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Dilani Perera, Ph.D., LPC, LADC, NCC, MAC, BC-TMH

Dr. Dilani M. Perera is the Department Chair and a Professor of Counselor Education at Fairfield University.

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Dr. Perera is licensed as a Professional Counselor and an Alcohol and Drug Use Counselor and certified as a National Certified Counselor, a Master Addiction Counselor, and a Board Certified TeleMental Health provider. Her clinical work was mainly with substance using clients with co-occurring disorders in correctional, in-patient, and outpatient settings.

She has been a long standing member of IAAOC. She is currently serving as the Assistant Editor for the Journal of Addiction and Offender Counseling and the Annual Review. Outside of IAAOC, Dr. Perera has served in many state, regional, and national level counseling organizations and currently serves as the past-President of the Connecticut Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

Dr. Perera has 45+ publications in the areas of addict