- Client‑centred practice
- CBT and DBT skills
- EMDR for trauma
About Lushani
Lushani De Silva is an AASW social worker with five years of clinical experience in Australia. She works with people carrying stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, depression, LGBT issues, intimacy and self‑esteem problems, and ADHD. She also lists concerns such as compassion fatigue, career worries and forgiveness.
Lushani likes clear, structured sessions. She aims to help people talk through difficult feelings and confusing events without judgement. Sessions focus on practical skills alongside space to reflect on what matters to each person.
Her work draws on Client‑Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at thoughts and actions that keep painful feelings going. She also uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills for emotion regulation and grounding, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing for processing traumatic memories when appropriate.
She pays attention to patterns that come from attachment and personality differences, and to issues sometimes left out of mainstream conversation such as kink and alternative sex culture, blended family challenges, body image and codependency. Lushani offers strategies for communication, commitment concerns and coping after separation or domestic violence.
Sessions include tools you can use between meetings, like coping strategies and ways to reflect on progress. People can expect a mix of conversation, practical exercises and the occasional structured technique to test what works.
Sessions are offered in English and Sinhala. For practical steps to begin, follow the online booking prompts to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches are used online
Client‑Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping people name what they feel. It supports people who carry shame by giving them a chance to speak about painful events and reactions without being judged. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the thoughts and behaviours that keep guilt and shame active and offers clear exercises to test new ways of thinking. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a method used to process traumatic memories and reduce their intensity when trauma underlies shame or guilt.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods together to see what fits. That means sessions can be conversational, skills‑based, or include structured trauma processing depending on need.
The precise online session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weeknight or a lunch break, allow shorter check‑in appointments when needed, and reduce travel time. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt CBT exercises, DBT skills coaching and parts of EMDR for remote delivery so practical tools can be used between meetings.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Sinhala
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of guilt or shame issues does she help with?
She works with relationship guilt, shame tied to family and faith, intimacy-related shame, and feelings that follow trauma or abuse.
How does she approach shame in sessions?
She uses a mix of Client‑Centered methods and structured skills from CBT and DBT to notice unhelpful thoughts and build new coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience working in Australia as an AASW social worker.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She is listed with the AASW and practices in Australia.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Sinhala.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary by location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.