Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera, NCPS
Experienced counsellor with a narrative focus
Details
| Name | Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera |
|---|---|
| Credentials | NCPS |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | NCPS |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu |
| Years in practice | 16 |
About Savithri
Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera is a counsellor with 16 years of professional experience practising in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS and works in ways that respect cultural background, faith, and personal values. Savi speaks English, Hindi, Sinhala and Urdu and supports people from a range of backgrounds, including those who have moved country and face extra pressures.
Savi uses a flexible, person-focused style. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs.
Background and approach
She listens for strengths and for the life stories that shape how someone sees themselves and their relationships. Conversations often look at how past experiences affect current choices and feelings. Her practice includes Narrative-informed work alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-based ideas.
She also draws on client-centred and cognitive behaviour approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new ways of coping. The emphasis is on practical steps that fit daily life. Savi has experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self‑esteem, addictions, grief and LGBT issues.
She also works with parenting and family-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career changes and ADHD-related challenges. Sessions can be held by video, phone, live chat or text messaging, and Savi accepts international clients. Starting is straightforward: use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule a time that suits you.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Savithri works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- 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 Savithri among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Savithri among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Savithri 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 Savithri directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and action-focused approaches work online
Many people find Narrative work useful for making sense of the stories that shape their life. Narrative approaches help separate a person from the problems they face and look at alternative ways of telling what happened. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and small behavioural steps - it helps people notice difficult thoughts but still move towards what matters to them. Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships affect current patterns and help people build more supported ways of relating.Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and practical needs and then try methods that feel most helpful. This is a collaborative process and the plan can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited; live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help people access therapy from different time zones and life situations while keeping sessions focused on change and coping.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns can be brought to sessions?
She supports a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self‑esteem, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career changes.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Savi works in a person-focused, Narrative-informed way and uses practical tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behaviour approaches to help people try new coping strategies.
What is her professional background?
She has 16 years of professional experience and brings long-term practice working with diverse communities and youth services.
Where is she based and how is she registered?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as a listed credential.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Sinhala and Urdu, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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