Ymani Hawkins (she/her) is a certified diversity and mental wellness coach who marries mental health techniques, psychological principles, and evidenced-based therapies with DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging) best practices.
 

As founder of DEEP-ish, Hawkins addresses implicit bias, cultural humility, racial trauma, Trauma-Informed Care (TIC), and psychological safety via self-care awareness, emotional intelligence strategies, and mindfulness techniques.
 

Hawkins delivers talks, training, and coaching to business, arts, and media sectors as well as religious institutions, nonprofits, educational systems, and environmental agencies. Prior to that, she worked as a social worker specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy. In that role, she assisted patients of all ages with anxiety disorders, depression, and other cognitive and behavioral diagnoses. She also delivered outpatient treatment services to adults experiencing severe mental illness such as dissociative disorders, psychosis, schizoaffective disorders, and schizophrenia. 

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Hawkins holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the Silver School of Social Work at New York University (NYU); a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Interpersonal Communication Studies from Kean University; is a trained International Coaching Federation Associate Diversity Coach (ADC); has performed ethnographic research in Siargao, Philippines, and studied communications in Athens, Greece. She possesses certifications in psychological safety, cultural awareness, suicide prevention, crisis response, applied suicide intervention, mental health first aid, and PsychoHairapy, and is currently exploring Integrative Somatic Parts Work.