Dr. D. Ivan Young
MCC, NBC-HWC, CPDC<
America’s
Leading Behavioral
and Relationship
Expert
ICF Master Certified CoachNational Board Certified Health and Wellness CoachCertified Professional Diversity Coach

Dr. D. Ivan Young, MCC, NBC-HWC, CPDC
America’s Leading Behavioral and Relationship Expert
ICF MASTER CERTIFIED COACH
NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED HEALTH AND WELLNESS COACH
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY COACH
All of us desire a more fulfilling, energy giving, purposeful life
be it in business or your personal relationships.
Discovering your gifts and talents is one thing
mastering them is yet another.
Knowledge of self is the cornerstone on which all success in life is built.
“Only when you stop embracing old attitudes, and self-serving ideologies can things change for the better,” Dr. D Ivan Young.
If you’re open to exploring the ineffective ways you’ve handled situations in your life and willing to reassess your beliefs and behaviors, this practice is an excellent fit for you. Dr. D Ivan Young’s coaching methods empower you to evoke awareness and take new actions and approaches toward the things that disrupt your life..
Until you change and get some clarity, it does NOT matter how many connections you have or how much money and power you’ve got – you’re going to continue to fail in everything, including business and especially personal relationships. The only thing worse is not being aware of the beliefs and ideas that keep you one step away from reaching your full potential. Isn’t it about time you stop being controlled by things that you can overcome?
We Give People The Tools They Need
To Start Living A Profoundly
Extra-Ordinary
Life
Master Certified Coach
National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach
Certified Professional Diversity Coach
Behavioral & Relationship Expert
Dr. D Ivan Young is considered one of America’s most highly esteemed, preeminent life coaches. Hailed as the Reality Check Doctor®, he is known for empowering his clients to change their beliefs and behaviors utilizing a provocative teaching style on complex relational issues. Dr. D. Ivan Young, MCC, NBC-HWC, is a leading behavioral modification and relationship expert.
Dr. Young is a Certified Professional Diversity Coach, credentialed through The Coach Diversity Institute. He is a long-standing expert in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training, specializing in conflict resolution and team building.
Dr. D Ivan Young states, “Master Level Coaching is a creative process. Our primary goal is to help our clients develop new neuronal connections and networks while imagining new possibilities as they develop new behaviors and mindsets.
Our methodology is rooted in evidence-based, research-based coaching. We accomplish this with concierge styled tailored coaching programs that target specific, measurable, and replicable outcomes by giving our clients the tools needed to master multiple brain states and mindfulness.
As one master’s Self-Awareness, Self-Determination, Self-Compassion, and Self-Regulation – Self Actualization is the result. Put mildly; Self-Mastery is critical for lasting and durable success in anyone’s life.”
Individual Coaching
Evidence and Research Based Coaching
Individual Coaching
Dr. D Ivan Young is an International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach, the worldwide gold standard in professional coaching. The ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential represents the highest level of achievement in coaching and identifies an expert coach. Dr. D Ivan Young, NBC-HWC is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach. The esteemed NBC-HWC credential represents training, education, and assessment standards, allowing for the profession to advance in all aspects of health-care and wellness. The National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) has collaborated with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) since 2016 to provide a robust board certification examination for the NBC-HWC credential.
As of July 2020, there are 30,079 coaches in 130 countries and territories who hold one of three ICF Credentials, of that only four percent are Internationally credentialed Master Certified Coaches. If you factor in those who’ve completed accredited training programs, who are “NOT” ICF credentialed, the number of Master Credentialed Coaches is less than one percent globally.
Globally, there are only Four Thousand Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches.
Coaching Programs
Individual | Couples
Diversity | Professional
Coaching Credentials
Dr. Young is a Behavioral and Relationship Expert, Credentialed Master Practitioner in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment, an ICF Master Certified Coach, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, an American College of LifeStyle Medicine | WellCoaches Certified Health and Wellness Coach, a Certified Professional Diversity Coach credentialed through the renowned Coach Diversity Institute.
Dr. Young serves as Co-Chair for the Council on Race, Equity & Inclusion at the Institute of Coaching at Harvard at Institute of Coaching, McLean/Harvard Medical School and is a distinguished Fellow at the The Institute of Coaching McLean, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. His in-depth emotional intelligence theories helped launch his career as a world-renowned public speaker and one of America’s most sought-after life coaches. Two White House administrations, the United States Congress, and the Texas State Legislature have recognized Dr. Young for his positive influence on American culture and his contributions to the coaching field. Dr. Young has appeared on or is a featured expert for every major media outlet in the United States and many globally.

Testimonials
Dr. D Ivan Young’s theories are gaining the attention of world leaders, business execs, professional athletes and celebrities. Read More >

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His no-nonsense attitude and driven results continue to help individuals, couples, institutions and businesses transform from the inside out. Read more

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Helping others create a positive change.

“Before you can fully understand anybody else, you need to have complete clarity about yourself.”– Dr. D. Ivan Young
Dr. D is in extremely high demand. Due to this busy schedule and quality of service offered, Dr. D requires a high-level of commitment from all of his clients. Scheduling a series of coaching sessions with Dr. D provides the necessary tools to equip individuals, couples and organizations with strong, healthy habits and communications skills. His concentration on emotional intelligence brings a no-nonsense approach to enable all genders of any age, race, religion, and cultural background to overcome seemingly hopeless circumstances. If you are a new client interested in scheduling an appointment with Dr. D, please email your request prior to booking.
Due to consistently high demand for Dr. Young’s services there is a screening process. Dr. D must approve all new client services prior to scheduling
What is the MBTI?
With more than 70 years of science-based, research-based insight, the MBTI assessment is a highly useful tool for self-awareness and improvement. Dr. Young is one of few Master Credentialed Practitioners skilled in using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.®
Dr. Young utilizes this assessment to help support you in your relationships, well-being, and professional performance goals. His skillful interpretation of the clinical version of this assessment provides you with a deeper, much broader understanding of what makes you. With these insights, you’re well-positioned to make more informed decisions, better communicate with others, and build stronger relationships, all based on your unique personality type.
Self-evolution necessitates that one grasps the attributes that shape their personality!

Recipient of Presidential Lifetime Achievement Awards
World leaders are taking notice in Dr. D. Ivan Young’s innovative emotional intelligence theories. As a highly sought-after motivational and keynote speaker, he is the recipient of two Presidential Lifetime Achievement Awards for contributions of service, honored in the Top 50 African American Health, Wellness, and Mental Health Professionals in Houston, Life Coach of the Year by The National Black Life Coach’s Network and the Faith Awards.
America’s leading relationship expert
I help stressed, busy people find meaning and balance both personally and professionally.
– Dr. D. Ivan Young
Media outlets around the world reach out to Dr. D on a weekly basis to help make sense of this crazy world. His keen understanding of behavioral science provides a unique insight to cultural diversity and human relations, regardless of the connection. In Dr. D’s private sessions, he provides one-on-one counseling for individuals, couples, and groups, diving deep into physical attraction, chemistry and personality traits that sometimes, lead to chaos, conflict and lack of communication.


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