Climate psychology

The climate crisis is real, imminent, and having a tremendous impact on our sense of safety and wellbeing. I am part of a growing cohort of mental health professionals that are working to mitigate the far-reaching psychological impacts of the crisis, especially when combined with rising authoritarianism and conflict, both in the U.S. and globally.

While this work happens in the therapy room, group work—staying connected to other likeminded people—is also critical to addressing the complex emotions, including isolation, experienced by those directly and indirectly impacted. Any new or upcoming group events will be listed here.

Climate Grief, Anxiety, and Hope Ritual
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 12:30-4:00pm, at the Center SF.

With the accelerated pace of the climate crisis and political and economic turmoil, how do we practice staying present, active, and awake? To help with this practice, Joanna Calabrese and I, licensed psychotherapists, will facilitate the Truth Mandala. This two-hour ritual, created by Buddhist ecologist and activist Joanna Macy, offers us a space for deep feeling, interpersonal connection, and helps us cultivate the will to continue taking action related to ecological collapse and the climate emergency. We are thrilled to offer a respite from the constant and very important “doing,” inviting a space to come into “being” with the grief, full complexity, and emotional charge of this moment. The Center SF offers us a welcoming and supremely comfortable venue for this vital work. Join us! Sign up here.