02
Becoming You
Stepping out of inherited patterns and into an identity you actually chose.
Book 03
Think Yourself Light
Working with the subconscious mind to transform body outcomes from within.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions.
KeightWellness is a Nairobi-based human performance and emotional wellness organization founded by certified hypnotherapist Catherine Gatwiri. It combines clinical hypnotherapy, emotional intelligence, forensic psychology, and behavioral neuroscience to rewire the subconscious patterns behind stress, anxiety, and inconsistent performance. Sessions are available in Nairobi and online globally.
The Men's Mental Health Awareness Webinar takes place online on Thursday, 30th July 2026 and runs for 1 hour. Registration costs KES 1,000 per seat. It is hosted by Catherine Gatwiri and is based on her nationally recognized program, The Weight Men Carry.
Catherine Gatwiri is the founder and lead practitioner of KeightWellness. She is a certified hypnotherapist, emotional wellness therapist, mindset coach, and the author of three books: The Stability Code, Becoming You, and Think Yourself Light. Her clinical background spans forensic psychology, counseling psychology, art therapy, and meditation.
KeightWellness offers five services: private transformation and hypnotherapy sessions, corporate emotional intelligence and leadership training, transformational speaking and panel engagements, self-paced digital programs, and signature events and summits. Clients include executives, entrepreneurs, schools, families, and NGOs across Kenya and globally.
Email gatwiri@keightwellness.com or call +254 746 007 434. Webinar registration for 30th July 2026 costs KES 1,000 per seat. KeightWellness is based in Nairobi, Kenya and works with clients online globally.
Who We Serve
"Most people who struggle are not broken. They are operating from patterns they were never taught to see. When you understand what is actually driving you, change stops being something you force and starts being something that happens naturally."