About Dawn
Clinician. Executive.
Change-maker.
Dr. Dawn Belamarich has spent her career at the intersection of behavioral health, executive leadership, and human transformation — helping individuals and organizations move from where they are to where they need to be.
Dr. Dawn Belamarich is a licensed mental health counselor, master certified addiction professional, and doctor of business administration whose professional arc spans clinician to SVP to CEO — and now to the founder of Tunnel Light, a global private practice integrating therapy, coaching, and leadership development.
Her clinical work is grounded in evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and trauma-informed care. She brings this same rigor to her executive coaching and leadership development work, where she applies attachment theory, polyvagal theory, and self-determination theory to help leaders understand the behavioral patterns driving their results.
As President & CEO of Collaboratory — a collective-impact community foundation in Southwest Florida — Dawn simultaneously leads complex systems-change work at the community level, including behavioral health infrastructure, community care networks, and nonprofit capacity building.
Her keynote work draws directly on her clinical-executive background. Her signature talk, You First: The Secret to Leading Everyone Else, introduces the C.L.E.A.R. Leadership Method — a proprietary framework built on behavioral science and made accessible for leaders at every level.
Dawn serves clients across the globe — from individuals navigating personal crisis to C-suite leaders in transition — with one consistent philosophy: the goal is never to keep you here. The goal is to get you there.
Recognition
Honored to be
recognized.
NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business
New Jersey Business Journal
Top 100 Women Executives
Chief — New Era of Leadership
Leadership Florida
Cornerstone Class 43
Top 40 Under 40
Atlantic City Weekly
What drives the work
Core values
Outcomes over dependency
Every engagement is designed to build your capacity, not mine. The measure of success is your independence — not how long you need me.
Science beneath the surface
Clinical behavioral science — ACE research, attachment theory, polyvagal theory — informs every framework, even when the language is accessible and human.
Radical honesty
Real change requires real conversations. Expect directness, clarity, and the kind of feedback that actually moves the needle — delivered with care.
Ready to find
your light?
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