Dr. Sugandika Subawickrama

Dr. Sugandika Subawickrama is a licensed clinician with two credentials: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). She brings 20 years of practice to sessions and focuses on common concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and coping with life changes. She creates a straightforward, calm space where people can talk about what matters to them.

She helps people with relationship struggles, grief, intimacy issues, and self-esteem concerns. Career strain, parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue are also areas she addresses. Her work includes support for ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and challenges tied to aging or caregiving.

Dr. Subawickrama uses several therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered methods to build rapport, cognitive behavioral ideas to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing and narrative therapy are part of her toolkit when change or personal meaning are central goals.

Sessions are offered in English and Sinhala for people located in New Jersey. The profile notes a subscription-based session model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling follows the therapist’s availability. International clients are not accepted.

Her style is collaborative and practical. People can expect to talk through present problems, try small changes between sessions, and adjust the plan as goals evolve. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Dr. Subawickrama commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online appointments. Client-centered work focuses on listening and building trust so people can say what they need to say. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and helps people try different behaviors to reduce distress.

She also brings mindfulness techniques into remote sessions to help reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. Mindfulness practices can be short exercises to calm the body and steady attention, which many find useful for anxiety, stress, and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, test what helps, and adjust methods as progress is made. This collaborative process means the plan can shift if something isn’t working.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because specific online formats are not listed in the profile. Ask about the available session types when you schedule. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, and allow for check-ins that focus on problem-solving or short skill practice without requiring long commutes.