Speaker bio page for Katie Ford

Bio

Katie Ford is a small animal vet with an RCVS Certificate in Internal Medicine and a coach specialising in veterinary wellbeing. With over 20,000 followers as @katiefordvet, she is an international speaker and co-founder of Vet Empowered. Katie also serves as a co-director at VetYou, focusing on financial wellbeing within the profession. Recognised with the RCVS Inspiration Award in 2023, she has completed a Masters Degree in Emotional Wellbeing and the ICF component of a Somatic Trauma-Informed Coaching qualification and is finishing her CMI Level 7. Katie is an experienced small animal vet, having graduated from Liverpool in 2012 and gaining her RCVS Certificate in Internal Medicine in 2017. She became passionate about opening conversations up around imposter syndrome and self-doubt following her own experiences in the veterinary profession, and trained as a certified coach with further study in a number of areas, as well as publishing a series of books.