Nirekha De Silva, ACA
20 years in practice
Nirekha De Silva is an ACA counsellor with 20 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction and life changes.
License and registration
- ACA
- 81771 · expires August 2026
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English, Sinhala
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About Nirekha
Nirekha De Silva is an ACA counsellor with 20 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction and life changes. She speaks English and Sinhala and offers a calm, respectful approach for people trying to find more balance. Her sessions aim to be straightforward and practical so people can use what they learn right away.
Nirekha blends existential ideas with skills-based work to help people face difficult feelings and make clearer choices.
Background and approach
She uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to build coping skills and shift unhelpful thinking. She also draws on Client-Centred and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy ideas to keep the work grounded and humane. In sessions she will listen first to what matters most to the person sitting across from her.
Together they set simple goals and try out small changes between meetings. Conversations are tailored to fit each person's situation, whether the focus is grief, career stress, parenting strain, relationship concerns, or managing anger. Nirekha has worked with a broad range of concerns including trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, caregiver stress, addiction, and family problems.
She aims to help people build practical routines, clearer boundaries, and steadier self-esteem. Her style is direct but warm, helping clients move from stuck patterns to manageable steps. Taking the first step can feel hard.
Nirekha offers gentle professional support while helping people discover what matters to them and how to live by it more fully.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nirekha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nirekha names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Existential therapy helps people look at life questions like meaning, choice and responsibility; it supports those facing grief, emptiness or major life changes by encouraging honest exploration of what matters. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines mindfulness and values work to help people accept difficult feelings while committing to meaningful actions; it is often used for anxiety, depression and stress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviours to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences, and can blend elements from different approaches as needed. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports brief reflections between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments, and make regular contact easier when travel is difficult or schedules are busy.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Nirekha help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, parenting strain, relationship issues, anger and self-esteem. Her work also extends to trauma and abuse, ADHD, caregiver stress and family problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines reflective listening with practical skills. Conversations are warm and direct, and sessions focus on small, useful changes between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. Her background includes work with addiction, coping with change and emotional regulation.
Which credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is an ACA counsellor practising in Australia.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Sinhala.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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