Utilizing an integrative and robust framework that includes multiple behavioral science approaches and philosophies, as well as a view into the broken systemic legacies from which painful eco-emotional conditions arise, climate psychology is adaptable to various therapeutic orientations.
The primary focus of the Climate Psychology Certificate is to provide training... for working therapeutically with the lived experiences of eco-anxiety, eco-grief, and many expressions of climate-invoked dread… :
Immediate mental health impacts of climate related disasters
Long term stress of living with the reality of climate change over time
Trauma-informed therapeutic and emotional resiliency skills with ways of motivating effective action
Existential dilemmas that come into the therapy room, such as whether to have a family, move out of a geographical area to avoid climate related disasters, kinship breakdown, and more generally, how to navigate the future with escalating threats
The program cohort is intentionally kept small to promote… lifelong networking, shared professional efforts, and cross referrals.
