Ayce Bukulmeyen Ozerdem is Well-Being Program Specialist for the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being (CWB). In this role, she coordinates well-being programs and resources targeted to student populations, faculty, and staff. She develops and supervises programs based on Sophrology, a dynamic relaxation method developed by neuropsychiatrist Prof. Alfonso Caycedo and includes physical and mental exercises to promote health and well-being.
As a Sophrology specialist, Ayce uses the mind-body connection to increase awareness and conscious living, to enable individuals to create more balance and harmony in themselves and the world around them. She graduated from Energy Centre Sârl in Geneva- Switzerland, one of the only few institutions providing programs for specialism in Sophrology. She is also a member of the International Sophrology Federation as a Sophrologist.
After having earned her bachelor’s degree at a College of Science and completed her master’s degree in Conflict Resolution, Ayce has completed the GMU Carter School’s Mediation Certification program and is a Court-Referred Mediator of the Supreme Court of Virginia. She is also a member and communication chair of the Board of Directors at Virginia Mediation Network. Ayce has recently completed the Harvard Law School Executive Education, Program on Negotiation and Leadership.