About Chandana
Chandana Rathnayake helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes. He works with those coping with addiction, relationship strain, trauma, parenting challenges and career uncertainty. Chandana also supports people dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue and intimacy-related concerns.
He speaks English and Sinhala and practises in the United Kingdom. Chandana trained in counselling after many years living as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka. He began practising in 2013 in Malaysia and moved to the UK in 2019.
How Chandana works
He has around 10 years of counselling experience and holds BACP and NCPS registrations. His style is practical and down to earth. He invites clients to look at the experiences they bring into the room and use them as material for change.
He describes difficult feelings and memories as things that can be reshaped into something useful, rather than ignored or fixed with one technique. Chandana blends client-centred listening with systemic and internal family systems ideas. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, restoring meaning, and building day-to-day coping skills.
He aims to help people find clearer purpose and more motivation in work, study or life in general. People who are grieving, facing big life transitions, struggling with self-worth, or wanting to address addictive behaviours may find his approach helpful. He also brings multicultural sensitivity from living and working across countries.
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What Chandana works with
The areas below are the ones Chandana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Sinhala |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How his approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own answers. Online sessions allow this style to unfold through conversation and reflective questions, which can help with anxiety, low self-esteem and life direction.Internal Family Systems looks at the different parts inside a person and how they relate. In a remote session this approach helps people notice patterns, soothe inner conflicts and build clearer self-leadership for issues like addiction, shame or trauma.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Chandana will talk with clients about which methods suit their goals and preferences. He treats the choice as a collaborative process and adjusts techniques as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls support face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, study and family commitments while keeping care consistent.
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