If you are experiencing increasing emotional turmoil because of the climate crisis, you are not alone. Every day brings more urgent news of ecological breakdown, and our institutions are failing to rise to the occasion. This ongoing crisis can open the doors to a host of negative emotions, ranging from a lurking unease to a terrified paralysis.

Therapeutic conversations cannot change this climate reality, but they can help you step back and think about your preferred response. In therapy, I work to help you ground yourself in the places, relationships, and communities that are meaningful to you. By working together, we can explore ways to stand up to disconnection, burnout, and hopelessness, while strengthening the relationships and values that sustain you.

As a therapist, I take a strong position that the problem is not you or your emotional response to this crisis. Eco-anxiety, climate depression, and climate grief can be helpful terms, but we cannot let them obscure the real problems, i.e. the ecocidal systems and isolating ideologies that are fueling the climate crisis. I take an intersectional approach to all therapeutic conversations, including those about climate. I find that it can be helpful to interrogate the web of social injustices linked to this issue.

If you are looking for support in navigating these difficult times, I encourage you to be in touch.