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Inspiring Mental Health Speakers for Every Audience

Inspiring Mental Health Speakers for Every Audience

Book mental health speakers for UK boards and HR teams — practitioners who frame burnout, presenteeism and psychological safety as productivity and retention levers, not compassion gestures.

Lucy Faulks-Barnard  - Mental Health and Resilience Expert , Keynote Speaker
Lucy Faulks-Barnard Mental Health and Resilience Expert
  • Boost your Resilience and Protect your Mental Wellbeing
  • Boost Resilience, Embrace Change and Thrive at Work
  • Wellbeing - How to Make it Matter
Manisha Tailor  - Author, Speaker, Educator, Keynote Speaker
Manisha Tailor MBE Author, Speaker, Educator
  • Aspirations (Overcoming Adversity)
  • Resilience
  • Anti-Racism
Mariano Sigman  - Global TED Speaker - Neuroscientist and Author, Keynote Speaker
Mariano Sigman Global TED Speaker - Neuroscientist and Author
  • Neuroscience of human decisions
  • Learning and transformation
  • Armed group operation and leadership
Mark Hyman - #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Podcast Host, Doctor’s Farmacy, Senior Advisor, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, Keynote Speaker
Mark HYMAN, MD #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Podcast Host, Doctor’s Farmacy, Senior Advisor, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
  • Don’t Treat Disease, Create Health:
  • Functional Medicine:
  • The UltraMind Solution, Healthy Body, Happy Mind:
Martha Barnard-Rae - Founder + CEO | Word Candy, Keynote Speaker
Martha Barnard-Rae Founder + CEO | Word Candy
  • Values-based business: Communicate your business values to attract the right people (and weed out the wrong ones)
  • All over the shop: Plan and repurpose your content (and get your life back!)
  • The business of neurodiversity: How I run a flawless business with ADHD. (Spoiler alert: I don’t.)
Martin Laschkolnig - Serenity in Leadership - How to Thrive in Uncertain Times - Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Coach, Keynote Speaker
Martin Laschkolnig Serenity in Leadership - How to Thrive in Uncertain Times - Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Coach
  • Serenity in Leadership in Turbulent Times
  • Serenity in Times of Crisis
  • Moving Mountains Together
Matt Stellingwerf  - Comedian, Host, MC, Keynote Speaker
Matt Stellingwerf Comedian, Host, MC
  • Comedy
  • Criminology
Max Siegel - LGBTQ+ & Transgender Inclusion Consultant, Speaker and Activist, Keynote Speaker
Max Siegel LGBTQ+ & Transgender Inclusion Consultant, Speaker and Activist
  • Trans In Real Life: Lived Experience with Max Siegel
  • LGBTQ 101: The Importance of Pride Month
  • How to Run Pride Marketing Campaigns Which Don’t Suck
Max Whitlock - Artistic Gymnast | Triple World and Olympic gold Medallist | Keynote Speaker, Keynote Speaker
Max Whitlock OBE Artistic Gymnast | Triple World and Olympic gold Medallist | Keynote Speaker
  • Introduction and perfomance
  • Sheer element: The art of starting - Thee 3 main points when it comes to preparing for a pressured environment.
  • Circle element: The cycle of improvement
Metta World Peace - (fka Ron Artest) NBA Champion and All-Star, Coach, Mental Health Advocate and Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker
Metta World Peace (fka Ron Artest) NBA Champion and All-Star, Coach, Mental Health Advocate and Entrepreneur
  • BE ON TOP OF YOUR GAME BY TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF
  • TO BE A CHAMPION YOU NEED HUSTLE, REINVENTION, AND TENACITY
  • FIRESIDE CHAT
Mike Bates - MOD Covert Operations Leader and HUMINT specialist turned Founder, International Keynote Speaker and Solo Ocean Rower. , Keynote Speaker New
Mike Bates MOD Covert Operations Leader and HUMINT specialist turned Founder, International Keynote Speaker and Solo Ocean Rower.
  • Resilience under fire: building a mental “wall of evidence” to build self-belief and withstand stress before and after the storm.
  • Leadership from the shadows: how authenticity, trust and courage combine when stakes are high, drawing from times when failure wasn’t an option.
  • Living without limits: stepping beyond comfort zones—from covert fields to solo ocean row—to redefine what’s possible for the individual and team.
Natalie Costa - Parent Coach and Confidence Coach for Children, Keynote Speaker
Natalie Costa Parent Coach and Confidence Coach for Children
  • Navigating big emotions and building deeper connections with your child
  • Helping your child navigate worry and anxiety
  • Boosting your child’s motivation helping them develop a growth mindset
Oli France - Expedition Leader, Adventurer, Keynote Speaker, Keynote Speaker
Oli France Expedition Leader, Adventurer, Keynote Speaker
  • Summit Vision: Leading with clarity and purpose, fostering an elite team culture, and maintaining absolute focus to achieve ambitious objectives.
  • The human factor: Understanding 'the human factor' within teams to maximise positive outcomes.
  • Confidence-Confidence is currency but doesn’t always come naturally to every human. Oli shares tips of how to master this tool.
Owen O’Kane - Bestselling Author, Psychotherapist, Former NHS Clinical Lead, Keynote Speaker
Owen O’Kane Bestselling Author, Psychotherapist, Former NHS Clinical Lead
Pau Gasol - NBA Power Forward, Two-Time NBA Championship Winner, UNICEF Ambassador, Keynote Speaker
Pau Gasol NBA Power Forward, Two-Time NBA Championship Winner, UNICEF Ambassador
  • Leadership in Sports and Business
  • The Secret of Exceptional Teams
  • Mental Strength and Performance
Payzee Mahmod - Obama Leader, 3x TEDx Speaker & Campaigner, Keynote Speaker
Payzee Mahmod Obama Leader, 3x TEDx Speaker & Campaigner
  • Striving Towards a Gender Equal World
  • Tackling Child Marriage
  • From Survivor of Abuse to Activist
Ben Garrod - Broadcaster, evolutionary biologist, and author, Keynote Speaker
Professor Ben Garrod Broadcaster, evolutionary biologist, and author
  • How much of our mental health is evolutionary, and how much is affected by digital distractions – including social media?
  • What can our animal relatives teach us about stress, anxiety, and mental wellbeing?
  • What can a rampaging silverback teach us about the importance of ‘office away days’.
Professor Suzie Imber - Space Physicist, TV series Winner, High-Altitude Mountaineer, Elite Athlete, Global Environmental Leader, Broadcaster and Inspirational Speaker, Keynote Speaker
Professor Suzie Imber Space Physicist, TV series Winner, High-Altitude Mountaineer, Elite Athlete, Global Environmental Leader, Broadcaster and Inspirational Speaker
  • The future of the space industry and exploration of our solar system
  • Human spaceflight and the return to the moon
  • Climate change, effective leadership and research culture
Rachel Murphy - Entrepreneur | Built & Sold Difrent| Public Speaker | NED and Investor at Careology, Keynote Speaker
Rachel Murphy Entrepreneur | Built & Sold Difrent| Public Speaker | NED and Investor at Careology
  • Concept to Sale of A Services Business
  • Authentic Leadership
  • Transformation of The NHS
Richard Gadd  - Writer | Actor | Comedian, Keynote Speaker
Richard Gadd Writer | Actor | Comedian
  • Mental Health
  • Men's Mental Health
  • Comedy

Frequently Asked Questions About
Mental Health Speakers

Cevap: Mental health speakers on the UK roster start from £3,000, making this category more accessible than most corporate topics. Most bookings fall between £3,000 and £25,000 depending on speaker profile, format, and event context. Celebrity-adjacent speakers — those holding credentialled public roles or carrying major media profiles — are priced on request and typically sit above that range. For a full breakdown of what drives fee variation, see how much a keynote speaker costs in the UK.

Cevap: Book 3 to 6 months ahead for a confirmed corporate date. October (World Mental Health Day) and May (Mental Health Awareness Week) are the two peak periods — both fill earliest, so add at least a month's buffer if your event falls near either. Enquiries with fewer than 6 weeks' notice can be handled through the last-minute availability network, but speaker choice at that point is constrained and confirmation is not guaranteed.

Cevap: A 45 to 60 minute keynote raises awareness and shifts mindset — it is not designed to build practical skills. A 2 to 4 hour workshop builds capability: how a line manager has a mental health conversation, how a team identifies early warning signs. These formats are not interchangeable. Define the intended outcome before shortlisting begins, because the right speaker profile differs between them.

Cevap: Yes. Practitioners who work regularly in corporate settings adapt clinical or lived-experience material to sector context — burnout rates in legal, presenteeism patterns in financial services, psychological safety obligations in manufacturing. A pre-event briefing call scheduled 2 to 3 weeks before the event is standard practice. Speakers with documented sector-specific experience require less briefing time and land more precise references with your audience.

Cevap: Yes, and most speakers on the 300+ UK roster have delivered both formats. Mental health content delivered virtually requires additional care — audience safety, anonymous question handling, and post-session resource signposting all need more deliberate design than in a room. Speaker Agency's advisory process includes tech rehearsal, setup coordination, and post-session resource links as standard for virtual and hybrid briefs.

Cevap: Standard scope covers the speaker fee, a pre-event briefing call, content customisation to the agreed brief, and a post-event Q&A if requested. Optional add-ons include workshop extensions, panel participation, internal resource toolkits, and follow-on programme design. Speaker Agency manages all logistics — travel, AV requirements, and green room needs — so your team has a single point of contact from enquiry to close.

Cevap: Every mental health speaker on the roster is vetted for professional accountability — clinical registration, a credentialled public role, or a verifiable lived-experience platform — and for prior experience in corporate settings. Where content touches clinical risk areas such as suicide or trauma, Speaker Agency confirms in advance that the speaker follows safe messaging guidelines aligned with Samaritans and Mind frameworks, and that post-session signposting resources are prepared and distributed to attendees.

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