About Sugandika
Dr. Sugandika Subawickrama is a licensed clinician with two credentials: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). She has about 20 years of experience and is based in New Jersey.
She focuses on anxiety and related concerns and aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable for people who are worried or unsure. Her approach is direct and person-focused. She creates a space where people can talk through thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize clear goals and practical steps alongside emotional understanding. Dr. Subawickrama uses methods that help people change unhelpful thoughts and habits, pay attention to the present moment, and tell the stories shaping their lives.
She blends those ideas to match each person’s needs. This helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and life transitions. Clients can expect conversations that balance listening and practical tools.
The work may include thinking differently about problems, building new coping habits, and practicing mindfulness skills. She also addresses relationship concerns, grief, self-esteem, and work or career stress. Sessions are offered in English and Sinhala.
The tone in therapy is respectful and steady, aimed at helping people gain clearer choices and better routine skills. Dr. Subawickrama recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and supports people through that beginning and beyond.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and works to build trust so people can talk about sensitive topics like anxiety or relationship stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and to develop different behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and addictive patterns.
Mindfulness Therapy adds attention to the present moment. Simple practices help reduce reactivity and improve focus, which supports coping with stress and mood swings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals, try methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or fit therapy into a busy day. These options help people access steady support without traveling to appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, New York, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Virginia
- Languages
- English, Sinhala
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