Saudamini Perinchery, PhD, NCC

Dr. Saudamini Perinchery is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Catawba College. She is also a nationally certified counselor and a licensed mental health counselor in North Carolina. A humanistic counselor at heart, Dr. Perinchery views the therapeutic relationship as a central agent of change and brings this perspective to her clinical work, teaching, supervision, and scholarship. Her scholarly interests include humanistic, creative, and trauma-informed approaches to counselor training and clinical practice. She regularly presents her work at national and regional professional conferences. Dr. Perinchery has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate counseling courses and currently serves as a member of the Institutional Review Board at Catawba College. Her leadership in the counseling profession has been recognized throughout her training and early career. During her master’s program, she received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award and the Kevin D Knight Leadership Award. During her doctoral training, she was selected as a Pete Warren Fellow by the Virginia Counselors Association and recognized as an Emerging Leader by the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Perinchery earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education with a cognate in Evidence-Based Pedagogical Practices in Counselor Education from Virginia Tech. She earned her M.S.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a certificate of graduate study in Trauma-Informed Counseling from Northern Illinois University and her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
In her free time, Dr. Perinchery enjoys the simple things that make life feel full. She loves to travel, tend to her garden, cook, bake, spend time with loved ones, and enjoys unwinding with a good TV show!

Dr. Perinchery teaches the following courses in the CMHC Program:

• Counseling Skills and Techniques I & II
• Multicultural Diversity in Counseling
• Human Growth & Development
• Research Methods & Program Evaluation in Counseling
• Counseling Practicum
• Counseling Internship

As well as the following courses in the Counseling minor:

• Introduction to the Counseling Profession