To continue our process of providing connection, learning and clinical reflection for climate-aware therapists, please join us for another members-only peer clinical case presentation and discussion. Anthony Wilson, as presenter, will briefly introduce his environmental activist client, and then describe moments in a recent session that highlight the challenges of, and questions about therapist self-disclosure and immediacy, parallel processes of the personal and the environmental, and the sometimes seemingly unbearable nature of intergenerational climate-aware work. The presentation will be followed by a peer group discussion for all participants facilitated by Wendy Greenspun, Penelope Starr-Karlin and Debbie Sturm. Clinicians from all theoretical and practice backgrounds are welcome.
Date and Time: Saturday, January 28, 2023, from 12:00pm - 1:30pm Eastern Time/ 9:00am - 10:30am Pacific Time.
Meeting presenter and facilitators:
Anthony Wilson, MSW, is a clinical social worker, and analytically informed relational private practice psychotherapist in Toronto. He is one of the original members of CPA-NA. He is a guest member of the Toronto Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and has presented papers since 2012 at psychoanalytic conferences in Europe, the US, and Canada. His article, “Wounded Healer/Wounded Earth: The Wound Is In Me/I Am In the Wound” is published in the 2016 book, “Celebrate the Wounded Healer Psychotherapist, Beware the Wounding Healer.” He is a husband, father, grandfather, and songwriter.
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 is on the faculty of the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, the Adelphi University Postdoctoral program and the William Alanson White Couple Therapy Training program. She has led workshops for climate students and activists on building emotional resilience, teaches facilitation of climate cafes, and has published, presented, and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.
Penelope Starr-Karlin, PsyD, LMFT, is a contemporary relational psychoanalyst and an individual, marriage, and family therapist in private practice in West Los Angeles, California. She is a training and supervising analyst at ICP/LA where she teaches Intersubjective-systems theory, and psychoanalytic approaches to dreams. A long-time citizen activist, Penelope participates in the ‘Clinical Support’ subcommittee, organizes and facilitates the online bi-monthly ‘Linking’ discussion groups, and is currently setting up a non-fiction climate-psychology ‘Writers Support Group.’
Debbie Sturm, PhD, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and Professor at James Madison University in Virginia. Her clinical specialties include trauma, community violence, family systems, nature-connectedness, leadership & advocacy, and climate change & mental health. She has graduate coursework, training, and teaching in environmental advocacy, environmental education, climate resilience efforts, environmental justice, and communication strategies. She is a member of ACA’s Climate Crisis Task Force and most recently the Chair of the Human Rights Committee.