In 1989, she moved into psychology when she returned to Australia. Belinda Khong received her doctorate in psychology from Macquarie University, Sydney and was awarded the Dean’s commendation for her dissertation on A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Responsibility in Daseinsanalysis and Buddhist Psychology. She was also awarded the Sidney M. Jourard Memorial Student Award by the Humanistic Division of the American Psychological Association for outstanding postgraduate student research.

Currently, Dr Khong is a consulting psychologist and counsel individuals and families on a range of issues including depression, anxiety, relationships, communication skills, coping with change, work-life balance, stress management and personal growth. She also lectures at the department of psychology, Macquarie University on various courses including personality, adult development, Eastern psychology, meditation and spirituality. She developed and run postgraduate courses on qualitative research and design and supervises postgraduate students on their research projects.

Dr Khong conducts workshops and individual sessions on meditation, mindfulness practice and stress management for organisations, professionals and members of the public in Australia and overseas. She has completed a professional training programme on Mindfulness-Based Stress reduction at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA.

Her current interests include researching and integrating comparative psychology, meditation and mindfulness practice in the areas of psychotherapy, personal growth and healing, and spirituality.

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Academic qualifications

LLB (Hons) National University of Singapore, Singapore

BA(Hons)(Psychology) Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

PhD, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Professional qualifications

Registered Psychologist, NSW, Australia

Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaysia (since 1974)

Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (since 1975)

Membership and offices

Member of the Australian Psychological Society, Australia

Member of the College of Counselling Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society, Australia

Member of the American Psychological Association, USA

Member of Society for Constructivism in the Human Sciences

Member of editorial board, The Humanistic Psychologist

Member of advisory board, Constructivism in the Human Sciences

Associate Editor, Transcultural Society for Clinical Meditation E-Journal

Member of editorial board, Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology (retired).

Member of Buddhist Psychology Special Committee, 2nd Asian Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy Conference, October 2007, Bangkok, Thailand

Member of the Scientific Board, 9th World Congress on Constructivism in Confluence with the 5th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy, June 2005, Sweden

Member of the Singapore Law Society

Member of the Singapore Academy of Law

Member of Golden Key Honours Society

Media

Interview with ABC Radio National, Australia Talks Back (December, 2006). Meditation in the workplace.

Sydney Morning Herald, Essential Health (November, 2006). Mind your own Business.

Interview with 2SER, Sydney Community Radio (October, 2006). Mindfulness Meditation.

Macquarie University News (September, 2006). Learning to let go - the phenomenon of mindfulness.

Interview with Sydney Eastside Radio (2005). Communication in the family.

Interview with 2RDJ (Sydney Community Radio-Perceptions: In Search of Wisdom, May, 2005). Healing and psychotherapy.

Interview with 2RDJ (Sydney Community Radio-Perceptions: In Search of Wisdom, January 2005). Buddhism, respond-ability, meditation and healing.

Interview with SBS Radio National (2004). (Sinhalese Programme) Buddhist Psychology and Contemporary Issues.

Interview with ABC Radio Canberra (2004). Buddhist Psychology and Meditation.

Macquarie University News (October 2004). A Buddhist Approach to Psychotherapy.

Interview with Sydney Eastside Radio (2003). Silence

Australian Financial Review Magazine (2000). Putting the Om into business.

Interview with 2 SER, Sydney Community Radio (1999). Western and Eastern perspectives on personal and social responsibility.

Macquarie University News (1999). Coping with change

Interests

Meditation, writing, painting, flower arrangement, gardening and community work.