Free sessions with a climate-aware therapist

My practice as an Integrative Transpersonal Therapist is shaped by my experience working on social justice and climate change around the world and understanding the connection between personal wellbeing and the wider systems we are all part of. From personal experience, and from my experience working with all kinds of people personally and professionally engaged in facing the climate crisis and other crises in the world, I know how painful it is and how much courage it takes to open our hearts and minds to what is happening. The cycles of despair, fear and anger as well as the numbness, apathy and disconnection it can plunge us into can feel absolutely debilitating. At the same time, I know what can really help us live with difficult truths, nourish and resource ourselves and I'm here to support people with that. Alongside my 1:1 work as a therapist, I provide training and support on emotional burnout, post-traumatic stress, ecological distress & grief and related issues to organisations in the not-for-profit world, helping professions, activism and beyond. I qualified as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor from Re-Vision in London and have worked both in private practice and for counselling services in Sussex and London. I have also trained in compassion-based therapy and social transformation with the Nalanda Institute in New York/Toronto and have spent several years educating myself and others at the intersections of social & environmental change and mental health and wellbeing. My first degree was in political science and I hold an MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. I live in Brighton on the South Coast and can offer face-to-face support locally, as well as online support worldwide.

I am a Consultant Psychiatrist with 30+ years of experience, semi-retired age 60, still registered with the GMC / revalidated, undergoing clinical supervision, appraisal and indemnified. My main area of practice was old age psychiatry, though I was also accredited in general adult psychiatry, did a 1 year sabbatical in forensic psychiatry and during training did a placement in adolescent psychiatry. I also have 6 grown up children, so a fair bit of life experience with young adults! From the perspective of psychotherapy; as well as my psychiatry training and experience, I have completed training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and have clinical supervision with an Act therapist with a long track record of involvement with climate activism. I think this approach works well with the values underpinning climate distress in all its forms. I am a member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (and a member of their climate justice and action special interest group). With regard to climate and ecological crisis work, in my 50s I was able to develop a long standing interest in secular Buddhism and for the last 3-4 years have been attending weekly buddhist group meetings. I take a lead in our local eco-dharma group and am a member of the national equivalent with Triratna Earth sangha. I have actively engaged in Buddhafield events, including Green Earth Awakening and Joanna Macey’s Work that Reconnects. I am shortly to attend the week-long Routes to Resilience retreat. I have participated in Extinction Rebellion actions within the XR Buddhists and Healthcare groups. I am currently on an ‘Eco-sattva’ course run by One Earth Sangha. This includes a consideration of trauma and reviewing our own eco / climate emotional responses and blocks, building on from them with resilience.

I've been working in the field of mental health for many years now, first as a mental health support worker and then, for the last four years, as a counsellor and psychotherapist. I've been concerned about the climate crisis from a young age, and have experience participating in various environmental activist groups, attending protests and supporting direct action. I'm an accredited member of the BACP, and have been trained in Transactional Analysis Counselling and Integrative Psychotherapy. I have recently joined the Climate Psychology Alliance and I'm looking forward to the opportunity to expand my therapeutic work into supporting others (as well as myself) through these extremely challenging times in whatever way I can.

I'm an integrative psychotherapist in private practice. I have been seeing clients for 23 years. I'm currently a joint head of the first year of the Masters Programme at the Minster Center where I teach and offer training supervision. I am deeply engaged with the Climate and Ecological Emergency CEE. In 2022 I published some research which explored how counsellors and psychotherapists think and feel about the CEE and how, or whether, their clients bring their concerns about the CEE. I designed and currently facilitate a training weekend at the Minster Centre for trainee counsellors and psychotherapists on eco-anxiety and environmental trauma. I'm deeply invested in decolonising counselling and psychotherapy training at the Minster Centre. I believe that Western history of colonialism and neo-colonialism, and our collective and unconscious compliancy with capitalism and neoliberalism have created the CEE.

I am a qualified and experienced psychotherapist and supervisor with a practice rooted in climate-aware and race-aware perspectives. I have experience working with climate-related anxiety with clients, particularly young adults, and am able to support you with existential issues about life's meaning and our place within nature and the universe. I work with a compassionate approach, focused on building resilience for facing and talking about difficult things. I am engaged in an ongoing process of Continuing Professional Education around climate and race, and am doing a Professional Doctorate with the University of Chester researching the experiences of those holding marginalised identities in therapy.

I coordinate CPA’s Therapeutic Support network, bringing together the practitioners who offer free support to people experiencing climate and ecological distress. Much of my role is about helping practitioners feel connected and supported as they accompany others through something that touches all of our lives. I’ve been a psychotherapist for more than 20 years. I’m also the founder of HSPconnect, a community created to help highly sensitive people find one another, build friendships and feel less alone. My work is shaped by Transactional Analysis, climate psychology, Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects, rewilding, end-of-life work, and my ongoing learning around decolonisation and co-liberation. I’m interested in what helps people stay human, connected and able to act in difficult times. I believe grief, anger, love, humour and hope all need a place, alongside a more expansive sense of ourselves as participants in a complex, living system.

I am a nature connected coaching psychologist and a meditation and mindfulness practitioner. I invite to movement and connection with nature, as paths to mental health, wellbeing, sense making and connection; most of my sessions take place outdoors. I also draw on existential wisdom and a systemic understanding of the world, to support people with climate anxiety and distress and to nurture sense making, aliveness and creativity.

I have been a Climate activist myself in a very small way, taking action in October 2021 and, after a Crown Court trial, being found guilty of Public Nuisance. My daughter and many of our friends have been in prison for much braver work than mine. The work I have done with clients anxious about the climate is different from other work. The fear is real and appropriate and can’t be fixed by therapy. But my hope is that together we can find a way of living with this knowledge and flourishing anyway. I would like, respectfully, to offer what support I can to the brave people who have taken action and may be struggling with the emotional fallout.

I have been a member of CPA since 2016/2017, participated in two trainings "Through the Door", attended an AGM and other gatherings. Recently I have attended the symposium, organised by Judith Anderson and attend CPA peer supervision for facilitators of Climate Cafes. In Southampton I am facilitating regular Climate Cafes and am active in climate crisis activities in Southampton and South Hampshire. I am actively working with the Greening Campaign Hampshire with the remit to setting up Climate Cafes and recruiting and possibly training facilitators and co-facilitators. I have been actively campaigning against Southampton Airport Expansion and am a known advocate for the climate and environmental emergency in connection with psycho-physical health in the area. Generally, I do my private studies of the topic. I have offered three free sessions through the TS to four climate activists in the past. I have been a climate activist (before the term existed) since the 1980s.

Qualified in 2014 as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and worked since then in private practice. In 2019 completed a training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, a body oriented approach used in working with trauma. During 2023 I will complete a training in Counselling Supervision. I participated in Extinction Rebellion during 2019 and worked voluntarily with the CPA since that time. In 2016 I founded the Psychedelic Society of Brighton and have worked to raise awareness and in harm reduction around the use of these substances. My approach to Climate Psychology work is about honouring the work that activists and others are engaged in, while exploring how an individual may be suffering due to their involvement. I also bring to this my own experience of having struggled psychologically in the past around my own climate activism. I am Treasurer of a co-housing group working to build an affordable eco-village.

I am an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist in private practice and a longstanding member of the Climate Psychology Alliance. My deep concern for the effects of human activity on our planet extends back many years to a time when I felt alone with my feelings and actions; now I gain solace from my involvement with various groups of like-minded people. In addition to being a Climate Aware Therapeutic Support Practitioner with the CPA, I am a trained Climate Café facilitator and will soon have completed a separate Climate Aware Practitioner training delivered by Psychology for a Safe Climate. In my private psychotherapy practice, I am increasingly exposed to clients’ anxiety about the the climate and ecological crisis, and I feel well placed to be able to help with the distressing and complex feelings that come up. Through the free therapeutic support offered by the CPA, I am happy to be able to give my time and experience to support people whose responses to the climate, ecological and biodiversity crises might feel especially acute or overwhelming.

I've worked as a campaigner across human rights and environmental issues - so I know what it's like to be fighting for social and environmental injustice. I'm a certified coach who works with activists and I'm trained in Transactional Analysis which looks at us in relation to others, society and the eco system.

I have been a person-centred counsellor since 2001and continue to work in the NHS and private practice in Scotland. I've also worked in a university counselling programme in Edinburgh since and supervised other counsellors since 2010. Before that I trained as an ecologist and have become increasingly concerned about both the evidence of climate change and the lack of awareness and response from our institutions and culture. I joined the XR protests and then realised my most useful offer to the movement would be to support other activists, so I also joined the CPA, where I've offered therapeutic support sessions and facilitate climate cafés. Through doing this I've realised there are both blindspots in my awareness and in the conventions of therapy so I undertook and completed Climate Aware Practitioner training via Psychology for a Safe Climate in Spring 2023. My normal work frame is brief and so particularly suited to the kind of work we do in therapeutic support, and as an activist with my own experiences of burnout and re-engagement I have been able to work succinctly with others in the movement.

Climate aware person-centred counsellor & consultant, Climate Cafe Listening Circle Supervisor

I’m a qualified, trauma informed, Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and an accredited registrant member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). I am from Kenya, a member of the BIPoC and BAME communities and a part of the African diaspora community here in the UK. My therapeutic support serves as a welcoming space to people from all walks of life! I support individuals experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological concerns including anxiety, stress, depression, grief, bereavement, trauma and abuse. My work also supports those experiencing eco-related distress or feelings of overwhelm due to the climate and ecological crisis. I aim to help those who have been directly or indirectly affected by the crisis or are committed to climate activism including people from minority and under-represented backgrounds. I also offer counselling support to people from the BAME, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities and work with a psychologically informed understanding of intersectionality and the challenges that come from oppression and generational trauma. I aim to provide a safe, non-judgemental space to explore your thoughts and allow you to reach a place of self-understanding and healing, to break generational cycles and build resilience.

I have been providing pro bono sessions since 2019 for people suffering from climate/eco distress and for XR and JSO activists and other climate campaigners. My training as a body psychotherapist means I am on home ground with the expression of emotions. I am available to work face to face, on Zoom or by telephone or any mix of these. An initial short telephone call will be necessary before arranging sessions. Kindly e-mail me with your telephone number. Through CPA I have trained to run Climate Cafes and run several monthly in person on the South Coast for the general public, and also occasionally for an NGO, Bioregional. Within my local XR Regen group I have co-facilitated regular Active Listening Circles. I have also trained to facilitate and delivered both The Work that Reconnects and Carbon Conversations. Details of these and other CEE workshops I can offer to organisations face to face are available on request. I was a partner practitioner for 37 years at The Open Centre in London, providing individual therapy, theme workshops and ongoing groups. I am now semi-retired and committed to providing psychological support for dealing with the Climate and Ecological Emergency.

Tutor, mentor, guide, and ecotherapist, currently researching archaeotherapy for her PhD.

I am a Gestalt psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher with over 20 years experience of working with individuals and groups. I have a studio in woodland where I work in addition to speaking on the phone or online . I deeply value spending time in natural spaces and feel that our disconnection as part of nature has contributed to the climate and ecological crisis. I run mindfulness sessions in nature and have trained to hold climate cafes. I am a member of Extinction Rebellion and volunteer several hours weekly to support local and UK wide activities particularly around people and planet care. I feel I am ongoingly finding a way to be with, and respond to; the climate crisis, in my own life and would welcome the opportunity to support others .

Hello! Please check the link below to see if I have availability and for further information. https://link.ukcptherapist.uk/CPA-Availability I draw on emotion-based therapy as well as a range of other psychotherapeutic styles including Relational Transactional Analysis. Emotion-based therapy helps us uncover meaning and purpose in ways that logical thinking sometimes fails to achieve. In these periods of uncertainty, emotion can help guide us, allowing us to make sense of our experience and how we relate to others. Additional to the support I provide through the CPA, I provide Therapeutic Climate Groups and coordinate emotional support for those involved in raising awareness relating to the Climate Crisis. I am a Full Clinical Psychotherapist Member of UKCP and hold an MSc in TA Psychotherapy and L3 AEDP.

I am an experienced integrative counsellor/psychotherapist in private practice in North London. My longstanding concern about the precarious state of the ecology on our Earth and the part humanity plays in it has led me to focus on questions of life's meaning, purpose and belonging. I am fascinated by the process of healing – both individual and collective – which I see in terms of reconnecting. I am continuously exploring this subject through the medium of therapy, parenthood, mindful movement, art and other ways.

I am an experienced psychotherapeutic counsellor and family mediator, working in a variety of settings over 25 years. I was on this register since it started and had several activist clients, but removed myself for six months in 2023 as I took time out to travel and reassess my life's purpose and meaning in later life. I became seriously concerned about climate chaos in 2009 and attended several workshops with Sue Weaver. My husband and I put on a joint travelling exhibition of writing and art work reflecting our concerns. I am a member of Friends of the Earth and Extinction Rebellion and have attended many demonstrations over the years. However, I do not want to go to prison but honour those people, particularly young people who put their futures on the line for the rest of us and our grandchildren. I feel the best role I can offer is in supporting them.

I have participated in CPA climate aware practitioner course PD1, 2 & 3 with PSC, the through the door workshop and climate cafe facilitation training. I also cohost climate cafes. I work online, in person indoor and outdoor and take a relational and ecological approach to counselling.

Psychologist, Sandplay practitioner, nature and forest therapy guide, Climate Reality Project leader, and CPA member.

Jennifer Ramsay is a Gestalt Ecotherapist and professional storyteller. Jennifer has her own private practice in Spain where she lives. She is also a creative group facilitator and offers unique workshops, weaving storytelling with her training in Art Therapy, Psychodrama and Ecotherapy. Jennifer is also a facilitator of Active Hope and the Work that Reconnects. She holds regular Climate cafes and also Death cafes. Her approach is client centered, nature based (when possible), creative and holistic. The rhythms of nature are very present as she incorporates the Celtic wheel of the year and the lunar cycles into her work. She has a degree in Biological Sciences and she is part of the global network of Earth Storytellers and an active contributor to The Earth Stories Collection. She believes that the ancestral wisdom held within many ancient stories can help us face some of our current social and environmental issues.

I'm a person-centred, psychodynamic and neurodiversity-affirming art therapist in private practice. I qualified in 2021 and worked for three years as Art Therapist and Wellbeing Lead a community garden, so nature-based practice has always been central to my work. I now work both outside and inside and bring nature into my work whenever possible. Issues around climate anxiety and global matters come up with my clients regularly although my work is generally not solely focused on this. I work mostly with neurodivergent clients and am neurodivergent myself; anxiety and rumination often surfaces in my work and some of this relates to climate, nature and global issues. The art in art therapy can be a good way of regulating and exploring this in depth. I am interested in research and evaluation. I co-authored a practice paper 'Safety in a person-centred, garden-based art therapy group for people with dementia' published in 2025 in the International Journal of Art Therapy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17454832.2024.2412548 I co-run a British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) special interest group - Nature-based practice and climate change. We facilitate regular online meetings which are often peer led reflective spaces in which we explore our feelings around climate change. I also work part-time as a lecturer on MA Art Psychotherapy at University of South Wales and have offered seminars on nature-connection and using nature-connection for self-care.