Biography
Preserving our Humanity, One Digital Choice at a Time
Elaine Kasket: Cyberpsychologist, Author & Keynote Speaker
We are facing unprecedented psychological and social dilemmas in an age of AI, platforms and digital permanence. Dr Elaine Kasket is a UK-based Cyberpsychologist and Chartered Counselling Psychologist who explores how technology reshapes wellbeing, relationships, work and identity — and how we can retain agency and humanity within it.
As a BPS-chartered psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Counselling Psychologist, she brings together clinical training, research expertise and coaching practice to challenge narratives of helplessness in the face of technology and help individuals and organisations build more meaningful lives with and through tech.
Books
Elaine is the author of Reset: Rethinking Your Digital World for a Happier Life (Elliott & Thompson, 2024), which examines how we use — and sometimes misuse — technology across our personal and professional lives. Combining research with storytelling, Reset offers practical and values-driven ways to make smarter, more self-aware digital choices.
She also wrote All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data (Robinson, 2019), an exploration of how the online dead affect the privacy, finances and experiences of the living in surprising and evolving ways.
Speaking & Media
A keynote speaker and storyteller, Elaine has collaborated with audiences and organisations worldwide, including Netflix, TEDx, House of Beautiful Business, Santander, Pullman Hotels, Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Congreso Futuro, the NHS, the Edinburgh Fringe and Latitude. She is a regular contributor across international media and podcasts, commenting on AI at work, digital wellbeing, relationships and the digital afterlife.
Academic & Professional Roles
Elaine served five years as an Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Wolverhampton in recognition of her work on life in the digital age. She is currently Visiting Professor at the Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) at the University of Bath. She was formerly a full-time academic and Head of Department for the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at Regent’s University.
She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
