Dr. Sugandika Subawickrama, LCPC, LPC

Dr. Sugandika Subawickrama is a licensed clinician practicing in New Jersey with two clinical credentials: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). She has twenty years of professional experience working in national and international settings. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship concerns, and life transitions. She also supports people facing grief, parenting strain, work difficulties, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem.

Her background includes long-term work with trauma, motivation issues, and coping after major life changes. In session she creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk openly about what matters to them. She uses clear, practical methods rooted in approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness. Those tools are used to identify patterns, test new ways of coping, and build day-to-day skills.

Dr. Subawickrama often combines motivational interviewing and narrative methods when people need to find personal meaning or strengthen their resolve to change. She frames sessions around realistic steps people can try between meetings. Her style is collaborative and straightforward - she listens first, then helps set manageable goals.

Sessions are offered in English and Sinhala. She has experience supporting people through issues like addiction, ADHD, caregiver stress, domestic violence, and career transitions. If you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed, she helps clarify next steps and practical strategies to move forward.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. The therapist offers an empathetic ear and helps people name their concerns while guiding the direction of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it is used to practice new ways of responding to anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose which methods fit best. That decision is based on the person’s goals, daily life, and what feels most useful in early sessions.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when a full hour is not possible, and reduce travel time. It also lets people continue therapy across moves or schedule changes while keeping consistent therapeutic work in place.