Bio: Kia ora, nō Ingarangi ahau, engari, kei Ōtautahi taku kāinga ināianei. Ko Tangata Tiriti ahau, Ko Elle Cradwick tōku ingoa.

Elle has a background in psychology (MSc) and suicide prevention & postvention, as well as in the mental health innovation space with Big Chats. As a mental health professional she is particularly interested in supporting the professionals and community members of people going through tough times by providing education, resources and advice on relevant topics. Her presentation style is interactive, engaging, and centered in practical tools participants can implement in their professional and personal lives.

Her topics include:

• Suicide prevention
• Resilience
• De-escalation
• Navigating burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma
• Preventative and interventional self-care
• Active listening for healthcare professionals
• Caring without carrying – a series of 4 x 1hour workshops with the aim of showing staff that what they encounter through their work, is not for them to have to shoulder. Covering concepts such as; Understanding burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma; What drives us? Motivation for our mahi and identifying where we have agency; Professional self-care (interventional and preventative); Confirmation bias: collecting the good; Strategies for fostering resilience, including when things stick.