Based on findings from the author's doctoral research about how the climate and ecological emergency (CEE) emerges in the therapy room, this chapter discusses revisioning therapy as a collective eco-psycho-social endeavour rather than a purely individualistic one. Implications for practice include the importance of holding hope, the need for therapists to process their own feelings, and being more proactive in responding to clients' cues, with the notion of a traumatised sensibility in relation to the CEE implied throughout.
Eco-anxiety in the Therapy Room: Affect, Defences and Implications for Practice
2024
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Based on findings from the author's doctoral research about how the climate and ecological emergency (CEE) emerges in the therapy room, this chapter discusses revisioning therapy as a collective eco-psycho-social endeavour rather than a purely individualistic one. Implications for practice include the importance of holding hope, the need for therapists to process their own feelings, and being more proactive in responding to clients' cues, with the notion of a traumatised sensibility in relation to the CEE implied throughout.
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