Purna Shova Maharjan has been a mental health professional for the last twenty years and is currently practicing group therapy and narrative therapy in private practice as well as consulting in organizations through training and workshops . She is also serving as an executive director at Antojyoti Psychological Counseling Center In Pokhara.
She has a Master’s in Psychology from Padma Kanya Multiple Campus. She has provided drugs prevention counseling and grief, trauma counseling for youth and has students focusing on anxiety and depression and suicidal risk reduction counseling . She has worked in a range of humanitarian and development organizations providing therapy, supervision, and training.
Her counseling work brought visible changes in thousands of people who are suffering from various mental health-related problems and back in normal life. Her additional strength includes counseling, training, and supervision. Her main area of expertise in this field is psychosocial and mental health including stress management and mindfulness for mental wellbeing.
She is trained in several specialist therapeutic approaches as ART Therapy,EMDR therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT).