Sajeevani Wijesena, ACA
Practical, person-centred support for change
Details
| Name | Sajeevani Wijesena |
|---|---|
| Credentials | ACA |
| Based in | Australia |
| Registered with | ACA |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 9 |
About Sajeevani
Sajeevani Wijesena is an ACA counsellor with nine years of hands-on experience in Australia. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety and relationship struggles. Sajeevani aims to make the first steps into therapy feel doable and respectful.
She takes a person-centred, strengths-based approach. Conversations are tailored to the individual, with the client viewed as the expert in their own life. Sajeevani offers clear options - insight, goal-setting, or strategy work - and helps choose what will be most useful.
Background and approach
Sessions often look at patterns that keep problems repeating. Attachment issues, self-esteem, coping with grief and family conflict are common topics she helps people untangle. She also supports those dealing with addictions, workplace bullying and life transitions.
Her methods draw on Narrative ideas alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive-behavioural tools. That mix helps people reframe stories they tell about themselves while building practical skills to manage thoughts and behaviours. Sajeevani values sensitivity and collaboration.
She works at a pace set by the person in front of her, and adapts techniques to fit individual needs like relationship concerns, chronic health stresses or career pressures. For someone hesitating to start, she highlights small steps and concrete goals. The focus is on finding achievable changes and helping clients steer toward them with ongoing support and clear options.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Sajeevani works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Sajeevani among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Sajeevani directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Sajeevani directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Therapy approaches used online and how they help
Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from the problems they face by looking at the stories they tell about their lives. It is useful for shifting unhelpful labels and for sorting out relationship or identity concerns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on what matters most to a person and builds skills to act in line with those values. It is often used for anxiety, chronic stress and coping with big life changes.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at close relationships and early connection patterns to understand current problems. This approach can assist with trust, communication and attachment difficulties in adult relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences and try different ways of working together. That collaborative process helps decide whether Narrative ideas, ACT tools or attachment-focused work will be most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let you use visual cues for deeper conversations, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging suits people who prefer writing, need frequent brief support, or want flexibility around work or caregiving commitments.
These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions while working with an ACA counsellor and an appropriately qualified therapist.
Common questions about this listing
What sorts of problems does Sajeevani help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem and addictions. Other areas include workplace problems, parenting worries and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred and collaborative. She combines narrative thinking with practical skills so sessions feel respectful and focused on what the client wants to change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Sajeevani has nine years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns. That experience informs a flexible, practical approach to support.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is recorded as an ACA counsellor and operates from Australia. The profile uses ACA to describe her credentialing information.
Can I see her if I live outside Australia?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time. All work is centred on people located in Australia.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules. These options allow shorter check-ins or longer meetings depending on what the client prefers.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a cancellable subscription. Exact pricing is set by the subscription plan and session choices.
How do I begin working with Sajeevani?
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