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Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera, NCPS

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Savithri is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Savithri. View 22 reviews
Speaks English, Hindi, Sinhala, and Urdu
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in United Kingdom
Accepts worldwide clients

Recent reviews

Very sweet, smart, and helpful. So glad I found d her! She has helped me with a wide range of issues, and provided some amazing resources!

Reviewed November 2024

Savi puts you at ease and really understands your concerns and feelings. She helps to put things in perspective. She also helps with things to do, read and watch in between sessions

Reviewed June 2024

More about Savithri

  • 15 years' experience
  • Female
  • NCPS

I am licensed in the UK with 15years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.

I am an Integrative Psychotherapist. I work from the premise that we all carry the wisdom within us to know what is best for our progress and development. I am a qualified Clinician & I have completed Postgraduate studies in clinical psychology/Integrative Counselling/Psychotherapy with clinical experience. My research & my area of work is Domestic Violence, Sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS, BME Communities, Children, Young people & Families.

To complement my practice I have trained in an Integrative model, which is Psychodynamic, Person centred, Gestalt, TA & Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ( I mainly practice MCBT techniques which identify and target destructive thought patterns which have a negative impact on our emotions & behaviour and Transpersonal Therapy skills, which place our spirituality and soul as central to our experience).

I am a practitioner for Youth service,YMCA(Specialized in Children, Young People & Families). I have long term experience working at Black, Minority Ethnic Community Services as a BME practitioner & a Project Co-coordinator.

I also work with other referral agencies such as NHS, Addactions & The Women`s Hub.

Specialized Area of Work

I offer a culturally sensitive Psychological assessments/ Counselling/Consultation service tailored to all ages, BME communities, Children, Young people & Families.

I understand the difficulties people face being in a new land away from family and friends they grew up with, coupled with day to day struggles. These struggles can impact aspects of daily life and relationships leading to frustration and unhappiness. I look after your mental wellbeing and can help deal with issues such as Anxiety, Depression, Addictions, self harm, Relationship difficulties/breakdown, HIV, LGBTU Issues, DV, Sexual abuse, Trauma, Bereavement, illness etc.

Specialties

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 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 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

Treatment Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Jungian Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems

Licenses

  • NCPS · United Kingdom · NCS21-01478 · Expires July 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

22 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Helpful Recommend Guidance Helped Understanding Easy Listens Professional Supportive

Very sweet, smart, and helpful. So glad I found d her! She has helped me with a wide range of issues, and provided some amazing resources!

Reviewed November 2024

Savi puts you at ease and really understands your concerns and feelings. She helps to put things in perspective. She also helps with things to do, read and watch in between sessions

Reviewed June 2024

She is just amazing ❤️ Couldn't have found a better person!

Reviewed May 2024

Session with Savi really open my eyes on so many things. I really help to deal with stress in better way

Reviewed February 2024

Savi is extremely helpful, compassionate and respectful. She takes time to listen and provide appropriate tools to help you process and build healthy life skills. I always look forward to my session with Savi. I feel comfortable ans safe. I highly recommend Savi to anyone.

Reviewed January 2024

I’ve been working with Savi for over a month now and she’s introduced me to some great references. She’s considerate, supportive, and insightful. She knows how to share a laugh with you and also how to be understanding and sympathetic. She’s a great listener and based on what she picks up from the conversation she shares helpful tools (worksheets, videos, book authors etc. ) to deal with the issues. Thanks a lot Savi! It’s been helpful to exchange with you.

Reviewed January 2024

I started my journey with Savi from the beginning of this year. Savi was very supportive and helpful throughout my journey with BetterHelp. My experience felt personalised to my journey, I felt heard and my eyes were also opened to different perspectives. My experience was very free flowing towards the end of journey and it felt like I was speaking to a non judgemental friend with professional boundaries also consistent throughout. I would definitely recommend Savi to anyone who would like to learn more about themselves and to be provided with a safe space to shake their thoughts, feelings and experiences.

Reviewed November 2023

I had a great experience with Savi. She is highly skilled and really helped me deal with a lot of core issues. 10/10 would recommend

Reviewed November 2023

I started to have therapy sessions with Savi 3 month ago, since then my mental state improved significantly. She helps me to sort out all of my anxiety problems and helped me to get through very hard break up. I definitely recommend having Savi as a therapist, she’s a big professional!

Reviewed July 2023

Very good therapist - highly recommend. Got me out of a very stressful place!

Reviewed March 2023

She is a great listener and is super personable and professional. I am so happy to have found someone who I can trust and connect with. Her meditating techniques alongside worksheets give me a variety of ways in which I can focus on improving myself.

Reviewed March 2023

Savi helped me in most difficult time of my life, to switch my focus and concentrate, find my confidence again and overcome my insecurities. I feel understood and so far it’s my best experience with therapist

Reviewed February 2023

Since the first session until the last, she was consistently providing me advice and guidance based on the issues and experience I was facing. She always provided extra resources like videos, movies, books etc and I found those helpful. She was always very easy to talk to so I opened up to her easily and trusted that she always have my best interest in mind. She guided me on how to take care of myself and my emotions better and I picked my many skills and reframe thinking to cope with stress, negativity, loneliness, intrusive thoughts and more. She is one of the most wonderful human that I've met and I will talk to her again in the future.

Reviewed February 2023

I’ve had 10 sessions so far with Savi. Since the first session until the last, she was consistently providing me advice and guidance based on the issues and experience I was facing. She always provided extra resources like videos, movies, books etc and I found those helpful. She was always very easy to talk to so I opened up to her easily and trusted that she always have my best interest in mind. She guided me on how to take care of myself and my emotions better and I picked my many skills and reframe thinking to cope with stress, negativity, loneliness, intrusive thoughts and more. She is the nicest and one of the most wonderful human that I’ve met and I would like to talk to her again once I am back from my travels.

Reviewed February 2023

Savi is such a bright light in my week. I am always leaving our sessions feeling understood and motivated. She is so easy to connect with and I look forward o our weekly chats. She has shown me videos in sessions, recommended ted talks, books and has given me worksheets and different techniques for myself to work on, depending on my situation. This is my first time on BetterHelp and I got so lucky to get Savi as my very first therapist. She is so great at what she does, I couldn't fault her one bit.

Reviewed January 2023

Savi was an excellent therapist, and provided greatly insightful and interesting conversations. I felt like I made great progress on my goals while working with Savi. I wish her all the best for the future :)

Reviewed December 2022

I recently started therapy with Savi and already the resources provided and the advice and help given has been tremendous. She responds promptly and her expertise is exactly what I've been needing. Always looking to grow and improve and make sense of things that maybe I don't see myself and Savi helps exactly with that.

Reviewed December 2022

I was very reluctant to start therapy for a long time but I felt like I needed some help understanding myself and my situation. Savi was very welcoming and understanding. She listened when needed and offered her expertise thoughts and guidance. I feel very comfortable speaking to Savi and I would recommend her to my friends and family. I’m looking forward to seeing where my journey with her takes me.

Reviewed November 2022

I am so grateful that I have Savi as a therapist. She's the first experience I've had with therapy. Savi listens to me and without me having to say a lot completely understands me and gives me really useful tips and recommendations

Reviewed November 2022

I’ve only been with Savi for a couple weeks now, but I can already tell she is very different to my previous therapist. I feel Savi actively acknowledges my concerns/pain/struggles, and has an array of knowledge and expertise to be KK me achieve my goals. She has a deep understanding of the LGBT+ community, and it really helps that she is a woman of colour - since I am a person of colour too. Thus far, I can definitely recommend Savi.

Reviewed November 2022

Savi is so knowledgeable and knows the exact tools that she can offer or share that will help. She listens and understand deeply and is able to identify what the issue is and has ways of uncovering the root of the problem followed by a great solution and advice. I have only had 2 sessions so far and it has already had such a huge impact on my healing journey. I am so impressed and we need more Savis out there to help people in need of mental health guidance and support during tough dark times.

Reviewed November 2022

Listens. Supportive. Personable.

Reviewed November 2022

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Frequently asked questions

Does Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera speak?

Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera speaks English, Hindi, Sinhala, and Urdu.

How many years of experience does Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera have?

Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera has 15 years of experience.

Where is Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera licensed to practice?

Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera is licensed to practice in the United Kingdom.

Does Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera accept clients outside of the United Kingdom?

Yes, Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera accepts clients outside of the United Kingdom.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera offer?

Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera offers clients Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems.

How can I communicate with Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera?

Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Savithri (Savi) Jayaweera?

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