Manjula Senanayake

I am available both weekdays and weekends from 9am to 5pm

I am a BACP Registered counsellor and Psychotherapist, currently following a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at Keele University in the UK. I have been working as a counsellor and Psychotherapist, lecturer, trainer and supervisor for 24 years (since 1998) in the counselling and psychotherapy field.

My approach is more client centered and integrative with CBT and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction & Cognitive Therapy and also Gestalt Therapy including Existential Therapy. Since 1998 I have being working in different counselling settings and handling with different clients who are facing difficulties in psychological conflicts such as Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and OCD, Phobia and Traumatic issues, Personality disorders, Education, Relationship issues, Family matters and Sexual disorders. 

I have used mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Schizophrenic patients, people who having Bi-polar and severe anxiety conditions and found it as a very successful therapy to reduce the level of anxiety of such clients.

In my professional counselling practice, I follow and work under the BACP ethical guidelines and boundaries. I protect confidentiality of client’s information during the sessions as well as after the sessions. My way of counselling is very friendly manner and free of judgments. I would happy to work with individuals, children and young People and also families. 

I can speak English and Sinhala. I am from Sri Lanka; I was the former student counsellor in the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka. I was the former secretary of Sri Lanka National Institute of Professional Counsellors and also the fellow member since 2014. At present I am working as a Director of Institute of Psychological Studies in Sri Lanka.

In my first session, I would like to speak with you freely an get an assessment. You may speak anything you wish