Mariyana B
ushara MSc
Mariyana is an experienced individual with 15 years of organisational experience.
She has worked in a variety of roles including psychology, HR and Organisational Development, mainly in public sectors and not for profit organisations.
Her background is predominantly in mental health and psychology, doing one to one and group work, using CBT principles to help and empower clients manage common mental health problems. Having worked with a diverse range of clients, Mariyana is able to deal with a wide range of topics, pull on different models in addition to CBT, such as Appreciative Inquiry, GROW and motivational interviewing. She adapts her style accordingly to meet the different needs of her clients.
Most recently she has worked in HR and Organisational development, dealing with the full employee cycle and got involved in numerous change projects using agile project management methodology.
She is passionate about introducing a unique and practical way of promoting mental wellbeing in the workplace. This consist of providing mental health awareness training that specifically uses CBT principles to introduce tools and techniques that will help individuals help themselves. She has presented in a number of conferences on topics such as ‘using Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT) for stress management’ and ‘Getting to know your communication style’. She possess strong presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to take a novel concept and adapt in a way that provokes and challenges thinking.