Looking for a place to join others in your concern about climate change?
Join a Climate Emotions Conversation at Climate Awakening founded by clinical psychologist and climate advocate Margaret Klein Salamon @ClimatePsych
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay
Mark your calendars for 5/6 when Leslie Davenport, MA @MindingEarth and Wendy Greenspun, PhD share their insights about providing climate-aware therapy. This CE-providing event includes a recorded clinical demonstration and discussion to follow
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#Earth
Evidence-based practitioners like evidence! @fionacharlson et al. review mental health impacts of climate change & need for research:
Climate change & mental health scoping review
Priorities for climate change & mental health research
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay
In the Climate Change & Happiness podcast climate emotion researcher @panupikhala and climate psychologist Thomas Doherty @selfsustainpdx discuss the emotional and psychological impacts of climate change and how to cultivate resilience
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay
Climate coping and wisdom in your email! The Generation Dread newsletter by @BrittWray is a trove of thoughtful perspectives, discussion & guest interviews on living in the climate crisis from experts and advocates from around the world
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay
Climate anxiety, a state of anticipation, often finds the headlines – but the impacts of climate change that are happening right now directly impact on mental health. Learn more in the excellent briefing paper commissioned for @ISTSSnews#ABCTEarthWeek #climatepsych#EarthDay
Today Weds 4/19 join @MattScottGW of the Climate Museum Pop-Up for an interactive workshop: “Telling Our Stories: Leveraging Storytelling to Center Climate Justice”
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay
Climate change is a crisis unfolding in real time but can feel too abstract to address. Storytelling can help overcome this and elevate the experiences of members of marginalized, frontline communities who bear the greatest burdens of climate injustice
More excellent books about climate change for parents and children:
How to talk to kids about climate change by Harriet Shugerman @climatemama
Parenting in a changing climate by Elizabeth Bechard @em_bechard
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay
Parenting in the time of the climate crisis is fraught with challenges. Check out philosopher and writer @ebcripps' book Parenting on Earth out today
#ClimatePsych#ABCTEarthWeek#EarthDay
These thinking traps can negatively impact our mood and get in the way of taking climate action, so practice flexible thinking when it comes to climate change!
#ClimatePsych#ABCTEarthWeek#EarthDay
All or Nothing Thinking – If I’m not willing to do everything I can to fight climate change, what’s the point in doing anything?
Overinflated Responsibility – I'm a horrible person for using plastic bottles
Catastrophizing – We're doomed, what's the point in caring?
Join @ClimateCares & @SustyVibes - learn about their efforts to cultivate global collaboration to understand and respond to mental health impacts of climate change and push for policy change and action. April 18, 7-8:30am EDT Register here!
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay
Feeling like you need to bolster your climate change knowledge? Check out these 6 informative and insightful podcasts on various aspects of the climate crisis
#ClimatePsych#ABCTEarthWeek#EarthDay
Check out @ecoAmerica and their Climate for Health Initiative, full of excellent resources including comprehensive research reports, informative webcasts, leadership training opportunities, & more
#ClimatePsych#ABCTEarthWeek#EarthDay
It’s high time to get informed about the mental health impact of climate change and what mental health professionals can and must do about it! This foundational report from @APA gives an excellent introduction
#ABCTEarthWeek#climatepsych#EarthDay