Application Period
May 1, 2022 – July 31, 2022
Application Fee: $50 (non-refundable)
The Climate Psychology Certificate (CPC) at CIIS launches in fall 2022 and will take place as live synchronous learning via Zoom.
CPC provides psychological training and skills for therapists, healers, and allied professionals to competently and innovatively 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.
Fee: $3,000-$5,000*
*sliding scale; 25% CIIS alumni discount, a few Future Leaders scholarships are available based on qualifications: As per CIIS’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, at least half of all scholarship funds will be designated to those who identify queer, trans, and/or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color).
Cohort Weekends
September 16–17
October 7–8
October 28–29
November 18–19
December 9–10
Leslie Davenport is co-lead for the Climate Psychology Certificate and works internationally as a climate psychology educator and consultant, integrating social science insights into relevant resources for organizations exploring the intersectionality of climate, economics, policy, and social justice. She is the author of four books including https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Resiliency-Era-Climate-Change/dp/1785927191, a manual for the mental health field, and https://www.apa.org/pubs/magination/all-feelings-under-sunwritten for youth through the APA’s children’s book division.
Barbara Easterlin, co-lead for the CPC, is a clinician and consultant specializing in climate psychology. She teaches clinical workshops and develops educational and training materials for mental health clinics on the trajectory of the climate emergency, its psychological consequences, and how to help people to develop agency and resilience when engaging with this difficult topic. She is a https://www.climatepsychology.us/steering (https://www.climatepsychology.us). Barbara has a master’s degree in Environmental Psychology from UC Irvine and was, for many years, an Assistant Clinical Professor at UC Berkeley