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Dr Ritika “Ritz” Suk Birah is a Consultant Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC, with a background in Neuroscience.
With over 18 years of clinical experience, she delivers impactful sessions that create lasting shifts in mindset, behaviour and performance.
Ritz works as a Consultant across four UK private hospitals, specialising in acute general psychiatry and delivering psychological assessment and therapy. Alongside her clinical work, she is the founder of Reflect with Dr Ritz, the UK’s first psychologist designed confidential journal subscription service delivered via WhatsApp, making therapeutic tools and psychological insight more accessible in everyday life.
She balances her time between one to one therapy, keynote speaking, workshops and designing bespoke mental health and wellbeing programmes rooted in neuroscience and resilience for both private and public sector organisations. Her key themes include resilience, mindset, mental health and wellbeing, burnout, work life balance, habit formation and stress management.
Ritz has been featured in Vogue, Psychologies and Fortune, and has appeared on Channel 5 News discussing AI therapy and digital wellbeing. She is also the resident psychologist on Ferne McCann’s Every Cloud podcast and co hosts The Therapy Floor, where she shares practical psychological insight and advice.
Her client work spans a range of leading organisations and brands, including Mamas and Papas, Silver Cross, Fitbit, Oliver Wyman and Lloyds Bank, supporting teams to improve wellbeing and performance through practical, evidence based strategies.
On stage, Ritz is warm, insightful and highly relatable. Audiences leave with a deeper understanding of their mindset, along with practical tools to build resilience, manage stress and perform at their best in both their professional and personal lives.
If you live and work in a world of constant disruption, leaders need a clear framework for better decision-making under pressure. This keynote shows how stress changes judgement and communication, then teaches a simple in-the-moment reset so leaders stay calm, clear and decisive when stakes are high. Leaders or attendees leave with: a rapid regulation tool, a pressure-proof decision framework, and micro-steps to improve execution immediately.
Best for: fast-paced environments, high stakes, transformation, restructures, rapid growth.
If you want leaders who don’t just cope with change but lead it well, regulation becomes a performance skill. This keynote helps leaders recognise the patterns that subtly hold them back under stress, then replace reactivity with steadier presence, clearer boundaries and more authoritative communication. Leaders leave with: practical regulation tools, a calm communication framework for difficult moments, and a repeatable way to lead uncertainty and tension without escalation.
Best for: leadership development, people management, emotionally demanding roles, cultures under pressure.
If you want more productivity without running on adrenaline, the answer is behaviour design, not motivation. This keynote teaches micro-habits that reduce friction and decision fatigue across the week, so follow-through improves even when workload is high. Leaders or attendees leave with: a micro-habit framework that sticks, neuroscience tools to reduce decision fatigue, and a close-down routine that protects recovery and improves next-day performance.
Best for: workload overload, execution gaps, hybrid working strain, teams who are stretched and dropping balls.
Many of us can relate to tipping the balance when it comes to work, with hobbies, family life and physical necessities like sleep falling by the wayside. This talk explores the six essential pillars of self-care: physical health, emotional well-being, mental clarity, social connections, purpose, and relaxation. Attendees will gain actionable insights into how these pillars interact to combat burnout, fostering resilience and sustainable wellbeing. By the end, you’ll feel empowered to integrate self-care practices that rejuvenate and sustain your energy.
Best for: burnt-out teams, high performers at risk of depletion, organisations navigating sustained pressure and cultures serious about long-term wellbeing – not just short-term output.
A Pressure-Proof Framework for Judgement and Execution. If decision volume is high and everything feels urgent, leaders need a simple way to think clearly and act decisively. This keynote gives a practical framework to widen perspective, prioritise cleanly and execute without second-guessing, even in high-change environments. Leaders leave with: an in-the-moment “pause protocol” , a prioritisation method that reduces cognitive load, and an action structure that increases follow-through.
Best for: time-poor leadership teams, high decision load, rapid change, complex stakeholder environments.
This session should be compulsory for all employees. Bring Dr Ritz back in six months for a follow-up
The Cognitive Reappraisal overview was impeccably insightful and helpful. 10/10 Workshop.
