Chandana Rathnayake, BACP, NCPS
10 years in practice
Chandana Rathnayake helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and life changes.
License and registration
- BACP
- 382049 · expires January 2027
- NCPS
- NCPS1138 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English, Sinhala
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Chandana
Chandana Rathnayake helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and life changes. He works with issues such as depression, addiction, relationship problems, parenting concerns and trauma. He also supports people dealing with career confusion, compassion fatigue, ADHD and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Chandana trained in counselling and has practised since 2013, first in Malaysia and more recently in the United Kingdom. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and holds NCPS credentials.
Background and approach
He combines formal study with lived experience to shape how he works with people. His style is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on what a person brings and how those parts can be put to use.
He often helps turn painful or broken experiences into material for rebuilding a more purposeful life. Chandana draws on Client-Centred and Existential ideas, along with Internal Family Systems and Systemic ways of thinking. He uses these to look at identity, relationships and patterns that keep people stuck.
Conversations are plain and down-to-earth rather than full of jargon. He lived as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka for twenty years before leaving to raise a family. That background influences his calm, reflective approach but he does not present spirituality as the only option.
He has worked with people in higher education as a mental health adviser and brings ten years of counselling experience to sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Chandana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Chandana names
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Online support
How existential and client-focused work fits online
Existential Therapy looks at questions of meaning, purpose and freedom in simple terms. It helps when someone feels empty, lost or stuck and wants to explore life direction in honest conversations.Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the process and prioritises respectful listening. This approach is useful for building self-esteem and repairing a shaky sense of self through straightforward, empathic dialogue.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Chandana will collaborate with each person to decide whether existential ideas, client-centred listening or elements of Internal Family Systems and systemic thinking suit their goals. That decision is guided by the person's needs, values and what they hope to change.
Online sessions make these ways of working more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal noticing, phone sessions can fit into a busy day and use less bandwidth, live chat is useful for brief check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, study and family life while keeping therapy consistent and focused.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Chandana commonly help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. He also works with addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma, parenting worries and career uncertainty.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
His work is collaborative and practical, focused on what a person brings to sessions. Conversations aim to turn difficult experiences into material for rebuilding purpose and direction.
What background and experience does he have?
He has practised as a counsellor since 2013, first in Malaysia and then in the UK, and has ten years of experience including roles as a mental health adviser in higher education.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds NCPS credentials. He practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Sinhala, and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as ways to meet, so people can choose the format that fits their life.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
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