Afternoon speaker
Satveer Pedraza-Nijjar
Attention Seekers
Self-Harm
Biography
Satveer Pedraza-Nijjar works to reduce mental health stigma, with a particular focus on self-harm awareness. In 2006, she joined a national steering group with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, sharing her personal experience to help improve guidance and responses to self-harm.
She graduated with a first-class degree in Psychology in 2012. Her dissertation on self-harm and cultural influences received the Bernice McAuley Memorial Prize.
For more than a decade, Satveer has delivered self-harm awareness training across sectors. Her CPD-accredited courses reached approximately 25,000 people in 2024. She also delivers mental health sessions for students, staff, parents and carers, and speaks at conferences. Her training aims to reduce stigma, build confidence and support more empathetic conversations about self-harm.