Increasingly, the climate crisis and ecological damage are things we can’t ignore.

 

Increasing extreme weather, the loss of familiar landscapes, and dire projections of future human and non-human impacts of climate change impact our physical lives and our mental health. A large proportion of adults, and young people in particular, now report feeling anxious, depressed, and pessimistic or hopeless about the future. 

 

If you have strong emotions about the climate crisis, it’s because you care about the world around you.

 

These feelings aren’t wrong, and you aren’t alone in experiencing them. But, sometimes, this grief and worry about the future can become too much and begin to impact your ability to function, to experience positive emotions, to connect with others, and to engage in meaningful activities in your life. Climate-aware therapy can help.

 

Climate-aware therapy begins with the assumption that your emotions are not wrong, and that anxiety, grief, anger, and other intense emotions about climate change are a reasonable response to the crisis we face.