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Date: March 16, 2024

Time: 11:30am - 1:45pm (Eastern Time), 8:30am - 10:45am (Pacific Time)

Tickets: $35 for CPA Members; $40 for CPA Non-Members;

A very limited number of hardship/lower rate tickets are available. Please contact info@climatepsychology.us for more information.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate café. The workshop will include:

• An explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based

• A short experiential climate cafe

• Suggestions of a toolkit of practical resources

• A discussion of practical aspects of organizing and facilitating

As the present and ongoing threat of the climate and environmental emergency becomes increasingly evident, we will need to find ways to process and bear the many complex and dysregulating emotional responses that emerge. Working with difficult emotions, rather than turning away, can facilitate learning new ways of being and foster capacities for engagement. Sharing thoughts, feelings, and experiences with others can additionally help build an essential sense of community, as well as greater emotional resilience.

While specifically not a clinical encounter, a climate cafe creates a simple, reflective, empathetic space where fears and uncertainties about the climate crisis can be safely expressed and held. There are no guest speakers or lectures at these cafes; advice and action are not the focus. Based on the model of death cafes, climate cafes have been utilized, increasingly, to help a variety of individuals and communities find ways to face and hold the unsettling realities of the planetary crisis.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate cafe. It will include an explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based, provide a short experiential climate café, suggest a toolkit of practical resources, and incorporate discussions on practical aspects of organizing and facilitating.

Facilitators:

Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

Liliane Mavridara MA, DipACLM, Dipl. ABT (NCCAOM)  is a mind-body health professional, transpersonal therapist, and holistic consultant with over 20 years of individual and group facilitation experience in diverse interdisciplinary and cross-cultural settings.

Liliane consults and educates on the impact of environmental pollution and climate change on individual and community holistic health and wellbeing, and she leads and co-facilitates peer support circles and communities of practice that focus on social capacity skills building, including psychological flexibility, prosocial collaboration, and trauma-informed leadership. She is a Climate for Health Ambassador, a Climate Reality Leader, and a Climate Café Facilitators trainer with CPA-NA. 

HEALTHCARE DISCLAIMER REGARDING EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENTS OF WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE CLIMATE PSYCHOLOGY ALLIANCE-NORTH AMERICA

This workshop will include experiential components in which participants will work in a group format to discuss their thoughts and feelings, facilitated by the workshop leader. Although the leader may be a licensed mental health professional, these group experiences are not therapy groups, and the facilitator will not engage in rendering any psychotherapeutic or healthcare advice, or advice of any kind for any individual or for their particular situation.

The Climate Psychology Alliance-North America does not provide medical, mental health or any other type of healthcare service. No diagnosis or treatment of, or advice regarding, any medical or mental health condition or illness of any participant can or will be offered. Participation in our workshops cannot substitute for, and is not an alternative to, medical or other healthcare diagnosis and treatment when a medical or mental health condition or illness is present. Participants are advised to seek diagnosis, treatment and advice regarding medical or mental health conditions or illnesses from physicians, psychotherapists and other licensed healthcare professionals.

By attending this event, I understand and agree to the limitations of the experiential components of workshops offered by the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America effective the date of this transaction.

Monday, March 11, 2024 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

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This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

MEMBERS ONLY

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If you've completed the CPA-NA Climate Cafe Facilitator Training, and have questions or concerns about launching your own Climate Cafe, please join us for this special support training. In the training you'll have an opportunity to participate in another abbreviated cafe with explicitly transparent facilitation modeling, followed by time for conversation with attention to your practical questions including using the resources on the group facilitators Hub, finding a co-facilitator, where to host your cafe, and more.

Facilitators:

Sadie Forsythe, LICSW, is a climate-aware therapist based in Amherst, MA, offering individual therapy and monthly in-person climate cafes, as well as consultation for organizations looking to add a psychological lense to their climate work. Sadie is a member of the CPA-NA Group Facilitators Hub and Facilitator Training committees. She holds a Certificate in Climate Psychology through The California Institute of Integral Studies.

Audrey Martin, MFT is a licensed psychotherapist in the Bay Area, where she has over 20 years of clinical experience with adults and adolescents in individual and group settings. Audrey was the former Intern Training Director at the McAuley Adolescent Inpatient Unit at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, as well as a preschool consultant through the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. In addition, Audrey has offered trainings, talks and workshops for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco, The Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (NCSPP), and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. Audrey currently manages the CPA-NA Hub for Facilitators of Climate Emotion Support groups, and chairs the Hub Committee.

Monday, February 12, 2024 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

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This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

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Date: January 20, 2024

Time: 11:30am - 1:45pm (Eastern Time), 8:30am - 10:45am (Pacific Time)

Tickets: $35 for CPA Members; $40 for CPA Non-Members;

A very limited number of hardship/lower rate tickets are available. Please contact info@climatepsychology.us for more information.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate café. The workshop will include:

• An explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based

• A short experiential climate cafe

• Suggestions of a toolkit of practical resources

• A discussion of practical aspects of organizing and facilitating

As the present and ongoing threat of the climate and environmental emergency becomes increasingly evident, we will need to find ways to process and bear the many complex and dysregulating emotional responses that emerge. Working with difficult emotions, rather than turning away, can facilitate learning new ways of being and foster capacities for engagement. Sharing thoughts, feelings, and experiences with others can additionally help build an essential sense of community, as well as greater emotional resilience.

While specifically not a clinical encounter, a climate cafe creates a simple, reflective, empathetic space where fears and uncertainties about the climate crisis can be safely expressed and held. There are no guest speakers or lectures at these cafes; advice and action are not the focus. Based on the model of death cafes, climate cafes have been utilized, increasingly, to help a variety of individuals and communities find ways to face and hold the unsettling realities of the planetary crisis.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate cafe. It will include an explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based, provide a short experiential climate café, suggest a toolkit of practical resources, and incorporate discussions on practical aspects of organizing and facilitating.

Facilitators:

Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Co-chair of the Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on climate psychology to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has been interviewed by the media and by the psychotherapy press about the intersection of the climate crisis and psychology.

Liliane Mavridara, MA, DipACLM, Dipl. ABT (NCCAOM), is mind-body health professional and holistic consultant with over 20 years of individual and group facilitation experience in diverse contexts and cultural settings. Liliane leads and co-facilitates communities of practice in regenerative life skills building, including psychological flexibility and trauma-informed leadership. She is a Climate Health Ambassador, a Climate Reality Leader, and a co-facilitator with the CPA-NA Climate Café Training team.

HEALTHCARE DISCLAIMER REGARDING EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENTS OF WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE CLIMATE PSYCHOLOGY ALLIANCE-NORTH AMERICA

This workshop will include experiential components in which participants will work in a group format to discuss their thoughts and feelings, facilitated by the workshop leader. Although the leader may be a licensed mental health professional, these group experiences are not therapy groups, and the facilitator will not engage in rendering any psychotherapeutic or healthcare advice, or advice of any kind for any individual or for their particular situation.

The Climate Psychology Alliance-North America does not provide medical, mental health or any other type of healthcare service. No diagnosis or treatment of, or advice regarding, any medical or mental health condition or illness of any participant can or will be offered. Participation in our workshops cannot substitute for, and is not an alternative to, medical or other healthcare diagnosis and treatment when a medical or mental health condition or illness is present. Participants are advised to seek diagnosis, treatment and advice regarding medical or mental health conditions or illnesses from physicians, psychotherapists and other licensed healthcare professionals.

By attending this event, I understand and agree to the limitations of the experiential components of workshops offered by the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America effective the date of this transaction.

Monday, January 8, 2024 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

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This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Monday, December 11, 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

Register Here

This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Register Here

Date: November 18, 2023

Time: 11:30am - 1:45pm (Eastern Time), 8:30am - 10:45am (Pacific Time)

Tickets: $35 for CPA Members; $40 for CPA Non-Members;

A very limited number of hardship/lower rate tickets are available. Please email CPA-NA for more information.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate café.

The workshop will include:

• An explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based

• A short experiential climate cafe

• Suggestions of a toolkit of practical resources

• A discussion of practical aspects of organizing and facilitating.

Facilitators:

Jennifer Fendya, PhD, is a Psychologist in private practice, Sandplay practitioner and forest therapy guide. She co-chairs the Climate Reality Project - Western NY chapter, is on the facilitation team for Climate Cafe training at CPA-NA and co-facilitates a monthly gathering through Healing Circles Global called Wild Times: Supporting each other during the polycrisis.

Wendy Greenspun, Ph.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

HEALTHCARE DISCLAIMER REGARDING EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENTS OF WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE CLIMATE PSYCHOLOGY ALLIANCE-NORTH AMERICA

This workshop will include experiential components in which participants will work in a group format to discuss their thoughts and feelings, facilitated by the workshop leader. Although the leader may be a licensed mental health professional, these group experiences are not therapy groups, and the facilitator will not engage in rendering any psychotherapeutic or healthcare advice, or advice of any kind for any individual or for their particular situation.

The Climate Psychology Alliance-North America does not provide medical, mental health or any other type of healthcare service. No diagnosis or treatment of, or advice regarding, any medical or mental health condition or illness of any participant can or will be offered. Participation in our workshops cannot substitute for, and is not an alternative to, medical or other healthcare diagnosis and treatment when a medical or mental health condition or illness is present. Participants are advised to seek diagnosis, treatment and advice regarding medical or mental health conditions or illnesses from physicians, psychotherapists and other licensed healthcare professionals.

By attending this event, I understand and agree to the limitations of the experiential components of workshops offered by the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America effective the date of this transaction.

Monday, November 13 , 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

Register Here

This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Monday, October 9 , 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

Register Here

This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Monday, September 11 , 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

Register Here

This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Register Here

Date: September 9, 2023

Time: 11:30am - 1:45pm (Eastern Time), 8:30am - 10:45am (Pacific Time)

Tickets: $20 for CPA-NA members, $25 for non-members

We have reduced our fee to ensure all can attend. Since we are an all-volunteer organization, we welcome an additional suggested donation of $20  from those with the ability to pay in order to defray costs and support our organization.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate café.

The workshop will include:

• An explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based

• A short experiential climate cafe

• Suggestions of a toolkit of practical resources

• A discussion of practical aspects of organizing and facilitating.

Facilitators:

Jennifer Fendya, PhD, is a Psychologist in private practice, Sandplay practitioner and forest therapy guide. She co-chairs the Climate Reality Project - Western NY chapter, is on the facilitation team for Climate Cafe training at CPA-NA and co-facilitates a monthly gathering through Healing Circles Global called Wild Times: Supporting each other during the polycrisis.  

Liliane Mavridara is mind-body health professional, transpersonal psychologist, and holistic consultant with over 20 years of individual and group facilitation experience in diverse contexts and cultural settings. Liliane leads and co-facilitates communities of practice in regenerative life skills building, including psychological flexibility and trauma-informed leadership. She is a Climate Health Ambassador, a Climate Reality Leader, and a co-facilitator with the CPA-NA Climate Café Training team.

HEALTHCARE DISCLAIMER REGARDING EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENTS OF WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE CLIMATE PSYCHOLOGY ALLIANCE-NORTH AMERICA

This workshop will include experiential components in which participants will work in a group format to discuss their thoughts and feelings, facilitated by the workshop leader. Although the leader may be a licensed mental health professional, these group experiences are not therapy groups, and the facilitator will not engage in rendering any psychotherapeutic or healthcare advice, or advice of any kind for any individual or for their particular situation.

The Climate Psychology Alliance-North America does not provide medical, mental health or any other type of healthcare service. No diagnosis or treatment of, or advice regarding, any medical or mental health condition or illness of any participant can or will be offered. Participation in our workshops cannot substitute for, and is not an alternative to, medical or other healthcare diagnosis and treatment when a medical or mental health condition or illness is present. Participants are advised to seek diagnosis, treatment and advice regarding medical or mental health conditions or illnesses from physicians, psychotherapists and other licensed healthcare professionals.

By attending this event, I understand and agree to the limitations of the experiential components of workshops offered by the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America effective the date of this transaction.

Monday, August 14 , 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

Register Here

This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Register Here

Date: July 15, 2023

Time: 11:30am - 1:45pm (Eastern Time), 8:30am - 10:45am (Pacific Time)

Tickets: $20 for CPA-NA members, $25 for non-members

We have reduced our fee to ensure all can attend. Since we are an all-volunteer organization, we welcome an additional suggested donation of $20  from those with the ability to pay in order to defray costs and support our organization.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate café.

The workshop will include:

• An explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based

• A short experiential climate cafe

• Suggestions of a toolkit of practical resources

• A discussion of practical aspects of organizing and facilitating.

Facilitators:

Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is co-founder and co-president of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Liliane Mavridara is mind-body health professional, transpersonal psychologist, and holistic consultant with over 20 years of individual and group facilitation experience in diverse contexts and cultural settings. Liliane leads and co-facilitates communities of practice in regenerative life skills building, including psychological flexibility and trauma-informed leadership. She is a Climate Health Ambassador, a Climate Reality Leader, and a co-facilitator with the CPA-NA Climate Café Training team.

HEALTHCARE DISCLAIMER REGARDING EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENTS OF WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE CLIMATE PSYCHOLOGY ALLIANCE-NORTH AMERICA

This workshop will include experiential components in which participants will work in a group format to discuss their thoughts and feelings, facilitated by the workshop leader. Although the leader may be a licensed mental health professional, these group experiences are not therapy groups, and the facilitator will not engage in rendering any psychotherapeutic or healthcare advice, or advice of any kind for any individual or for their particular situation.

The Climate Psychology Alliance-North America does not provide medical, mental health or any other type of healthcare service. No diagnosis or treatment of, or advice regarding, any medical or mental health condition or illness of any participant can or will be offered. Participation in our workshops cannot substitute for, and is not an alternative to, medical or other healthcare diagnosis and treatment when a medical or mental health condition or illness is present. Participants are advised to seek diagnosis, treatment and advice regarding medical or mental health conditions or illnesses from physicians, psychotherapists and other licensed healthcare professionals.

By attending this event, I understand and agree to the limitations of the experiential components of workshops offered by the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America effective the date of this transaction.

Monday, July 10 , 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

Register Here

This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is co-founder and co-president of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Monday, June 12, 2023 from 4:00 - 5:15pm Eastern / 1:00 – 2:15pm Pacific

Register Here

This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation by CPA at one of our training workshops. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other as we hold or plan to hold climate cafes.

Your Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.

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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is co-founder and co-president of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment, and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.

Register Here

Date: May 20, 2023

Time: 11:30am - 1:45pm (Eastern Time), 8:30am - 10:45am (Pacific Time)

Tickets: $20 for CPA-NA members, $25 for non-members

We have reduced our fee to ensure all can attend. Since we are an all-volunteer organization, we welcome an additional suggested donation of $20  from those with the ability to pay in order to defray costs and support our organization.

This workshop will support participants in developing the confidence to facilitate their own climate café.

The workshop will include:

• An explication of the psycho-social principles on which climate cafes are based

• A short experiential climate cafe

• Suggestions of a toolkit of practical resources

• A discussion of practical aspects of organizing and facilitating.

Facilitators:

Wendy Greenspun, Ph.D. is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is on the Executive committee of CPA-NA, where she leads trainings and support meetings for climate cafes and also heads the Clinical Support subcommittee. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress. She has published, presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.

Jennifer Fendya, Ph.D. practices depth psychology and Sandplay therapy in Buffalo, NY where she co-chairs the Climate Reality Project WNY chapter and is active in several urban/grassroots/environmental justice groups. She is a certified nature & forest therapy guide and student/teacher of Miksang contemplative photography. As a member of CPA-UK/NA, she co-facilitates Through the Door experiential workshops for mental health practitioners as well as training/consultation for Climate Cafe facilitators.