About us
Our digital ecosystem aims to revolutionize the way people seek help with substance abuse and addiction – all with the support of our fully certified coach network.
Our goal is to provide a platform to track client progress and seek support in the same place. We have big plans, including layering in virtual reality therapy and upgrading our virtual healing spaces to promote deeper resilience and more effective outcomes.
Our training empowers mental health practitioners and coaches to provide addiction care that is tailored to the individual.
Why Choose Us
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Patients and clients have successfully undergone recovery treatment across the Mauni network
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Over 100 treatment facility beds worldwide, ensuring that patients have a range of options to choose from
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Our team has trained over 1500 students in addiction recovery care and treatment
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Over 200 certified coaches who are equipped to help individuals in their recovery journey
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7 countries presence: Australia, Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Hong Kong
Meet our
team
Our team is empathic, patient, and able to effectively communicate with our patients and their families.
But most importantly, they are passionate about helping people recover from substance use disorders and addictive behaviors.
Co-Founders
Paula Perkusic Birger
Paula is the co-founder of Mauni and is passionate about exploring ways to contribute to the mental health industry by improving addiction care.
Based in the Netherlands, Paula has extensive experience in the corporate world and most recently in the start-up world too.
As a certified recovery wellness coach, she specializes in helping clients to assess their internal landscape and work towards sustainable and meaningful recovery on their own terms, guided by their own values and ambitions.
Paula is devoted to expanding the collaborations and partnerships that promote a compassionate and humanistic approach to awaken the curiosity and courage to better addiction care and fight the stigma.
Co-founder
David Collins
David is a Master Coach, facilitator and expert in the field of addiction recovery. He has many years of experience working in the areas of systemic recovery and wellness, growth, transformation and diversity. His passion and thinking bring an experiential depth to the work that he facilitates.
In 2001 David established The Foundation Clinic in Johannesburg, a primary care substance misuse treatment facility where we have developed a unique, patient-led approach to recovery.
To share his vision for recovery, he established the UBUNTU ACADEMY OF COACHING TRAINING (U-ACT ), an umbrella organisation comprising two global education programmes: the GLOBAL WELLNESS EDUCATION NETWORK (GWEN) and THIS IS AFRICA (TIA), as well as an extensive schools outreach programme.
This diverse and growing chain of initiatives facilitates the training of recovery coaches and facilitators worldwide with the goal of eliminating addiction and uplifting communities internationally.
His years of practical experience and theoretical analysis have given him a unique vantage point from which to lend my expertise. He has trained more than a thousand recovery coaches in the last 20 years.