About Dr Balveer Sikh
Dr Balveer Sikh is a psychologist and therapist with over 25 years of experience working across the full spectrum of mental health and psychological care in New Zealand and Australia.
Throughout his career, he has worked in a wide range of settings—from community-based psychological services to acute psychiatric hospital care and psychiatric rehabilitation. This breadth of experience allows him to support people facing both everyday emotional difficulties and more complex psychological challenges.
Dr Balveer holds a Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) degree from Auckland, New Zealand. His doctoral research explored the relationship between Eastern mindfulness traditions and contemporary clinical psychology, examining how contemplative practices can deepen psychological understanding and support emotional wellbeing.
His research introduced a methodological approach known as mindfulness hermeneutics, which has been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal through SAGE Publications.
In his clinical practice, Dr Balveer integrates evidence-based psychological therapies including:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
These approaches help people understand patterns of thinking and behaviour, develop psychological flexibility, and build healthier ways of relating to difficult thoughts and emotions.
He works with individuals and couples experiencing challenges such as:
- stress and burnout
- anxiety and obsessive thinking
- depression and low mood
- psychological trauma and dissociation
- personality-related emotional difficulties
- psychosis and severe mental health conditions
- relationship and family difficulties
Alongside his clinical work, Dr Balveer has maintained a long-standing personal practice of meditation and mindfulness. His interest in consciousness and contemplative traditions continues to inform his understanding of awareness, emotional life, and psychological growth.
He has also contributed a scholarly chapter on Kundalini and psychosis to the forthcoming academic book Entanglement of Culture and Psychosis, to be published by Routledge.
Having lived and worked across different cultural contexts, he brings a broad and reflective perspective to understanding the human mind and the challenges people face in modern life.