Register as a Climate-Aware Therapist
We are pleased to again be offering our 7 session Introductory Course in Climate Aware Therapy this fall!
Dates: Sundays, October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 10, 17, and 24, 2024
Time: 7-8:30pm ET/4-5:30pm PT; final class will be from 7-9pm ET/4-6pm PT
Click HERE to Enroll!
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We will cover concepts at the macro level, focusing on a complex- systems understanding; the mezzo level, where we consider sociocultural factors and bring in an important Indigenous perspective; and the micro level, where we work with the clinician’s emotional reactions to the climate emergency as well as ways to address clinical issues in the consulting room and beyond. The final class will involve an opportunity for in-depth small group case discussions led by the instructors.
Class size will be limited to facilitate experiential participation and discussion throughout the course. Please note that we are unfortunately unable to offer CE credits for this course currently, but hope to in future offerings of this course.
About the Project
As part of a joint project with Climate Psychology Alliance of North America, we are actively recruiting allied mental health professionals who can deliver high-quality, climate-informed psychotherapy for inclusion in a public climate-aware therapy referral list.
To become a climate-aware therapist, you must be a member of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance, Climate Psychology Alliance International, or Climate Psychology Alliance of North America.
What is a Climate-Aware Therapist?
A climate-aware therapist is a professionally-trained psychotherapist who recognizes that the climate crisis is both a global threat to all life on Earth and a deeply personal threat to the mental and physical well-being—the sense of safety, meaning, and purpose—of each individual, family, and community on the planet.
Our shared goal: To use our unique psychotherapeutic skills to meet the multiple, mounting mental health crises arising out of the increasing instability of our planetary system.
A climate-aware therapist:
Values that the professional training of the allied mental-health therapy and counseling communities are needed in this fight.
Commits to delivering the highest-quality mental health services to all clientele—which can include addressing cognitive, affective, personal, societal, and existential repercussions of the climate crisis.
Responds to clientele in a humane and compassionate manner.
Acknowledges the complicated nature of the human response to climate crisis, without presuming the presence or absence of climate-related distress.
Understands how our relationships to nature and living systems, and our interaction with climate science and climate media can be useful tools for integrating and resolving psychological conflicts and stressors.
What is Required to Become a Climate-Aware Therapist?
Therapists listed in this directory need to:
Attest to being a licensed therapist in good standing with their state/provincial and professional-licensing bodies.
Pledge to deliver professional mental health services that are consistent with the established scientific consensus on the climate crisis.
Inclusion in this directory does not suggest endorsement by the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America, Climate Psychology Alliance International, or the Climate Psychiatry Alliance; These entities bear no legal responsibility for any outcomes and have no financial involvement with individuals or groups on this list. You are responsible for verifying your own license standing as we do not verify licensing information.
Legal Attestation
By clicking below and electronically submitting the climate-aware therapist directory registration form, you hereby attest that all clinical licensing information contained therein is true to the best of your knowledge. You further release and forever discharge and hold harmless Climate Psychiatry Alliance or the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America and its successors, and assigns from any and all liability, claims, and demands of whatever kind of nature, either in law or in equity, which arises or may hereafter arise from the services you provide as a result of inclusion in the Climate-Aware Therapist Referral List.