Ardjani Puig

Mindfulness-Based Contemplative & Somatic Counseling offers a holistic and practical awareness & body based approach to exploring and transforming our relationship to our inner and outer worlds. Through facilitated and guided attention to embodied sensation, emotion, & thought, individuals become more attuned and aware of the ever-shifting state of their bodies and minds - while learning to gently cope with & befriend the full range of human experience. Working with a Mindfulness-Based Contemplative & Somatic Counselor can increase your ability to: - gain stability & grounding in your own being amid the challenges of everyday life - understand your suffering & your personal coping mechanisms, adopting new habits & disentangling yourself from repetitive, unhelpful, or destructive mental patterns - increase your ability to be connected with your own emotions, without judgement, fear, shame, or overwhelm - feel more at home in your body, calming your nervous system & chattering mind - look at the psychological dynamics in you & others, increasing your understanding, wisdom & compassion - gain critical insight into the broader systemic, social, and environmental contexts that are shaping your experience - removing the weight of the blame from the individual - unwind and rewire trauma that is stored in the body - wake up your senses & reconnect to the alive world around you Helping you to better navigate the stresses of living with symptoms such as: - anxiety or compulsive thinking - overwhelm, stress, burnout - sadness, depression, or mood disorders - difficulties in relationships - life transitions & challenges - isolation, loneliness - loss of a sense of meaning or purpose in life - secondary traumatization/ empathic distress - ecological grief & climate anxiety - & more Find Out More On My Website: www.mindful-ground.com

- Mindful Ground LLC - Mindfulness-Based Contemplative & Somatic Psychotherapy - Private Practice (since 2019 - transitioned to US from Berlin in 2024) - Mondlicht24 - Therapeutic Home for Young Women with Eating Disorders and Complex Trauma (2019-2020) - Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher at Bodhicharya Berlin (2018-2019) - Evin e.V. - Counseling and Social Work with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (2015-2019) - HeadNap GmbH - Mindfulness & Mental Health Portal (2015) - BZFO - Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims - Out-Patient Department for Adults (2011-2012) - Hydra e.V. - Counseling Center for Sex Workers (2009) - KOK e.V. - German Nationwide Organization Combating Human-Trafficking and Violence Against Migrant Women (2008-2009)

- Advanced Training in Counseling and Integrative Psychotherapy (Paracelsus School Berlin), 2009 - B.A. in Social Work (Alice Salomon University Berlin), 2012 - M.A. in Intercultural Conflict Management, Human Rights & Peacebuilding (Alice Salomon University Berlin), 2014 - Mindfulness-Based Emotional Intelligence Facilitator Training - (Prison Mindfulness Institute, USA), 2015 - Professional Mindfulness Teacher Training (Engaged Mindfulness Institute, USA), 2018 - Licensed to practice as a Counselor under the German Heilpraktiker-Law since 2019 (Heilpraktikerin begrenzt auf das Gebiet der Psychotherapie) - Mindfulness-Based Contemplative Psychotherapy (Nalanda Institute of Contemplative Science), since 2020 - Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate (The Embody Lab, USA) - 2022 - Nature-Based Therapeutic Interventions Training - (Somatic Nature Therapy Institute) - 2023 - Somatic Trauma Therapy Training & Mentorship with Katie Asmus (Somatic Nature Therapy Institute) - since fall 2023 - Thriving Relationship Coach Certification - 2024 - ongoing - Gottman Method Couples Therapy Training Level 1 & 2 - 2024 - ongoing - other courses & studies completed in: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Suicide Prevention, Addiction Recovery, Crisis Intervention, Self-Harm as a Coping Mechanism and Symbol of Survival, Sexual Education, Migration Trauma and Identity, Buddhist Psychology & Psychotherapy.