Kapil Nayar

Kapil Nayar native to Philadelphia, is a licensed professional counselor with a forte in substance use disorder treatment. When it comes to addiction treatment, Kapil has worked within the field in various non profit and for profit treatment settings and currently still practices in a private practice setting. Kapil has been a source for grand jury investigations in the tri state area rippling into various parts of the country including Florida. Kapil has been a force for patient advocacy, social justice, citing research and information to hold corrupt, fraudulent treatment facilities accountable. Kapil has also participated with local and National reporting agencies both inside and outside of the counseling field across the country working closely with advocates who came before him. Most recently, Kapil has completed his dissertation and defended for a conferral of a PhD in Counseling, Education, and Supervision in February of 2025; and has participated anonymously in a documentary that has most recently debuted at SXSW 2025. The documentary that debuted Won SXSW 2025 Films and TV Award for Feature Competition. Kapil teaches at Walden University as a Mental Health Counseling faculty.

Courses Taught

CPLB 602L-29 - CMHC Pre Prac 2

COUN 6730-34 - Counseling Addictive Disorders

CPLB 601L-08 - CMHC Pre Prac 1

COUN 6306-43 - Ethics and Legal Issues

GRHP 6100-4 - Group Lab

COUN 6700-6 - School Counseling Internship 1

COUN 6401S-6 - School Counseling Practicum

COUN 6785-5 - Social Change in Action

Education

PhD, Walden University

MA, La Salle University

BA, Temple University

Publications

Nayar, K. (2024). Autoethnographic Examination of Moral Distress While Working for the For-Profit Substance Use Disorder Treatment Sector.

Presentations

Nayar, K. (2025). Eliminating Mental Health Disparity: March 13, 2025 . National Board of Certified Counselors

Nayar, K. (2025). Voices of the Epidemic. Spotlight PA, Berks Community Health Center, USC Center for Health Journalism

Nayar, K. (2025). Meeting the Unique Needs of First-Generation College Goers: Dr. Krista Malott, Dr. Stacey Havlik, Dr. Kapil Nayar. 2025 TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES (TLS) PROGRAM