It is impossible to tell the story of professional counselling in Sri Lanka without telling the story of Prof. D.S. Ranawaka.
In 1968, Prof. D.S. Ranawaka gathered a handful of interested young people into a small counselling circle. With no local precedent to follow, he wrote from scratch; the syllabus that would train Sri Lanka's first professional counsellors.
His own clinical training spanned Colombo, Queensland, Brisbane, Copenhagen and London. That international standard of practice became the benchmark the Institute still measures itself against today.
Executive Committee
The counsellors, academics and professionals who guide the Institute's work and uphold its standards.
Non-Voting Executive Members
H. Hemantha Uditha Kumara
Junior Executive Committee
Dr. Chamindra Pathirana
D.M.N. Buddhika Dassanayake
More than half a century of
building the profession.
From a single counselling circle to Sri Lanka's national professional body — this is the story of how counselling became a discipline here, and the man who started it.
Carrying the work forward
Over 1,000 counsellors trained, a recognised diploma, and a growing network of affiliated institutions. The mission Prof. Ranawaka began is now a national movement — and it is still growing.