Our Blog
The CPA-NA blog is a space for members to publish personal essays, op-eds, articles reviews, and interviews that enrich the climate psychology profession and community.
Impacts, Adaptations, and Vulnerability:
Mental Health Practitioners' Response to the 2022 IPCC Report
Naomi Mandsager Bartley, PhD, LPCC, Selin Nurgün, MS, Deborah Seabrook, PhD RCC MTA respond to the most recent IPCC report with suggestions on how the field of psychotherapy can adapt to our rapidly changing world
Climate Change Changes Psychotherapy
Deborah Cooper, MFT, responds to the New York Times Article “The Unseen Toll of a Warming World” with her perspective on providing therapy in fire country
Teaching the Love of Plants: Nature Therapy with Children
Jenni Silverstein, LCSW provides experiences and tools for connecting children with plant life in the therapeutic setting.
Witnessing Professionals: On the Difference between Acting Out and Activism
Rebecca Weston, LCSW, JD and CPA-NA Co-President, reflects on the role of the therapist as activist in the era of climate crisis.
When the Tubbs Fire Changed My World and My Practice: Holding Space in the Era of Climate Crisis
Jenni Silverstein, LCSW, shares her experiences as a clinician in Santa Rosa, California, site of the 2017 Tubbs Fire.