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.