Counselling Psychologist | Mental Health, Wellbeing and Social Impact Leader · India
Parveen Shaikh is a Counselling Psychologist and social sector leader with over 25 years of experience across mental health, education, youth development and social impact in India. Her work spans government, national and international nonprofit organisations, and the private sector, including schools, educational institutions and corporates. Her experience includes designing and scaling mental-health systems, education and career-development initiatives, digital platforms and large-scale community programmes. She brings a systems-oriented perspective to mental health, connecting evidence-informed practice and professional services with lived experience, human relationships and community-based approaches. Her professional interests encompass caregiver mental health, women’s mental health across the life course, youth wellbeing and participation, loneliness and social connection, and inclusive community mental-health systems. She is particularly interested in how support can respond to people’s changing needs across different life stages, strengthen access to appropriate care, and create opportunities for individuals and communities to contribute to wellbeing. At the summit, Parveen will present “Bringing the Caregiver to the Centre of Care: From Fragmented Support to an Integrated Caregiver Ecosystem.” The presentation proposes an adaptable framework that brings existing evidence, professional support, and peer and community approaches together, recognising unpaid and informal caregivers as people with their own mental-health and social needs. Across her work, Parveen is interested in moving beyond isolated interventions towards connected, sustainable systems that place people, relationships and lived experience at the centre of care. Her approach emphasises collaboration among professionals, institutions, caregivers and communities to build support that is evidence-informed, responsive and grounded in real-life needs.
Topics: Bringing the Caregiver to the Centre of Care: From Fragmented Support to an Integrated Caregiver Ecosystem