Meet Katherine Sellery: Parenting & Communication Expert
Katherine Sellery is a #1 Best Selling Author & Parenting Coach who has helped thousands of parents, educators, and professionals turn power struggles into cooperation, misunderstandings into clarity, and relationships into a source of strength.
Let’s Transform How You Communicate
- Real Results: Fewer meltdowns, stronger connections
- Proven Experience: Best-selling author, TEDx speaker
- Trusted Expert: Featured on ABC, Good Day LA
- Global Impact: Helping families and leaders worldwide
- Effective Communication: Build trust, respect, connection
Katherine Sellery
Katherine Sellery is a global leader in parenting & communication transformation.
She is a trusted voice in parenting, communication, and emotional intelligence—helping families, educators, and professionals navigate conflict, build stronger connections, and create lasting change.
Her approach goes beyond parenting. It’s about how we communicate in every aspect of life—at home, in relationships, and in leadership.
As a #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author, 3x TEDx Speaker, and trained mediator, Katherine has led transformational workshops across 12+ countries, working with parents, educators, and professionals from all backgrounds.
Recognized for Her Impact Worldwide:
✔ Expert in Conflict Resolution & Conscious Communication—Co-creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting, blending insights from psychology, neuroscience, and mediation.
✔ Speaker & Thought Leader—Featured on ABC, Good Day LA, WUSA9, and more, delivering keynotes that inspire action and create change.
✔ Mental Health & Emotional Resilience Advocate—Organized the National Summit on Mental Health & Fitness, bringing together scientists, policymakers, and global leaders to reimagine emotional wellness.
Katherine trained with the late Marshall B. Rosenberg, creator of Nonviolent Communication, and studied with Thomas Gordon, the pioneer of Parent Effectiveness Training and creator of the Gordon Model of conflict resolution. She is certified by his Institute as a Leadership Effectiveness Training instructor and also by the Effectiveness Training Institute of Australia in his Parent Effectiveness model. Katherine has completed advanced certification training with Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell in Inner Relationship dialogue and teaches people how to connect with their inner world.
After years of teaching the Gordon and Rosenberg methods, Katherine collaborated with her colleagues Claryss Jamieson and Dr. Porter, author of Children are People Too, to develop the training now known as the Guidance Approach to Parenting.
In addition to being a trained mediator, Katherine attended Law School and has certifications in various trauma modalities, including Matrix Reimprinting and Emotional Freedom Technique. She is also a certified breathing meditation instructor with the Art of Living Foundation. Katherine holds a B.A. from the University of Denver. Alongside her roles as a mother, mental health and parenting advocate, and expert, Katherine also successfully ran her own commodities-trading business in Hong Kong for 30 years.
Passionately committed to healing intergenerational dysfunction, Katherine recently launched the Family Reset Program. This program supports families by providing a supportive community and teaching tools for daily conflict resolution that doesn’t generate resentment or further isolation. The program helps participants understand their triggers and meet their own needs while also considering the needs of other family members.
Katherine is fluent in both English and Mandarin and lived in Hong Kong for over 30 years. She has been married to John Sellery for more than three decades, and together they have two children, Pia and Sam. Katherine has served as chairwoman in Hong Kong for many years for the Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts of America. In addition to serving on various boards, including the American Club in Hong Kong and VLOGMI, a platform focused on mental health social media, Katherine continues her commitment to improving family dynamics around the world.
Katherine changed my life, my relationship with my children, my family and most importantly – myself.
This may be the most profound journey you will ever take. Katherine is a brilliant orator, an empath, a motivator, a friend, a mentor and an inspiration.
Cindy Miller Stephens
Why is the Guidance Approach to Parenting Effective?
The Guidance Approach to Parenting provides parents with a clear roadmap for creating a nurturing and supportive family environment. Instead of punishing a child for losing control—an approach that penalizes them for their lack of emotional skills—this method focuses on understanding and guiding their emotional development. By acknowledging your child’s efforts and achievements without relying on praise, and by helping them master their emotions, you foster their personal growth and long-term development.