Herath Abeysekara, AASW

Herath Abeysekara is an AASW-accredited social worker based in Queensland, Australia. She has six years of experience supporting people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or stuck after life changes. Herath aims to make first steps feel less daunting by offering calm, straightforward support.

She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that influence mood and behaviour. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns, try small changes, and build routines that make life easier. She keeps language simple and practical so conversations feel useful from the first meeting.

Herath uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to map thinking patterns, and acceptance-based strategies to work with difficult emotions. Attachment-informed perspectives are used when relationships and early experiences are a focus.

Herath works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship strain. She also supports people tackling adoption and foster care questions, ageing and caregiver stress, chronic health issues, body image, and communication problems.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the individual's readiness. Herath encourages small, practical steps between meetings so progress is tangible. To begin, people complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the booking process.

How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values rather than getting stuck trying to control emotions. It can be useful for stress, anxiety and low mood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing different behaviours to change mood and daily routines; it often suits people wanting practical tools to manage anxiety or depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and early life experiences to explain current difficulties with trust, closeness and communication.

Finding the right approach is a process. The therapist will work collaboratively to see which combination of methods fits a person's needs, goals and preferences. Sessions can change over time as priorities shift or as practical tasks between meetings show what works.

Details of session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to continue care after moving within Australia. If you want to explore this mode of therapy, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to begin arranging sessions.