Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares his appointment to Roses in the Ocean’s advisory group and related supervision and consultancy work.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares his Lifeline appointment and consultancy, supervision, and project work.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan shares his new ALIVE article on caregiving, migration, grief, and knowledge.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on multicultural mental health leadership and recognition in Australia.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan and LEXs receive the Suicide Prevention Australia LiFE Award for Priority Populations.

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 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 grief therapy for loss that reshapes identity, relationships, and meaning.

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 reflects on migration, masculinity and mental health in a new ALIVE Network essay.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan presents on lived experience leadership in academia at the Service Users in Academia Symposium (SUAS) 2025.

Michael Elwan will present an AASW workshop on culturally responsive social work supervision, helping supervisors and practice leads better support CaLD workers.

Our new peer-reviewed paper, co-authored by Michael Elwan , has been published in the Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health . The study explores how Australia measures recovery in its public mental health system - and what might be missing when we rely solely on symptom-based tools. Australia’s public mental health services collect vast amounts of data each year. Every hospital, community team, and inpatient unit routinely records a bundle of measures known

Award-winning social worker and national advisor Michael Elwan shares his ALIVE National Centre story on young carer mental health in Australia and the lessons of early caregiving.

Award-winning social worker and national advisor Michael Elwan reflects on receiving the WA Mental Health Award 2025 for Lived Experience Impact & Inspiration, supported by the WA Mental Health Commission.

I recently received news that I’ve been named a Finalist in the AASW National Excellence Awards 2025 for Social Worker of the Year , a recognition that honours lived-experience leadership and social work excellence across Australia. It took a while for the news to sink in. These things never start with applause - they start with small steps, hard days, and moments where you’re just trying to keep someone safe, including yourself. My path into social work wasn’t a straight

I am delighted to announce a new course I have co-created with my colleague Almudena for the WA Recovery College Alliance (WARCA) . This free, community-based program invites people from every walk of life to explore recovery as a journey of learning, connection, and hope. WA Recovery College courses are co-designed by people with lived and professional experience, offering a unique space where knowledge is shared rather than prescribed, and where participants are partners in

As R U OK? Day draws near on 11 September, I've been quietly reflecting on the quiet power of these check-ins, especially out here in our regional and rural spots where support can sometimes feel a bit distant. In the fresh edition of Trunk Line from the Manna Institute, I share reflections for R U OK? Day 2025 - part of Manna Institute’s ongoing commitment to community connection and mental health research. Dr Tara Lal AFSM reminds us that "Are you okay?" can feel a tad clos

I recently had the chance to sit down for a chat on the Equi Voices multicultural mental health interview, and I have to say, it was a wonderful experience. Being interviewed by Estela Fuentes was an absolute pleasure; her passion for multicultural mental health and cross-cultural wellbeing is infectious, and it made the whole conversation flow like a natural catch-up over a cuppa. She's got this genuine fire for amplifying diverse voices in the mental health space, and it r

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan is appointed to the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist WA, advancing multicultural mental health leadership.