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Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown

Editor : Judith Anderson, Editor : Tree Staunton, Editor : Jenny O’Gorman, Editor : Caroline Hickman

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This brilliant work is not only for therapists but is also a worthwhile read for all literate humans in a time of climate breakdown. It is comprehensive and reaches into the depth of ecology and the human psyche. For our network “Global Climate Psychology for a Just Future” it is a real treasure to have.
Dr. med. Monika Krimmer, Psychoanalyst, Psy4Future, Germany

Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown is a necessary response to an uncertain and precarious present and future. There is an ethical imperative that runs through this book, which callings upon individual therapists and their regulators to face up to the effects of climate and environmental crisis and to then act. In braiding together the insights of therapists and the voices of those beyond the therapeutic professions, a kaleidoscope of diverse knowledges emerges, which is underpinned by a commitment to naming the relationship between climate crisis and social injustice. This is then Aa timely book for all therapists that will assist their development and work with clients.
Dr Jamie Bird, Art Therapist and Senior Lecturer, University of Derby, UK; author of Social Action Art Therapy in a Time of Crisis

What a cornucopia of voices, perspectives, concepts and practices and yet Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown at the same time manages to maintain a marvellous coherence! This wonderful volume demonstrates the breadth, vitality, intellectual rigour and critical edge of climate psychology. It will be a crucial resource in the difficult times to come, and not just for therapists and mental health professionals but also for engaged citizens seeking to make sense of their own experience of climate breakdown.
Paul Hoggett, Co-founder of CPA, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, UWE

Being A Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown is invaluable for the expanding field of "climate aware" clinicians. Contributors to this multi-generational, multi-disciplinary collection address the political, ideological, and psychological contradictions embedded within the profession: the individualism, the pathologizing, the erasure of the more-than-human world, the untenable boundary between the "personal" and the "political." With conviction, the editors urgently call for and offer guidance in professional repurposing -- helping us all "stay present" to the planetary crisis.
Rebecca Weston, LCSW & JD and Co-President, Climate Psychology Alliance - North America