Emotions in this time of climate change

We are at a crossroads, with the climate crisis and ecological breakdown threatening personal, societal and planetary wellbeing. In Australia in 2022, 68% of people lived in an area covered by a natural disaster declaration. As we face these turbulent times, we also have an unprecedented opportunity to take action to mitigate some of the predicted future impacts, and to restore a more respectful and interdependent way of living.

Complex emotions such as such as anger, fear, anxiety, despair, shame and guilt are understandable reactions and also healthy alternatives to numbing and denial. Yet often they are disenfranchised with few contexts for acknowledgment or support. Emotions such as these can be powerful motivating forces for action, which in turn can foster determination, courage, creativity and meaning, all of which nurture psychological wellbeing.

Therapists have a key role to provide safe, compassionate and supportive spaces for people to explore and cope with complex emotions, and to do so in a way that they don’t become overwhelmed or disabled by them, or avoidant of facing the problems in order to circumvent the feelings. Therapeutic support can also give consideration to finding footholds into realistic hope and life-affirming ways of living and relating.

Watch this webinar to become:

Become informed about ways that the climate crisis may be encountered in your therapeutic practice
Extend your skills for working with emotions in the context of climate change
Develop insight into the wide array of nuanced climate-related emotions and how these may shape people’s reactions and responses

Presenter: Merle Conyer

Merle Conyer works at the intersection of trauma, healing and justice. She offers psychotherapy, supervision, training and wellbeing services in diverse organisational, community and cultural contexts, and in private practice. Merle is active in raising therapeutic considerations of the climate crisis in professional, educational and community forums. She provides skills-based training and supervision for therapists upskilling and working as climate aware practitioners. What motivates her is a commitment to stand in solidarity with young people to protect their future, and to offer meaningful support to people committed to finding pathways to life-affirming actions for all beings.

Price:
PACFA Members: Free
Non-Members $26 (incl. GST)

The recording counts as 2 hours of Category B CPD for PACFA's membership renewal requirements
Certificates are not provided for Category B PD offers.

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