Tony Vernon, HWC, NMC, AMC, AMM
Affective Neuroscientist & Professional Couples Coach with 27+ Years of Experience of Working with Couples
Supervisor & Trainer for Couples Therapists,
Couples Counselors, Marriage Counselors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists and other Professionals who Specialize in Working with Couples
Tony Vernon, HWC, NMC, AMC, AMM
Affective Neuroscientist
Professional Couples Coach with 27+ Years of Experience
(Husband to Dayerlis)
Tony is an established Couples Coach, with a unique approach. Couples in Love need Skills, Tools and Mental & Emotional abilities to Succeed with Love. Also, unless couples in love are personally and professionally successful, their loving relationship, family and children usually suffer from the instability that happens with inadequate communication skills, and overall personal and professional success.
Tony studied under the late Jaak Panseep, an Estonian-American Jewish Neuroscientist and Psychobiologist and the Pioneer of Affective Neuroscience and is committed to carrying on his work. Tony has also studied under many other professors from notable institutions including Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, Emory, Indiana University, New York University and USC University of California:
Tony has been coaching people for over 26-years, and also trains coaches, counselors, therapists, psychologists and psychotherapists as the Chief Education Officer for Credentialed Coach Training. He also trains therapists, counselors, couples therapists, psychologists, psychotherapists and marriage counselors to improve their abilities and knowledge to work with couples with Couples Coach Training, and too provides Supervision for therapists, counselors, couples therapists, psychologists, psychotherapists and marriage counselors to be more skilled at helping couples to Succeed with Love. He works with a capability model and a competency model to help people to develop skills in relationships, life and business, and is involved in credentialing and growing standards in the USA and throughout the World for The International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentoring (IAPC&M) and is also an Ombudsman for the United States Ombudsman Association.
Tony grew up in a broken home environment and through hard work and perseverance, worked his way out of it. After a period of ten years in which he worked with different therapists, counselors and coaches he decided to train in 1999 as a Professional Life, Executive & Team Coach with Noble Manhattan Coaching under Gerard O’Donovan, a World-class Coach Trainer. Today, 26+ years later, he is the Chief Education Officer for Credentialed Coach Training and an accredited/credentialed Master Coach (AMC) with the International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentoring (IAPC&M), Master Mentor (MMC) and an International Coach Trainer & Educator. Including his own time in therapy, counseling and coaching himself as a client he has 30+ years of experience. His personal participation in counseling, therapy and coaching helps Tony to know what coaching and supports feels like and to know better what does, and what does not work to help clients to achieve results. In his 26+ years of working face-to-face and virtually with clients he has worked with many notable world leaders and many celebrities. Tony helps couples to succeed with Love, and families or parents to be up-to-date on parental knowledge. Tony studied under Dan Hughes, Ph.D., the Founder of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) and Dr. Margot Sunderland to be able to provide greater professional support to help couples, families, parents and children to build better relationships and successful lives. Tony studied under the late Jaak Panksepp, a Jewish Estonian-American Neuroscientist and Psychobiologist who pioneered Affective Neuroscience. His research and work is still at the front of Neuroscience today in 2025.
Tony built online educational programs for non-profit 501c3 Hippocrates Wellness, their Plant-Based Nutrition and Wellness Program (IAPC&M accredited) and their Accredited Professional Coach Training which is International Coaching Federation accredited, International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentoring accredited, and International Association of Therapists accredited. In 2024, after a decade of working for Hippocrates Wellness Tony had trained 1,600+ students in 63 countries many of them medical doctors, counselors, therapists, nutritionists, and experienced professionals themselves.
Tony believes in furthering his training in personal and professional development and thus has studied with notable teachers from educational institutions to include: Harvard, Yale and Emory. He is extremely active in his commitment to learn more from the most knowledgeable, eminent professional people he can find, many of which are not mainstream – yet leaders in their own right either in theory, research, science, practical clinical work or business success. Tony is highly knowledgeable in coaching, exercise science to prevent or reverse disease, nutrition and emotional health. His personal words: ‘It is ineffective for a Physician, Therapist, Counselor or Coach, indeed any health or mental health professional not to be experienced in lifestyle medicine that includes: physiological needs, nutrition and exercise science and expect to be delivering improved mental health, wellness, and greater results and success for clients – lifestyle medicine and better mental health education must become a part of all health professionals continued professional development, and curriculums.’ His commitment to learning from leaders as mentors has taken his professional skills to a high level. However, he is always looking to learn more.
He has studied under, or worked with many eminent leaders, including:
- ✔Amen Clinics – Daniel G. Amen, MD
- ✔Andrew Huberman, Huberman Lab
- ✔Arredondo Advisory Group – Patricia Maria Arredondo, EDD
- ✔Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy – Judith S. Beck, PhD
- ✔Boston University School of Medicine – Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
- ✔Brian & Anna-Maria Clement, Ph.D., L.N. – Co-Directors of Hippocrates Wellness
- ✔Carla Hannaford, Ph.D. – Author & Neurophysiologist
- ✔ C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
- ✔UCSF-Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
- ✔Michael V. Pantalon, PhD, Cofounder of Recoverpad
- ✔Dr Margot Sutherland – The Centre for Child Mental Health, London
- ✔Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
- ✔Gabor Maté, MD
- ✔Gerard O’Donovan
- ✔Gestalt Training Center, San Diego – Erving Polster, PhD
- ✔Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, LLC
- ✔Harriet Lerner, PhD
- ✔Imago International Training Institute
- ✔Indiana University – Stephen W. Porges, PhD
- ✔International Center for Clinical Excellence – Scott D. Miller, PhD.
- ✔ Jaak Panksepp, Pioneer of Affective Neuroscience
- ✔ John Brickell – Director of the Centre for Reality Therapy
- ✔ John J. Ratey, MD – Author of Spark
- ✔John Welwood – Author and Psychotherapist
- ✔Jordan B. Peterson
- ✔Meridien University – Jean Houston
- ✔Michael D. Yapko, PhD
- ✔Michael Greger, MD, FACLM – Founder of NutritionFacts.org
- ✔Mindsight Institute – Daniel Siegel, MD
- ✔MIT – Noam Chomsky
- ✔New York University – Carol Gilligan, PhD
- ✔NLP University – Robert Dilts
- ✔O’Hanlon and O’Hanlon, Inc. – Bill O’Hanlon, MS, LMHP, LMFT, CPC
- ✔Padesky.com/Center for Cognitive Therapy, Huntington Beach CA
- ✔Paul Dennison, Ph.D. – Founder of BrainGym
- ✔Paul Valent, MBBS, DPM, FRANZCP, Consultant Laison Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist
- ✔Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute – Peter A. Levine, PhD
- ✔Spirit Rock Center – Jack Kornfield, PhD
- ✔Stanford Medical School – David Burns, MD
- ✔Stanford University School of Medicine – Irv Yalom, MD
- ✔Stephen Gilligan, PhD
- ✔Teachers College, Columbia University – Derald W. Sue, PhD
- ✔The Couples Institute – Ellyn Bader, PhD
- ✔The Divorce Busting Center – Michele Weiner-Davis, LCSW
- ✔The Gottman Institute – Drs John and Julie Gottman
- ✔The Guest House – Judy Crane
- ✔The Milton H. Erickson Foundation – Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD
- ✔University of California, Irvine – Elizabeth Loftus, PhD
- ✔University of Illinois – Donald Meichenbaum, PhD
- ✔University of Minnesota – Eli Coleman, PhD
- ✔University of Nevada, Reno – Steven C. Hayes PhD
- ✔University of New Mexico – William R. Miller, PhD
- ✔University of Pennsylvania – Martin Seligman, PhD
- ✔University of Pennsylvania – Aaron T. Beck, MD
- ✔University of Southern California – Steve Frankel, PhD, JD
- ✔University of Texas at Austin – Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC
- ✔Weill Cornell Medical College – Otto F. Kernberg, MD, FAPA
- ✔And others…
Times have changed to the extent that the pursuit of a degree is now inefficient as what is studied will most likely be outdated by the time study is finished. We must find the right mentors or leaders in professional fields, and the best intelligent and specialised educational providers and learn from them, to reach our potential.
Tony has a mass of life experience and is well studied under notable professionals. He is also a previous athlete who competed at an International, World Class level. He uses a multitude of modalities, skills and capabilities and utilises knowledge transfer to help his clients attain results and to succeed in all areas of life, and lectures on subjects including:
- ✔Self-Regulation – The Key to Health, Happiness & Fulfillment
- ✔Coaching – The Future of Communication
- ✔The Neurobiology of Loving Relationships
- ✔Lifestyle Medicine
- ✔Character Development
At heart, Tony is a Teacher, but is a professional, accredited/credentialed master mentor MMC and master coach AMC and believes in emotional support and that all good relationships are therapeutic by nature, but that helping clients to develop skills, tools and results is what counts. He is committed to helping his clients move forward and to obtain RESULTS.
Tony is a highly skilled Professional Relationship/Couples Coach, and works face to face with couples in South Florida and Los Angeles with several practitioners who work under his guidance. With physical offices in: Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Coconut Creek, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Aventura, Doral, Miami Beach, Coral Gables and Dadeland. He also sees many couples online on Zoom, and for group sessions that are enrolled in his Succeeding with Love Online Program.
www.loveshiddenpolicy.com practitioners offer home visits for sessions from Delray Beach to the Miami area for couples who cannot travel easily, due to professional commitments or childcare, etc. Tony and all of his practitioners also work with couples or individuals on Zoom globally with native English and Spanish speaking practitioners.
He was fortunate to have studied under the late John Welwood (Journey of the Heart). Therefore in his relationship/couples coaching practice he uses some of John’s work, as well as drawing upon decades of experience, study and ongoing training to achieve results for couples.
Tony is a partner in Noble-Manhattan Coaching and assists with developing their coach training and continues to work alongside their CEO, one of the longest standing, reputable coaches worldwide: Gerard O’Donovan, who is also the CEO of Credentialed Coach Training.
Tony believes medical, mental health and helping professions must become modernised. As well as providing client sessions practitioners should also provide engaging supportive online education to be of better service to clients, companies and humanity in this modern age of information technology. Due to this he is also the CEO of www.purposeful-agency.com and an advocate for engaging, intelligent online education and content, to positively impact the mental health and happiness of couples, families and individuals who want to succeed in every area of life personally and professionally.