Sunitha Ramnarayan

I am warm, empathetic person who is interested in fostering relationships and learning from others as well as as supporting them in their growth and healing.

I specialise in Strength based Person Centered therapy, believing we all hold innate wisdoms and facilitating healing begins with befriending ourselves. I offer both “top down “ narrative strategies and “ bottom up” body/emotions based tools.

Counselling Services

It’s my privilege to come alongside during periods of challenges. My clients include teenagers, young adults, couples, families and older adults seeking healing and restoration. I am interested in how our bodies, minds, souls and spirit all give wisdoms and healing. I use both body focused “bottom up” and cognitive methods “top down “ modalities of therapy to integrate a fully inclusive healing journey. My ethos is founded on a Strength based Person-Centred counselling. My method of engagement in therapeutic relationships is deeply respectful of your own wisdoms and strengths, offering a collaboration where we learn from each other.

I have experience working with anxiety, depression, self harm, trauma, family issues and couples counselling I have experience with highly functioning highly anxious clients, as well as emigration challenges and marginalised communities.

Counselling Approach

I have experience working with anxiety, depression, self harm, trauma, family issues and couples counselling I have experience with highly functioning highly anxious clients, as well as emigration challenges and marginalised communities.

Background and Experience

I have been a Behavioural Optometrist for 20 years, working with individuals and families for long periods supporting visual challenges impacted by development and trauma I began volunteering as a telephone counsellor at Youthline after being trained for 6 months in Person Centred Therapy and immediately felt called into counselling. I immediately retrained as a counsellor.

My own trauma background was hugely impactful in my decision and I have learned many tools that continue to influence my own ongoing healing journey and I am better able to understand others and have compassion and empathy for their healing journey. I feel very privileged to come alongside others on their healing journey.