Climate-Aware Therapist Directory
We are recruiting a widespread network of climate-aware therapists across the continent. In the near future, we envision growing (and training) an expansive network of mental health professionals ready to support clients across North America with the mental health impacts of climate change.
If you are a licensed clinician in the US, UK, or Canada, as well as a member of CPA-NA or the Climate Psychiatry Alliance, we welcome you to register your practice.
If you are looking for a climate-aware therapist for you or someone you know, please note that we are always working hard to build further, deeper and more diverse capacity to help and currently have over 300 providers. If you cannot locate a therapist from the directory, please contact your local providers for support. We do not provide individual referrals.
If you are seeking urgent support, or experiencing thoughts of suicide, you are not alone. Please access crisis resources here.
What is a climate-aware therapist?
Who we are: Climate-aware therapists are professionally-trained psychotherapists who recognize that the climate crisis is both a global threat to all life on Earth and a deeply personal threat to the mental and physical well-being—the sense of safety, meaning, and purpose—of each individual, family, and community on the planet.
Our shared goal: To use our unique psychotherapeutic skills to meet the multiple, mounting mental health crises arising out of the increasing instability of our planetary system.
A climate-aware therapist:
Values that the professional training of the allied mental-health therapy and counseling communities are needed in this fight.
Commits to delivering the highest-quality mental health services to all clientele—which can include addressing cognitive, affective, personal, societal, and existential repercussions of the climate crisis.
Responds to clientele in a humane and compassionate manner.
Acknowledges the complicated nature of the human response to climate crisis, without presuming the presence or absence of climate-related distress.
Understands how our relationships to nature and living systems, and our interaction with climate science and climate media can be useful tools for integrating and resolving psychological conflicts and stressors.
Therapists listed in this directory have attested to being a licensed therapist in good standing with their state/provincial and professional-licensing bodies; They pledge to deliver professional mental health services that are consistent with the established scientific consensus on the climate crisis.
DISCLAIMER: Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement by the Climate Psychiatry Alliance or the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America; These entities bear no legal responsibility for outcomes and have no financial involvement with individuals or groups on this list. Inclusion in this directory is provided for individuals seeking help or groups looking for speakers and advocates. We do not verify therapist professional standing. You are responsible for verifying therapist licensing with state/provincial or regional licensing bodies.
If you are looking for non-urgent emotional support, there are resources and organizations that can support you: we recommend referring to Resources for working with climate emotions from All We Can Save Project and Gen Dread.
If you are seeking urgent support, or experiencing thoughts of suicide, you are not alone:
United States residents: Call the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources to find further resources.
Canadian residents: Call the Canada Suicide Prevention Service at 1-833-456-4566 in English, 1-866-277-3553 for Quebec residents/pour les résidents du Québec.