Catherine Walters

Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist, Communication Coach, Artist, Therapist

E-Speech Cafe & Creative Connections

Credentials: Co-founder of Creative Connections; Speech-Language Pathologist (CA, FL); Communication Coach (nationwide); Artist

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Fun Fact: I'm creating a Cat Travels art series, documenting cats I encounter during my adventures around the world. So far my feline muses have appeared everywhere from cobblestone streets in Oaxaca to Berber cats atop piles of rugs in the medinas of Morocco. As a self-proclaimed cat lady and world wanderer, it's the perfect collision of my loves!

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https://savvycal.com/kristinsheehan/visibilitylab

Meet the Squirrel

I'm Catherine Walters - artist, communication coach, speech-language pathologist, and co-founder of Creative Connections. I'm also a nature lover, world explorer, and someone who has lived with invisible chronic pain for nearly two decades.

My own journey with undiagnosed chronic illness taught me firsthand how isolating it can be to live with experiences others can't see and how transformative it is to find spaces where creativity and connection make the invisible visible. That experience inspired me to co-create the Visibility Lab with Somatic Psychotherapist Kristin Sheehan.

Through Creative Connections, we facilitate virtual art workshops and group programs where adults with chronic pain, chronic illness, and neurodivergence can express what's hard to put into words, reclaim their stories, and build community rooted in compassion and mutual understanding. I also bring my background as a speech therapist and communication coach who runs E-speech Cafe, a teletherapy practice supporting neurodivergent clients.

The Kinds of Acorns I Love Helping Grow

Neurodivergent adults
Those living with chronic illness, chronic pain, and other invisible experiences who feel unheard, misunderstood, or isolated,
Those seeking support with communication, self-advocacy, therapeutic art-making, and building confidence in expressing their authentic selves.

How I Help Acorns Grow

I blend therapeutic art-making, communication coaching, and somatic practices to help people express what words can't capture. Through the Creative Connection's Visibility Lab, Kristin and I co-create small, intimate virtual groups where participants use art, storytelling, and reflection to make their invisible experiences visible (no artistic experience needed!).

I also offer 1:1 communication coaching and speech therapy through my teletherapy practice, E-speech Cafe, for neurodivergent clients seeking personalized support with self-advocacy, social communication, and finding their authentic voice.

My approach centers lived experience as wisdom, honors the full truth of what it means to live in bodies with pain or neurodivergence, and builds community where isolation is replaced by creative confidence, self-advocacy, and collective healing.

Featured Services

The Creative Connections Visibility Lab is an inclusive, virtual 8-week workshop series designed to honor neurodivergent ways of sensing, thinking, and communicating. Participants engage in therapeutic art for self-discovery and creative expression, guided communication practices to build clarity and confidence, somatic mindfulness for sensory regulation and embodiment, and community connection that celebrates lived experience and identity.
1:1 speech therapy/communication coaching for neurodivergent individuals to strengthen self-expression, build confidence in social and professional communication, and support executive functioning skills.