Sugandika Subawickrama

Athlete, Business mentor, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Environmentalist, Idea generator, Journalist, Life mentor, Parent, Performer, Project manager, Scientist, Writer/Editor

Dr. Sugi (Sugandika T Subawickrama) a Licensed Psychotherapist (DSL, LMHC (N.Y.), LPC (N.J.), Master CASAC, CLSSBB). Member of American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association & Honor societies: Sigma Beta Delta and Omega Nu Lambda.TEDx, Motivational, Leadership Speaker (National & International), Researcher, and an Influencer. Bio: Dr. Sugi (Sugandika T Subawickrama) is originally from Sri Lanka. She is a licensed psychotherapist in New York (LMHC) and New Jersey (LPC), a certified substance abuse clinician (Master CASAC) in New York and internationally and is also an approved DWI assessor and clinical screener for impaired driving offenders in New York. She is a strategic leader and a motivational speaker as well. Dr. Sugi has worked in Behavioral Health, Mental Health, quality, research, and Substance Abuse Counseling for over 20 years in various treatment settings. Her educational journey in Sri Lanka, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States helped her to learn coping strategies and leadership skills. She completed the "Science of Well-being" course at Yale University, which provided a different perspective on life and happiness. Dr. Sugi completed her Doctorate from Liberty University, with a 4.0 GPA, and is affiliated with Sigma Beta Delta and Omega Nu Lambda Honor Societies. In addition, she is a Six Sigma Black Belt and a member of the American Counseling Association. She also serves as a chairwoman for youth at the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars). She has been selected/accepted to the roster for the Fulbright Specialist Program, allowing her to represent the USA and use her knowledge and experience with the world. Dr. Sugi is a volunteer TED translator/reviewer/language supervisor and has two YouTube channels in Sinhala and English on Mental Health and empowering individuals. Also, International Translation Day TED Translation giveaway winner. TEDWomen 2022 subtitling contest winner (English to Sinhala: Get out of the glass box) and received an invitation to TEDWomen present to participate connector pass 2022. Dr. Sugi has delivered 2 TEDx talks so far, Immigrant Resilience (Southlake, Texas), and I Am Not My Past and Rising Above Trauma (Staten Island, New York). Dr. Sugi is passionate about research and is involved in numerous qualitative, quantitative, social, and marketing research both nationally and internationally. Dr. Sugi's passion is to use her skills to help individuals recover and rebuild their lives from the devastation caused by traumatic events, such as war, natural disasters (Tsunami, Hurricane), recurring substance use, and maladaptive coping skills. She has extensive experience providing individual and group counseling, while utilizing evidence-based approaches to help adults and children reach their treatment goals.

She is passionate about research and is involved in numerous qualitative, quantitative, social, and marketing research both nationally and internationally. Dr. Sugi's passion is to use her skills to help individuals recover and rebuild their lives from the devastation caused by traumatic events, such as war, natural disasters (Tsunami, Hurricane), recurring substance use, and maladaptive coping skills. She has extensive experience providing individual and group counseling while utilizing evidence-based approaches to help adults and children reach their treatment goals. She is an athlete and a gardener in her leisure time.

1st TEDx Plattsburgh Salon: Leadership & Empowerment with Global leaders (One simple step to change the history by your confident leadership story). 1st TEDx Talk: Southlake Texas: Immigrants Resilience, coping mechanisms and Mental Health Are immigrants to the US more resilient? Why is that and what can we learn from it? 2nd TEDx Talk: Staten Island, New York: I am not my past, Trauma informed, Rising above trauma

Coaching, Leadership, Mental Health, Mentoring, Motivational Speaking, Public Speaking, Research, Workshops

TED Translator/Reviewer URL https://ted.captionhub.com/users/f054a195cf/profile TED Profile : https://www.ted.com/profiles/36442572 1st TEDx Talk Video (Southlake Texas): (Coming-up soon) 1st TEDx Talk Profile TEDxSouthlake | TED https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/50205 1st TEDx Plattsburgh Salon Video: https://youtu.be/EirzSxY39_8 2rd TEDx Talk Profile TEDxElmPark | TED 2nd TEDx Talk Video (Staten Island, New York): 10/30/2022: Video pending https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/51385

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