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Generation Dread: Now in Paperback 🧡
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Dear Climate Therapist: People’s inertia is making me feel resentful
Our climate therapist Leslie Davenport offers some tips to a reader struggling to understand why no one seems as motivated to engage in climate activism…
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Dear Climate Therapist: I can’t decide where home is
Our climate therapist Caroline Hickman responds to a reader whose guilt about flying is getting in the way of love, and another feeling trapped by…
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Why the term “solastalgia” doesn’t resonate with some Pacific Islanders
Jemaima Tiatia-Siau on the need for a more expansive understanding of life and loss
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Read an ER doctor’s essay on climate distress that no one else would publish
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A brave new way to teach kids about climate emotions
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Please stop saying my generation will save the world
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A call to action for the grownups of the world
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What is the Global North bias in climate-mental health, and how does it affect the Global South?
John Jamir Benzon Aruta explains the concentric circles of injustice some people in the Global South are feeling
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Dear Climate Therapist: I feel surrounded by false climate solutions and denial
Our climate therapist Kyle Hill responds to a reader feeling trapped between two different types of climate denial
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The mind-bending reality of climate disruption and what it means for our brains
Climate journalist Clay Aldern explains a frightening consequence of extreme weather events that we’re not talking about nearly enough
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Dear Climate Therapist: I’m dreading another ‘horror summer’
Clinician Leslie Davenport offers support for those feeling anxious about extreme weather events
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“I want to be more radical, but I can’t”
Indonesian lawyer and activist Tiza Mafira on the frustrating expectation that she’ll silence her feelings in the name of professionalism
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Dear Climate Therapist: I may need to pivot because the burnout is real
Clinician Caroline Hickman guides a climate professional on how to approach their predicament
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The Climate Therapist will see you now
Good professional support for climate distress can be hard to access, and this new column is here to help fix that.
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