Tracy Hawes
About Tracy
About Tracy
Tracy’s philosophy is a direct reflection of her diverse wealth of knowledge and wisdom, accessed through her own life experiences, spiritual transformation, professional training, and personal growth journey.
Being the fifth born of 11 children paved the way for Tracy’s lifelong passion for understanding the “order of things.” An inquisitive child, she was forever investigating how things worked and fit together in their particular order. She remains insatiable in her spiritual excavation and discoveries, only to ask again:
What is true? What is the yearning behind the pain? What are your gifts; the “medicine” you were born to bring into the world? Why do we attract whom we attract? Why does one person seem to be pulled apart by certain life experiences while another is hardly daunted by them? Why do we behave in ways we know don’t serve us? What does it mean to be truly awake?
On and on…
She holds dear the motto, “We always know.” We often know what we are yearning for, what we are here to do, and what our essence and passions are. Along the way, however, we can become disconnected from that knowing through the difficulties and experiences of our lives.
Tracy honors her role as a compassionate witness, skilled guide, and loving reflector as she accompanies people on their journey back home to themselves. She believes we each bring unique gifts, or our own original “medicine,” into this world—and that our healing and our contribution to the world are deeply connected to awakening to those gifts.
Tracy is deeply grateful for her own gifts of vision, insight, spiritual connection, curiosity, and willingness to go to the necessary depth. She brings these qualities to her work as a therapist, expressive arts practitioner, coach, bodyworker, and holistic guide.
Tracy’s Approach
Tracy’s approach is integrative, intuitive, and deeply relational. Her work draws from Holistic Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Expressive Therapies, somatic awareness, coaching, bodywork, wellness, mindfulness, nature-based practices, and spiritual exploration.
Rather than approaching healing from a single perspective, Tracy looks at the whole person—the body, mind, emotions, relationships, creativity, environment, values, and sense of meaning and purpose.
Whether working with individuals, couples, teens, or groups, Tracy creates a space where people can slow down, be heard, become curious about what is happening within them, and explore what may be asking for attention. She utilizes the art of inquiry, active listening, nonviolent communication, expressive processes, somatic exploration, and spirit-based practices to help clients move beneath the surface of their experiences.
Dialogue is often the starting place.
Tracy believes that being heard, appreciated, seen, and compassionately understood can be a powerful part of healing. From that foundation, clients can begin to explore the patterns, beliefs, emotions, body sensations, relationships, and experiences that shape their lives—and discover new possibilities for how they want to live.
Her work is collaborative and dynamic. You are not a passive recipient of treatment or guidance; you are an active participant in your own process. Together, Tracy and her clients explore what is happening, what is needed, what is ready to change, and what wants to emerge.
Whether you are navigating a life transition, seeking emotional or mental health support, exploring your creativity, reconnecting with your body, or simply longing for a more meaningful and fully engaged life, Tracy offers a variety of approaches to meet you where you are.
Her work continues to be informed by a lifelong interest in the question:
How do we reclaim what has been forgotten, awaken what is waiting within us, and create a life that is genuinely our own?
Training & Experience
Holistic Clinical Mental Health Counseling
MS, Psychology Counseling — Salve Regina University
LMHC-A
Expressive Therapies
CAGS, Expressive Therapies — Salve Regina University
EMDR Trauma-Informed Certification — 2026
Hakomi Certification
Nationally Certified Muscular Therapist
Muscular Therapy Institute, Boston, MA — 1996–Present
Tracy Hawes Coaching
Lead Empowerment Coach / Architect of Programs & Workshops — 2005–Present
BS/BFA, Dual Degree in Expressive Therapies & Psychology
Movement, Music & Art / Psychology — University of Massachusetts — 1984–1989
Additional Training & Professional Development
Optimize Coach Training / Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds — 2020–2021
Wilderness Psychology Training / Nature as Medicine — 2020–Present
Enneagram Prison Project — 2020–Present
Enneagram Institute Teaching Certificate — 2021–2023
Feminine Power Mastery, Visionary Women’s Professional Track — 2019–2021
Positive Psychology — Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, Harvard University; Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale University — 2018
Spiritual Finance Teacher Training — Spiritual Finance Initiative — 2017
Mindfulness Educator — Mindfulness Schools, Berkeley, CA — 2017–Present
Wellness Consultant & Coach — Institute for Integrative Nutrition — 2015–2017
Inner Tracking, Nature-Based Meditation & Coaching — Michael Trotta, Sage Fire Institute — 2012
Deeksha Blessing Giver — Oneness University — 2011
Facilitator, Celebration of Being — 2010–2015
FIT1 Facilitator — Women Within International — 2010–2014
Couples Institute — Tosi & Associates — 2009–2010
African Dagara Ritual Healing — Sobonfu Somé — 2005–2008
Enneagram Studies — Enneagram Institute / Diamond Heart — 1998–Present
Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness Education — 1995
Nonviolent Communication Skills Training — NVC Center / Marshall Rosenberg — 1995–1996
Program Coordinator — Very Special Arts Southeastern Massachusetts — 1989–1991
Inspired Living Institute — Master Instructor — Present
Family Constellations — Ongoing
Community as Healer — L. Mark, PhD
Shadow Work — Ongoing
9 Pillars Coaching™ — Signature Program