Petra Velzeboer is a renowned mental health expert, keynote speaker and author of new book Digital Wellbeing: Recharge Your Focus and Reboot Your Life which was published 3 Feb 2025. She is also CEO of PVL, a mental health consultancy that combats psychologically toxic cultures and promotes mentally healthy work environments. She is a psychotherapist with an MSc in Psychodynamics of Human Development and is a qualified ORSC & CTI Certified Coach.
She started her career working in youth mental health for charities such as Young Minds, Catch22 and managing a telephone counselling service at The Mix. This included working with 10- to 25-year-olds who had been kicked out of schools and attended Pupil Referral Units, young offenders and working alongside youth centres such as the Damilola Taylor Centre in south London. Her first book, Begin With You: Invest In Your Mental Health & Wellbeing At Work, was published in 2023.