
CPA-NA Sponsored Discussion Groups, Workshops & Trainings
We rarely record events due to the personal nature of attendees sharing opportunities. We occasionally record if we’re hosting a speaker. If you’d like to see available recordings of previous talks and workshops, watch them here.

Child and Youth Mental Health in Disaster-Impacted Communities
Join us to learn strategies for integrating post-disaster treatment into your work with young people of all ages in this introductory virtual event.

October Evening Linking Conversation - East Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

October Evening Linking Conversations - West Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Community climate resilience: Integrating mental health skills & mutual aid
The Climate Mobilization Project will describe their work at the intersection of mutual aid and climate action + more.

Hope, Despair, and Empowerment in Climate-Aware Therapy
We will explore what compassionate and transformative psychotherapy might look like in this liminal time.

All Members Meeting
CPA-NA members, join us for updates on CPA-NA work, growth, volunteer highlights, & directions for 2026.

November Daytime Linking Conversations
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

November 2025 New Member Meet and Greet hosted by CPA-NA co-ED Jenni Silverstein, LCSW
If you are new to the organization, please join us for an informal gathering where we can all meet each other, ask questions and share ideas about how to get involved in CPA-NA!

December Evening Linking Conversation - East Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

December Evening Linking Conversations - West Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

September 2025 New Member Meet and Greet hosted by CPA-NA co-ED Jenni Silverstein, LCSW
If you are new to the organization, please join us for an informal gathering where we can all meet each other, ask questions and share ideas about how to get involved in CPA-NA!

September Daytime Linking Conversations
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Introduction to Internal Family Systems for Climate Emotions
Explore the theoretical underpinnings of IFS and provide practical techniques to help clients navigate eco-anxiety, climate grief, & more.

Navigating the Disaster Behavioral Health Response System
This program is intended to introduce potential responders to the structure and terminology of the disaster response environment and help them form a common operating picture to facilitate the delivery of psychosocial support following disasters.

August Evening Linking Conversations - West Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

August 2025 New Member Meet and Greet hosted by CPA-NA co-ED Jenni Silverstein, LCSW
If you are new to the organization, please join us for an informal gathering where we can all meet each other, ask questions and share ideas about how to get involved in CPA-NA!

August Evening Linking Conversation - East Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Disaster Mental Health from a Collective Lens: Trauma/Post-traumatic Growth
This module explores a community-centered approach to disaster mental health, emphasizing the role of connection, culture, and shared co-regulation in trauma recovery.

Supporting Climate Frontline Workers with Dr. Susanne Moser
Join us for this online event to learn together how to effectively support technical professionals.

Psychological First Aid
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed behavioral health intervention that is used to help people experiencing stress to reduce their symptoms and improve functioning.

Climate-Informed Disaster Behavioral Health Overview
Climate change is not a problem for some future generations; it is affecting us now. We are the first generation of climate-informed mental health professionals.

Unburdening the Climate Generation
Join CPA-NA and the Pulitzer Center for this important event, “Unburdening the Climate Generation: Supporting Those Born Into Crisis & Building Solutions.”

June Evening Linking Conversations - West Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

June Evening Linking Conversation - East Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Unnaming Climate: Authoritarianism, Collective Trauma & Imperfect Solidarity
Our group of speakers will address collective trauma and the polycrisis. Moderated by Sarah Jaquette Ray, the speakers will discuss how the climate crisis has been mobilized in service of authoritarian nationalism, anti-immigrant xenophobia and misogyny.

May 2025 New Member Meet and Greet with the CPA-NA Co-Presidents
If you are new to the organization, please join us for an informal gathering where we can all meet each other, ask questions and share ideas about how to get involved in CPA-NA!

May Daytime Linking Conversations
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Don’t Say Climate? Bridging Divides with Katharine Hayhoe
Join us in learning how to have conversations about climate in this polarizing time.

The Climate Emotions Mandala Project: A Creative Call to Action
We invite participants of all ages and artistic abilities to reflect on their emotional responses to the planetary crisis.

April Evening Linking Conversations - West Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

April Evening Linking Conversation - East Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Focusing: An Experiential Process for Change in Climate-Aware Therapy
This interactive workshop invites participants to experience and explore Focusing – a bottom-up (somatic) process.

March Daytime Linking Conversations
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Climate Emotional Resilience Program for Scientists and STEM Professionals
This group is designed to build solidarity and alleviate burnout for scientists, engineers, science communicators, students in the sciences and other STEM professionals involved with or aware of the technical aspects of climate change.

Drop-in Support for Clinicians: the L.A. Wildfires and Other Climate Catastrophes
This informal group will provide a space for psychotherapists to come together to share how we are doing in the face of increasingly frequent and unfolding climate and environmental catastrophes.

Feb. Evening Linking Conversations - West Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Feb 2025 New Member Meet and Greet with the CPA-NA Co-Presidents
If you are new to the organization, please join us for an informal gathering where we can all meet each other, ask questions and share ideas about how to get involved in CPA-NA!

Feb. Evening Linking Conversation - East Coast
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.

Liberation Psychology: A Dialogue in the Current Moment
What is liberation psychology, and what insights does it hold for navigating the climate crisis?

Daytime Linking Conversations Jan 2025
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.” We will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds.