About the event
Join us for our University Mental Health Day panel talk! We'll be discussing the impact of COVID-19 on our student and staff community, including grief, isolation and the impact of technology on our mental wellbeing.
Tickets are free! Book your place now. Tickets & links will be sent via email.
Speakers Include:
Holly Matthews - Holly Matthews is a former TV actress, Ted X speaker, Life Coach, NLP practitioner and founder of The Happy Me Project. Holly has established a strong social media following of engaged fans, has over 40,000 followers across her social platforms and over 3 million views on her award-winning You Tube Channel.
Liz Atkin - Liz Atkin is an internationally acclaimed visual artist and mental health advocate, Liz received the Unstoppable Spirit Award for Outspoken Advocacy at the TLC Global Conference. Her work has featured on TEDx, BBC News, Woman’s Hour, Vice, Women’s Health USA, Huffington Post, Channel News Asia, Metro, AlJazeera and more.
Dr Christine Grant - Dr Christine Grant is an Occupational Psychologist, and Associate Head of Post Graduate Academic studies. Her main research focus is exploring how remote e-working using technology impacts of work-life balance, job effectiveness and well-being and developing new psychometric measures. Christine is a lead researcher in the psychology of remote working and has published in this area, and been quoted recently in several media articles and radio shows including BBC news. Her new book can be found here https://www.coventry.ac.uk/news/2021/agile-working-book/
Rina Ndebe - Rina Ndebe is a Coventry University student and CU Coventry Campus Officer. She has founded the Ekimelo Project which aims to improve mental health in Black communities.
IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) - IAPT provide services for people with mild, moderate and moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety or depression, and will share various methods to manage anxiety, stress and depression.