From the event website:
“The Climate Psychology Certificate provides psychological training and skills for therapists, healers, and allied professionals to address the growing mental health impacts of the climate emergency. Utilizing an integrative and robust framework that includes multiple behavioral science approaches and philosophies, as well as a view into the broken systemic legacies from which painful eco-emotional conditions arise, climate psychology is adaptable to various therapeutic orientations.
The primary focus of the Climate Psychology Certificate is to provide training that can be incorporated into clinical practice for working therapeutically with the lived experiences of eco-anxiety, eco-grief, and many expressions of climate-invoked dread. Participants learn about:
Immediate mental health impacts of climate related disasters
Long term stress of living with the reality of climate change over time
Trauma-informed therapeutic and emotional resiliency skills with ways of motivating effective action
Existential dilemmas that come into the therapy room, such as whether to have a family, move out of a geographical area to avoid climate related disasters, kinship breakdown, and more generally, how to navigate the future with escalating threats
The program cohort is intentionally kept small to promote connections among participants that can lead to lifelong networking, shared professional efforts, and cross referrals. Online learning modules include lecture, discussion, experiential learning, small group work, as well as applied work in clinical and therapeutic settings. Students will be given additional materials and opportunities to connect via the online Canvas platform. “
The third year of the Climate Psychology Certificate through CIIS is now open for registration. A full description and schedule can be found here: https://www.ciis.edu/public-programs/climate-psychology-certificate.
A few of the sterling instructors this year include the certification's co-founder, Barb Easterlin, along with Bayo Akomolafe, Britt Wray, Vanessa Andriotti, Theopia Jackson, Caroline Hickman, and many more. It's a deep dive designed to equip clinicians to work with climate triggered distress in private practice, groups and in a range of community settings. It also serves as a learning lab for furthering the evolving field.
We have two virtual open houses scheduled - a great way to learn more and bring your questions: June 17 and July 11. Free - register here: https://www.ciis.edu/public-programs/climate-psychology-certificate#29121-Info-Sessions. Registration closes July 31.
Cohort Schedule (9 AM-4 PM each day):
September 27-28
October 18-19
November 1-2
November 22-23
December 13-14
For curriculum information, email CPC Program Lead (and CPA-NA member) Leslie Davenport with any questions: ldavenport@ciis.edu. For program information regarding scholarships, application, and other administrative information, email Kyle DeMedio, Senior Manager of Continuing Education with CIIS Public Programs: kdemedio@ciis.edu