Climate Aware Therapy
We don’t have to look far anymore to see the effects of climate change. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have a new season: smoke season. It comes at the tail end of summer, when the drought has dried our forests, and the heat has made the vegetation tinder-ready. Over the past ten years, this smoky season has become the new normal west of the Cascade Mountains.
While climate activists and environmental scientists have grappled for decades with the emotional fallout of facing climate change, these feelings are affecting an increasing number of people as the impact of ecological destruction becomes more evident and more widespread.
I work with people who are experiencing confusion, pain, fear, and anger relating to the climate crisis. As a climate-aware therapist, my goal is to help you talk, think, and feel about how climate change touches your life and the world around you.
I find that people sift information about the climate crisis through the same filters and patterns that they use in other areas of their lives. While I can’t give you answers about how to solve this crisis, I can work with you to find a greater sense of clarity and purpose in how you respond to it.
Climate mental health issues I work with include:
While climate activists and environmental scientists have grappled for decades with the emotional fallout of facing climate change, these feelings are affecting an increasing number of people as the impact of ecological destruction becomes more evident and more widespread.
I work with people who are experiencing confusion, pain, fear, and anger relating to the climate crisis. As a climate-aware therapist, my goal is to help you talk, think, and feel about how climate change touches your life and the world around you.
I find that people sift information about the climate crisis through the same filters and patterns that they use in other areas of their lives. While I can’t give you answers about how to solve this crisis, I can work with you to find a greater sense of clarity and purpose in how you respond to it.
Climate mental health issues I work with include:
- Ecological grief/ Climate grief
- Eco-anxiety/ Climate anxiety
- Climate depression
- Pre-traumatic, anticipatory stress in the face of the climate crisis