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Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins a national panel reflecting on the first year of the Suicide Prevention Strategy.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins a national panel reflecting on the first year of the Suicide Prevention Strategy.

Panel Conversation: One Year On from the National Suicide Prevention Strategy

Michael Elwan

Feb 182 min read

Multicultural Belonging in Australia Living Between Worlds - Michael Elwan

Multicultural Belonging in Australia Living Between Worlds - Michael Elwan

Multicultural Identity in Australia: Living Between Worlds

Michael Elwan

Feb 142 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on lived experience leadership and why language matters in mental health systems.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on lived experience leadership and why language matters in mental health systems.

Lived experience leadership: Why language matters on the mental health frontlines

Michael Elwan

Jan 312 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares the Consumer-Led Conversations recording on multicultural mental health leadership.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares the Consumer-Led Conversations recording on multicultural mental health leadership.

Consumer-Led Conversations Recording: Multicultural Mental Health in Practice

Michael Elwan

Jan 312 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on consumer-led multicultural mental health leadership and collective change.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on consumer-led multicultural mental health leadership and collective change.

Consumer-Led Conversations: Multicultural Mental Health Leadership in Action

Michael Elwan

Jan 212 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explains social isolation therapy; why disconnection develops and how therapy supports reconnection.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explains social isolation therapy; why disconnection develops and how therapy supports reconnection.

Social Isolation Therapy Begins When Disconnection Becomes the Norm

Michael Elwan

Dec 31, 20252 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explains social anxiety therapy; how it works, what to expect, and how it helps people feel safe and confident again

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explains social anxiety therapy; how it works, what to expect, and how it helps people feel safe and confident again

Social Anxiety Therapy That Helps You Feel Safe, Seen, and Steady

Michael Elwan

Dec 31, 20252 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explores self esteem therapy and how it supports people to move beyond self-criticism toward steadier self-worth.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explores self esteem therapy and how it supports people to move beyond self-criticism toward steadier self-worth.

Self Esteem Therapy When Self-Criticism Runs the Show

Michael Elwan

Dec 31, 20252 min read

Award-winning social worker Michael Elwan offers relationship and marriage counselling online across Australia, supporting couples to understand patterns and restore connection.

Award-winning social worker Michael Elwan offers relationship and marriage counselling online across Australia, supporting couples to understand patterns and restore connection.

Relationship and Marriage Counselling: When Patterns Replace Connection

Michael Elwan

Dec 31, 20253 min read

Men’s Issues Therapy: When Carrying It Alone Stops Working

Men’s Issues Therapy: When Carrying It Alone Stops Working

Men’s Issues Therapy: When Carrying It Alone Stops Working

Michael Elwan

Dec 30, 20252 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explores grief therapy for loss that reshapes identity, relationships, and meaning.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explores grief therapy for loss that reshapes identity, relationships, and meaning.

Grief Therapy When Loss Changes Who You Are

Michael Elwan

Dec 30, 20252 min read

Trauma and PTSD Therapy When the Past Keeps Interrupting the Present

Trauma and PTSD Therapy When the Past Keeps Interrupting the Present

Trauma and PTSD Therapy When the Past Keeps Interrupting the Present

Michael Elwan

Dec 30, 20252 min read

Award-winning Accredited Social Worker Michael Elwan offers depression therapy online across Australia. A trauma-informed, relational approach for people feeling flat, disconnected, or worn down by carrying too much for too long.

Award-winning Accredited Social Worker Michael Elwan offers depression therapy online across Australia. A trauma-informed, relational approach for people feeling flat, disconnected, or worn down by carrying too much for too long.

Depression Therapy When Feeling Flat, Disconnected, or Stuck Won’t Lift

Michael Elwan

Dec 30, 20252 min read

Award-winning Accredited Social Worker Michael Elwan offers anxiety or fears therapy online across Australia. A trauma-informed, relational approach for people feeling overwhelmed, vigilant, or stuck despite coping well on the outside.

Award-winning Accredited Social Worker Michael Elwan offers anxiety or fears therapy online across Australia. A trauma-informed, relational approach for people feeling overwhelmed, vigilant, or stuck despite coping well on the outside.

Anxiety or Fears Therapy - When Anxiety Becomes a Way of Living

Michael Elwan

Dec 30, 20252 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares Christmas mental health support Australia resources and crisis help options.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares Christmas mental health support Australia resources and crisis help options.

Christmas mental health support Australia: a steadier way through the end of the year

Michael Elwan

Dec 20, 20253 min read

Michael Elwan reflects on his AASW webinar on supporting mental health in CaLD men, including masculinity, migration, stigma and suicide prevention.

Michael Elwan reflects on his AASW webinar on supporting mental health in CaLD men, including masculinity, migration, stigma and suicide prevention.

Supporting Mental Health in CaLD Men | AASW Webinar with Michael Elwan

Michael Elwan

Dec 13, 20253 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on migration, masculinity and mental health in a new ALIVE Network essay.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on migration, masculinity and mental health in a new ALIVE Network essay.

More Than a Suitcase: Migration, Masculinity and Mental Health | Michael Elwan

Michael Elwan

Dec 12, 20252 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan examines the debate on social work registration Australia and what it means for the profession

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan examines the debate on social work registration Australia and what it means for the profession

Should Social Workers Be Registered in Australia? A Balanced Look at the Debate

Michael Elwan

Nov 26, 20254 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan receives WA Mental Health Award congratulations in WA Parliament.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan receives WA Mental Health Award congratulations in WA Parliament.

WA Mental Health Award Parliamentary Congratulations

Michael Elwan

Nov 24, 20252 min read

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins the National Mental Health Workforce Advisory Network to support Australia’s Strategy

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins the National Mental Health Workforce Advisory Network to support Australia’s Strategy

Michael Elwan Joins the National Mental Health Workforce Advisory Network

Michael Elwan

Nov 24, 20252 min read

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Michael Elwan Finalist Barbara Hocking Award 2025

LiFE Award Winner - Outstanding Contribution Individual - Michael Elwan

Michael Elwan - Award Winner - 2025 WA Mental Health Award - Lived Experience Impact & Inspiration

LiFE Award Winner - Priority Populations - LEXs

Michael Elwan - Social Worker of the year National award AASW

WA Multicultural Awards 2026- Michael Elwan Winner

Michael Elwan - Finalist - 2025 Sir Roland Wilson Leadership (WA Multicultural Awards)

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