Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera, NCPS
Compassionate counsellor for parenting challenges
Book with Savithri- Years in practice
- 16
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Savithri
Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera is a counsellor with 16 years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS and offers practical, respectful support for people facing parenting challenges and related concerns. Savi emphasises a compassionate, culturally aware approach that recognises each person's background and needs.
Savi adapts conversations and plans to suit each client. She uses straightforward techniques to help with stress, anxiety, low mood, motivation and confidence.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, addiction and intimacy-related problems. Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Sinhala and Urdu, and she works with international clients as well. Her background includes work with youth services, YMCA, BAME community programmes and referral partnerships with NHS and addiction services.
That experience shapes how she approaches concerns such as parenting strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care, and caregiver stress. She draws on many therapy ideas rather than a single method. Savi often uses cognitive behavioural ideas to identify unhelpful thought patterns and attachment-based perspectives to look at relational patterns.
She also brings person-centred methods that prioritise what matters to the client. This mix is used to create clear, manageable steps rather than lengthy theory. People who choose Savi can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth style.
She aims to work alongside parents to strengthen daily routines, communication and coping strategies. Her practice focuses on practical changes that fit into family life.
What Savithri works with
Everything Savithri lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Savithri helps people with.
- 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 Savithri lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on values and small committed actions to improve daily life and can help with anxiety, stress and motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thinking patterns affect mood and behaviour and offers clear exercises to shift unhelpful habits and sleeping or eating problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships influence current parenting and intimacy-related struggles and can be useful when patterns repeat across generations.Savi will work collaboratively to find the best fit. She listens to what matters most to the client and then suggests approaches that match those goals. The plan can change over time as needs and priorities evolve, and she will check in about what is or is not helping.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief reflections, regular check-ins or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around family life, work and time zones while working with registered or accredited professionals.
Questions people ask about Savithri
What issues can she help with?
Savi supports people with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, self-esteem and relationship difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a blend of practical approaches with a gentle, person-centred style. Conversations aim to identify useful steps and build coping skills that fit daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working across youth services, community programmes and referral partnerships with health and addiction services.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as the listed credential.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Sinhala and Urdu, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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