About Us:

Objectives of SRILNAC
a) To bring together qualified and competent counsellors who are practicing in Sri Lanka, by
registering such persons.
b) To maintain a register of institutions in Sri Lanka competent to train counsellors.
c) To take steps to ensure high standards of training of counsellors, to assess the
competence of such trainees and the services rendered by them.
d) To draw up and promote the observance of a Code of Ethics for counsellors.
e) To promote ongoing study and research for the advancement of counselling in Sri Lanka.
f) To encourage collaboration and exchange of experiences and expertise with other
national, regional or international bodies committed to the advancement of counselling.

What is Counselling?
Counselling is a one-to-one relationship, an interaction between two persons, with a view to
fostering change and growth where needed. If a counsellor is to be helpful to clients, she/he
must function at a higher level of personal effectiveness than the person who has come for
help, or both will flounder.
It's not a case of one person feeling or acting superior and thinking she/he has the ability to
solve other people's problems.
Counselling is NOT problem-solving or giving advice or telling people what they should do. It
is listening with an understanding heart to a troubled fellow human, empathizing,
responding, discussing the issues raised by the client, helping him/her to see what options
he/she has and to set his /her own goals; the ultimate goal of the counsellor being to
enable the client to decide how best he /she can handle his/her own situation.
"Effective counselling, then, is an enabling (i.e., freeing) and helping relationship, in which
the counsellor's personal qualities and skills encourage positive growth in the client".