Dr Shamil Wanigaratne D.Clin.Psych., FBPsS., FBABCP. is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Senior Advisor to H.E. Director General at the National Rehabilitation Centre, Abu Dhabi. He is also the Head of the NRC Training Institute and Acting Head of Research. He is Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University and Visiting Associate, King’s College London.
Until April 2011 he was Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Clinical Psychology for Addictions at the Maudsley Hospital London. He is currently in charge of setting up the National Rehabilitation Center Training Institute.
He has worked as a psychologist in the field of Addiction since 1987 and has been involved in teaching and training psychologists and other health professionals, throughout his career. He has conducted research and published widely on psychological aspects of addiction. He was a founding member of the British Psychological Society’s Faculty of Addiction and was its Chair from 2000 to 2001. He co-founded the UK-Sri Lanka Trauma Group a British Registered Charity and is currently its Chair. He is also Honorary Consultant to Mel Medura Addiction Treatment Centre, Colombo.
In recognition of his of his contribution to his field and profession, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 2011. He was also elected as a Fellow of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists in 2017.