Living with the climate crisis is heavy. You don't have to carry it alone.

Eco-anxiety, climate grief, rage, exhaustion: if you're a young person feeling any of this, it makes sense. These are understandable reactions to climate breakdown and the polycrisis. Whether you're looking for support or looking to get involved, you are very welcome here.

Support and training made for young people

Spaces where you can turn up as you are and be with others who get it.

Support spaces

Facilitated group sessions where young adults can talk openly about how the climate and related crises are affecting them.

Workshops

Themed sessions exploring our psychological and emotional reactions to climate breakdown, burnout, resilience and ways to develop agency.

Training

Opportunities for young people who want to learn how to hold space for others, including introductory facilitation skills and peer support training.

Retreats

Our annual in person retreat offers a weekend of rest, nature connection and workshops, to process the feelings and the challenges of environmental work and activism.

Free one-to-one therapeutic support

Browse our Therapeutic Support Directory and book up to three free sessions with a climate-aware practitioner - for anyone over 18 experiencing eco-related distress.

Browse upcoming youth events

Find out more about cclimate aware therapeutic support

How to find what you need

Resources for young peoples

Find something that fits

Browse our events calendar for upcoming support spaces, workshops, and training.

Book your place

All of our youth offerings are free or low-cost. Book through the event listing, and you'll get everything you need to know beforehand.

Show up as you are

No prep needed. No right way to feel. Just come, listen, share what you want to share, and meet others who get it.

Stay connected

Come as regularly as you want. Or join CPA and our Student and Young Members Group to be a part of our community.

Reading and resources for young people

Curated guides, articles, and external links to support you

We've gathered resources to help you make sense of what you're feeling and find your footing. Some offer tools for working through eco-anxiety and climate grief. Some connect you with communities of young people who get it. All have been chosen with you in mind.

Dare to Care

A guide for making sense of climate emotions aimed at teenagers and young adults, with reflective exercises by Klara Wrusch.

Eco Distress for Young People

Useful information from the Royal College of Psychiatrists to help you understand the distress you might be feeling.

Force of Nature

An organisation founded by activist Clover Hogan which empowers young people to turn eco-anxiety into agency.

One Resilient Earth

An organisation which provides excellent workshops and support offerings for young adults.

How to Change Everything: the young person’s guide to protecting the planet and each other

A book by Naomi Klein that looks at how we got here, and how to join the fight to protect the planet while looking after each other.

Climate Is Just the Start

In this book activist Mikaela Loach offers big-hearted optimism, helping kids feel empowered to change the world. For younger readers age 8-12.

Browse all young people's resources

Explore the full research & resources library

Want To Get More Involved?

A lot of our young members didn't come to CPA looking to contribute. They came looking for support, and found that being able to support others was part of how they found relief. These are some of the opportunities membership offers.

Student and young members group

A dedicated community within CPA where students and young people at CPA connect, organise, and support each other. It's intergenerational, justice-focused, and shaped by members.

Intergenerational mentoring scheme

One-to-one mentoring with experienced CPA members. A chance to learn from practitioners, researchers, and activists who've been in this work for years, and to bring your own perspective into the exchange.

Events and training for members

Member-only sessions including skill-building, reflective spaces, a research group and opportunities to get involved in running events.

Supporting others

If you've been supported by CPA and want to pay it forward, there are pathways into facilitation, peer support, and community-building. We'll help you find your footing.

Find out more and join CPA

Our offerings for young people are led by CPA Youth Coordinators Gareth Morgan and Ronke Ayoola. They are joined by educational psychologist Dr Louise Edgington, specialist facilitator Jo McAndrews and others who support the development of these offerings.

Testimonials

In their own words

Climate Psychology Alliance is a UK community exploring the emotional, relational, and psychological dimensions of the climate and ecological crisis.

"We funded CPA's youth programme through our family foundation because we believe young people deserve spaces where their climate feelings are taken seriously. The work CPA is doing is irreplaceable, and we're proud to support it."

Funder

"Thank you so much for facilitating this space. It is very deeply appreciated and has nourished a space for processing the tucked-away pain of traumatic experiences from different points of my climate activism journey, as well as nurtured a sense of social connection to comrades and fellow human beings; from strangers to friends."

Retreat participant

“I felt like I was listened to and encouraged to express my feelings, regardless of what they were”

Support Space for Young Adults participant

"It was a good balance of information, practical tools, advice & reflection/sharing space. I liked having the wellbeing exercises to do in the session, as I often struggle to get myself to do them on my own, and to have someone guide with that. - Deep Resilience for a World in Crisis workshop participant "

Deep Resilience for a World in Crisis workshop participant

"I'm extremely grateful for the weekend. This..held space for grief and healing is exactly what is needed in activism, and I wish for a world where everyone has access to beautiful support like this. Thank you for a wonderful and restorative experience."

Youth Retreat participant

"As a therapist, CPA has been the professional home I didn't realise I needed. It's where I do my deepest thinking."

CPA member and practitioner

"I came looking for support and found a community. CPA gave me language for feelings I didn't know how to name."