A community built by its members

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Everything here is by members, for members. Together we share conversations, contribute research, run events, and care for each other through difficult truths. It's intergenerational, justice-centred, and grounded in honesty, trust, care, and respect.

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Meet the community

A short introduction to CPA from a few of our members

Why become a member?

When you join CPA, you step into a community where your climate feelings, your professional questions, and your creative responses are all welcome. You'll find people working at the leading edge of climate psychology, and people just beginning their journey. You'll find depth, warmth, and the kind of honest conversations that are rare in other spaces.

What membership brings

Join CPA

  • Access to CPA's online Community Hub - browse groups, topics, and events, share your work and connect with other members

  • Regular member events such as ‘Thinking Space’ meetings where any member can share emerging ideas and research, and ‘Collapse Conversations’, sessions exploring ecological collapse and the implications for adaptation

  • Peer supervision meetings for members offering climate-aware therapeutic support and Climate Café Listening Circles

  • Opportunities to write for Explorations in Climate Psychology (CPA's bi-annual journal) and the monthly Climate Crisis Digest

  • Invitation to join CPA's working groups e.g. young members, CPA coordinating group, Explorations editorial, Climate Café Listening Circle facilitators, and more - or start new ones

  • Discounted access to public events, trainings, and initiatives

  • Monthly members’ email of news, events and opportunities

  • Democratic governance rights: attend Board meetings, vote at the AGM, and stand for the Board of Directors

  • Co-ownership of CPA as a Charitable Community Benefit Society

  • A genuinely interdisciplinary network spanning therapists, psychologists, researchers, artists, activists, writers, coaches and students

Young people are central to this community

Climate psychology needs young voices at the table. Within CPA there is a dedicated Student and Young Members Group for people aged 16 to 30 and students, with reduced membership rates, peer support, intergenerational connection, and events shaped by and for young people. If you're a young person drawn to this work, this is your space.

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Membership options

Three tiers, based on what's fair and affordable for you

£84
per year

Pay forward rate

For those in financial security.

If you are financially secure – for example, if you own your home, have savings or investments, or have disposable income beyond your everyday needs – choosing Pay Forward helps CPA keep membership accessible for someone who might not otherwise be able to afford it. If this rate is affordable for you, we warmly encourage you to choose it.

£54
per year

Standard rate

For those with some disposable income.

Choose the Standard Rate if you have a regular income, can cover your essential costs and have some disposable income, but the Pay Forward rate would not feel affordable.

£9.60
per year

Reduced rate

For people facing financial barriers to joining.

Choose this rate if you are on a low income, receiving benefits, unemployed or otherwise finding it difficult to make ends meet. It is also available to practitioners joining primarily to offer free sessions through the CPA One-to-one Support Directory, and to anyone aged 16–25 or in full-time education.

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Join groups, discussions, events - and maybe run your own. How you participate in the community is up to you.

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Eco-somatics and Collective Imagination – Broadening Perspectives for Climate Transition Discourse

By Frederike Doffin — "I have been exploring how eco-somatics and collective imagination add different layers to the discourse on climate change and broaden perspectives by contributing through sensory approaches and body-based knowledge. I felt the need to complement predominant discourses on climate transition with practices that are situated in the body, in co-creativity with plants and which have the capacity to embrace subtle realms of more-than-human life forces..."

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Facing Our Climate Reality: Honest Briefings That Spark Community Action and Resilience

By Nick Drew — Nick Drew, from the Climate Psychology Alliance and a long-standing member of the Emergencies Partnership (EP) Mental Health Network, has written a powerful blog as a stark (but also hopeful) reminder that the UK is already living in a climate crisis, with record-breaking heat and rising risks becoming the new normal. Nick highlights urgent warnings from national reports, the surge of community screenings of the People’s Emergency Briefing film and the growing need for collective resilience. Nick’s message is clear: we must turn awareness into community‑level action because investing in preparedness now saves lives later but, thankfully, there are passionate and capable people who are feeling more capable and motivated to act (and that can grow).

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The Risk of Hope Matters of Consequence: Meaningful Conversations for Curious People

What happens when the emotional weight of the climate crisis feels too heavy to carry? In this deeply personal conversation Kate Adams, a performance maker, lecturer, and former co-chair of the Climate Psychology Alliance takes us inside the unseen world of eco-emotions and artistic resilience. The episode explores the systemic importance of vulnerability, the tension between grief and hope, and the quiet work of creating spaces where people can confront the emotional toll of the climate crisis without judgment.

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CPA also has an active community of researchers, writers, and thinkers contributing to Explorations and CPA's other publications. Explore Research and Resources

Testimonials

What people say about membership

"What's amazing and wonderful about being part of a research community in CPA is the way that community is always able to give attention to the process, the relationships, what the researcher themselves is feeling, alongside and informing what it is we're researching. And that combination makes it much deeper and more meaningful".

Rebecca Nestor, CPA co-chair

"For me, CPA is an intellectual and emotional community. It's a space of care. It's also a space of resistance to the crazy strictures of late capitalism. A space for my grief."

Rebecca Nestor, CPA co-chair

"Whenever we have a meeting we have a check in, and that can be sometimes a bit longer or just one word about how we’re feeling as we come into this meeting but it just reminds us that our emotions are coming with us."

Gillian Broad, CPA co-chair

"I really enjoy the creativity of CPA's structures and relationships - it gives me a little leap of joy is when something is done differently. I really like these alternative approaches, sociocracies, working with the notion of circles rather than hierarchies. That really excites me. Whenever you come into a CPA space, something slightly different will happen which is just energising”

Gillian Broad, CPA co-chair

“I really enjoy being able to connect with other young people who also experience complex climate emotions in a safe space where I feel seen and heard.”

Young member

"Really appreciate the easy and broad access to opportunities, resources and networks - thank you!"

Young member

"Being part of the young members group changed how I see my place in the climate movement. I'm not alone anymore."

Student member

"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

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

CPA member

"I've been to conferences my whole career. Nothing has felt like CPA. It's rigorous, it's warm, it's honest, and it trusts its members to shape it. I've never quite seen anything like it."

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Climate researcher

"As a student, I worried I didn't know enough to belong here. Instead, I've been welcomed in, mentored by practitioners with decades of experience, and trusted to bring my own perspective. It changed how I see my place in this field."

CPA young member

Trainee counsellor

"I joined looking for peers who took climate feelings as seriously as I did. I found a community that also took care seriously, justice seriously, and showing up for each other seriously. CPA is the professional home I didn't know I was looking for."

CPA member

psychotherapist

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

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Whether you're a seasoned practitioner, a student just starting out, a researcher, an artist, or simply someone drawn to this work, you're welcome here. Come and join us.

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Pay Forward

For those in financial security.

£84 / year
or £7 / month

Standard

For those with some disposable income.

£54 / year
or £4.5 / month

Reduced

For those in financial hardship, or anyone aged 16–25 or in full-time education.

£9.6 / year
or £0.8 / month
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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Who can join CPA?

Anyone interested in exploring the psychological aspects of the climate and ecological crisis. You don't need to be a therapist, researcher, or academic. CPA welcomes practitioners, students, activists, artists, writers, coaches, and anyone else drawn to this work.

What if I can't afford the membership fee?

Choose the Reduced Rate (£9.60 per year), which is available to full-time students, anyone aged 16-25, anyone on a low income, and those joining primarily to offer free sessions through the CPA One-to-one Support Directory. If that feels like too much, get in touch.

How much time does membership take?

As much or as little as you want. Some members participate in weekly events and multiple working groups. Others drop in when they’re able.

What if I'm not sure whether CPA is for me?

Get in touch. We're happy to have a conversation and help you work out whether membership is right for you. You're also very welcome to attend public events, read our journal Explorations in Climate Psychology, and browse the Research and Resources library as a non-member to get a feel for the work.

How is CPA governed?

CPA is a Charitable Community Benefit Society, owned and democratically governed by its members. We're governed by the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and registered with the FCA. All members can attend monthly Board meetings, vote at the AGM, and stand for the Board of Directors.

Can I cancel my membership?

Yes. Membership runs annually and you can choose not to renew at any time. If you need to cancel partway through the year, get in touch.

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