Facing the Climate Crisis: Growing Resilience and Hope in the Face of Existential Threat with Judith Anderson

Led by Judith Anderson, MB, ChB, MA

This is a 1 hour On Demand Webinar. Access information, resources and CEU information will be available shortly after registration and registrants will be given unlimited access to the recording for a full year.

This webinar was broadcasted live on October 22, 2022 as part of the Collective Trauma Conference

In this presentation, Judith will refer briefly to Climate Science before describing the human health impacts of climate change. In particular, she will focus on the mental health and psychological impacts of climate change. These include:

• the effects of increased heat on mental health admissions;
• the traumatic effects of slow (repeated droughts) and fast (floods/storms) disasters; and
• the contemporary understanding of eco- and climate distress.

Judith will discuss the colonial mind antecedents of the combined climate, biodiversity, and environmental crises we face. And she will touch on Sally Weintrobe’s concept of the “climate of un-care”. Specifically, Judith will explore the role that the psychological professional can play, and indeed must play, in understanding the situation we are in. This necessitates the practitioner being in relationship with their own eco-emotions.
Judith will also look at what we mean by “resilience” and describe different emotional methodologies that can contribute to individual and societal resilience. She will critique the traditional “one-to-one in the consulting room” model of psychological treatment. And she will share how psychological practitioners can contribute to their communities in ways that draw on therapeutic skills but are not psychotherapy.

At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will be better able to —

• Develop an overview of the mental health/emotional consequences of climate change
• Understand the impact of colonial thinking on the challenges we face
• Understand that the practitioner needs their journey through their own eco emotions
• Understand how psychological professionals can contribute to the existential crisis we are facing toward individual and societal resilience.

This training offers 1 hours of direct contact (not counting breaks or lunch). It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice.

For Attendees of On Demand/Recorded Version

If you cannot verify 100% attendance of the Live Broadcast or if you are watching the On Demand/recorded version of this webinar, you will need to complete a Post-Webinar Quiz with a pass of at least 80% in order to verify your attendance. 

For Canadian and International participants

Upon fulfillment of the above requirements, Canadian and international participants will be issued a Certificate of Participation which features:

• Name of Participant
• Title of Training
• Name of Presenter plus their credentials
• Number of hours of training
• Date of training
• Confirmation that you have passed a quiz with at least 80% grade to verify your attendance

Please check carefully with your regulating body/organization that this certificate is sufficient proof for you to claim CEUs.

For general information about Continuing Education for Canadians and International participants, please click here.  

This training is aimed at all mental health professionals including:

• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
• Psychiatric Social Workers
• Pastoral Counsellors
• Psychotherapists
• Psychiatrists
• Physicians
• Nurse Practitioners
• Occupational Therapists
• Counsellors
• Graduate Students in Accredited Programs in the Above Fields
• case managers
• licensed professional counsellors
• all other professionals who would like to develop, update or expand their skills and knowledge in mental health practices

What level of knowledge the attendee should have in this topic?
– Intermediate/Advanced