Elvita Kondili, with long dark hair and glasses, stands smiling in a teal button-up shirt against a plain Grey background.

Elvita Kondili, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Counsellor Education and Supervision

Chicago

“My goal as a Counsellor educator is to cultivate reflective, compassionate professionals who can meet clients and communities where they are — with curiosity, humility, and hope.”

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OVERVIEW

Dr. Kondili is an Albanian-American scholar, author, and Counsellor educator with nine years of experience teaching and supervising in both master’s and doctoral programs in Clinical Mental Health Counselling and Counsellor Education and Supervision. Her scholarship focuses on cultural humility, refugee mental health, and substance use treatment emphasizing the intersection of identity, resilience, and social justice in Counselling Practise and education. She is the co-author of “Fundamentals of Addiction Counselling: An Introduction to Clinical Practise” and “Fundamentals of Addiction Counselling: Clinical Practise Manual.” She teaches courses in qualitative research, program development and evaluation, clinical supervision, advanced group Counselling, and trauma, crisis, and disaster response. Guided by a deep commitment to equity and compassion, Dr. Kondili is passionate about preparing counselors and Counsellor educators who are competent, reflective, and socially responsible leaders in the profession.

MEMBERSHIPS + ASSOCIATIONS

  • Association for Counsellor Education and Supervision (ACES).
  • American Counselling Association.
  • North Central ACES.
  • Illinois Counselling Association.

Publications + Presentations

Publications

Interprofessional substance use education for primary health professionals: An exploratory study of knowledge-related differences.

2024 Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly.
Author(s): Calleja, N. & Kondili, E.

A multilayered, dynamic model of refugee resilience: A grounded theory.

2023 Journal of Counselling & development,1-13.
Author(s): Kondili, E., Interiano-Shiverdecker, C.G., & *Sabah, M.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12496

Predictors of cultural humility in counselors-in-training.

2022 Counsellor Education and Supervision, 61(2), 129-140
Author(s): Kondili, E., Isawi, D., Interiano-Shiverdecker, C. G., & *Maleckas, O.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12230

Counselling and social justice advocacy interventions with refugees: Two case studies.

2022 Journal of Multicultural Counselling and Development, 50(4), 219-229.
Author(s): Kondili, E., Interiano-Shiverdecker, C. G., & Hahn, C.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12270

Refugees in context: A systemic, intersectional exploration of discrimination experiences.

2022 International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 44, 263-282.
Author(s): Interiano-Shiverdecker, & C. G., Kondili, E., & *Bazzi, R.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-021-09457-7

Refugees, discrimination, and barriers to health.

2021 Journal of Professional Counselling: Practise, Theory & Research, 48(2), 91-105.
Author(s): Interiano-Shiverdecker, C. G., Hahn, C., McKenzie, C. & Kondili, E.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/15566382.2021.1947106

Refugees and the system: Social and cultural capital during U.S. resettlement.

2020 International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 42(1), 48-64.
Author(s): Interiano-Shiverdecker, C. G., Kondili, E. & Parikh-Foxx, S.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-019-09383-9

The role of mother-infant bond in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) management. 

2019 Archives of psychiatric nursing, 33, 267-274.
Author(s): Kondili, E., & Duryea, D. G.

Presentations

Cultural humility as predictor of non-disclosure in Counsellor supervision.

2024 North Central Association of Counsellor Education and Supervision
(NCACES). Rosemont, IL.
Author(s): Kondili, E.

Predictors of cultural humility in counselors-in-training: The role of multicultural training, intellectual humility, and the quiet ego.

2021 [Research presentation] Association of Counsellor Education and
Supervision (ACES) Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Author(s): Kondili, E., Isawi, D., & Interiano-Shiverdecker, C. G.

A systemic perspective on refugees’ mental health and discrimination.

2021 [Research presentation] American Counselling Association
(ACA) Conference and Expo Online.
Author(s): Kondili, E., & Interiano-Shiverdecker, C.G.

Tele-supervision during COVID-19: Challenges and opportunities.

2020 [Education content presentation] Association of Counsellor
Education and Supervision (ACES) Fall Webinar Series.
Author(s): Kondili, E.

Cultural and social capital as protective factors of refugee mental health: A community-based ethnographic study.

2019 [Research presentation] Association for Multicultural Counselling
and Development (AMCD) Summit, Orlando, FL.
Author(s): Kondili, E., Interiano- Shiverdecker, C. G., & *Ismail, L.,

Bringing down systemic walls: The refugee resettlement process.

2018 [Research presentation] American Counselling Association (ACA)
Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Author(s): Interiano C. G., Kondili, E., Parikh-Foxx, S.

LEADERSHIP + ENGAGEMENT

  • Mentor, Emerging Leaders Program, NCACES.