Getting Real (New Associations, Issue 29: Climate Change Special Issue, Article 1)

2019
Denial & avoidance
Climate and ecological emotions
Therapeutic perspectives

Written for the British Psychoanalytic Council's climate change special issue, exploring what it means to face the reality of the climate and ecological emergency without collapsing into denial or unrealistic optimism.

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Written for the British Psychoanalytic Council's climate change special issue, exploring what it means to face the reality of the climate and ecological emergency without collapsing into denial or unrealistic optimism.

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