Head of Client Success · Leadership team
Yumi Perkins
Co-active coach and counsellor helping people navigate change, find clarity and step into a new phase of life or leadership.
About Yumi
Meet Yumi.
Yumi Perkins is a Certified Co-active Professional Coach (CPCC), Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and Licensed Professional Counsellor, known for her warmth, insight and ability to guide clients through meaningful personal and professional transformation.
Raised biculturally in the USA with Japanese-American roots, Yumi brings a deeply empathetic and globally minded perspective to her work. After earning a BA in Economics from Colorado College and spending time teaching scuba diving in Thailand, she returned to Colorado to complete a Master’s in Counselling Psychology at the University of Denver. This launched a varied and people-centred career spanning psychotherapy, consulting and human resources.
In 2019, a sudden cancer diagnosis required Yumi to close her private practice and step back from work to focus on treatment and recovery. After resurfacing during the COVID-19 pandemic, she pivoted into behavioural science consulting, gaining first-hand insight into how corporations approach strategic decision making. A second rare cancer diagnosis in 2021 prompted yet another reinvention: this time drawing her back to values-led, in-person work doing HR for an autism company, and then ultimately into coaching.
Today, Yumi works with individuals navigating change, seeking clarity, or stepping into a new phase of life or leadership. She brings her full self to each coaching relationship: experience, humour, honesty and an unrelenting belief in what’s possible. Her approach is deeply human, grounded in presence, purpose and real connection.
Part of The Bridge
Supervised and supported by The Bridge.
Every Bridge coach is supervised and supported by us. You get one point of accountability, ethical and professional practice, and coaching that stays linked to your organisation’s strategy and values.
What clients say
Working with Yumi.
“Yumi has helped me focus on strengths and celebrate wins, as well as identify roadblocks and find paths through them. Her deep listening and prescient questions lead me exactly where I need to go. She’s a gift in my life!”
Dr Brooke, Executive Director“Yumi has a supernatural ability to follow you wherever the coaching session goes. At each step of the journey, she skilfully and kindly asks the right questions to open your eyes to roads you had never before noticed.”
Josh, Senior Manager“Yumi does a great job of breaking down your topics in ways that help you grow and gain a new perspective. She creates such a safe container for you to express whatever is inside of you, and you’ll leave each session feeling lighter and more self-assured.”
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