Vishmi has a natural warmth and ease with people from various walks of life, creating a supportive therapeutic environment.
With her keen focus on listening attentively to each person’s unique story, Vishmi offers empathic feedback and guidance tailored to their needs.
Drawing on her own experience of migrating to Australia as an adult, Vishmi can provide deep understanding of the particular difficulties that those from South Asian backgrounds may experience, when navigating cross-cultural conflicts, especially as they arise between parents and young (or grown) children.
Vishmi’s background includes working with children at risk of abuse and neglect, as well as supporting families in reaching their full potential, through programs at Barnados.
Vishmi’s expertise extends to utilizing art techniques in therapy, as well as music therapy for elders in Sri Lanka. As part of her work as a supervisor for Project Bloom in Ski Lanka, Vishmi provided therapy and interactive teamwork sessions for children and adolescents in a psychiatric unit. She also guided a team of volunteers for that project.
In addition to her clinical work, Vishmi has worked in the role of teaching counselling and psychology, to Diploma and Bachelor’s students.
Vishmi has considerable administrative skills, and when she is not working therapeutically with our clients, she assists our practice on a part-time basis, with Office Management.
Vishmi works therapeutically with:
- Adults, Children and Teens
- Anxiety/ Depression/ Work and Life stress
- Relationship difficulties (Individuals)
- Trauma and attachment for those navigating South Asian cross-cultural pressures
- ADHD
- Understanding Anger
- Navigating Family dynamics
- Navigating Parent separation
- Building self-esteem
- Incorporating self-care into life
- Relating to and dealing with those with Narcissistic tendencies
Vishmi can offer Counselling and Psychotherapy in Sinhala, as well as fluent English.
Person-centred therapy is the foundation of her work, but Vishmi also utilises, as needed, Emotion Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy techniques, Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Qualifications
- Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Graduate Diploma in Clinical & Health Psychology
- Bachelor in Psychology
