Two-Eyed Seeing: Honoring Indigenous Knowledge in addressing the polycrisis
In a joint effort between Climate Psychology Alliance- North America and Climate Psychiatry Alliance, this online course for mental health clinicians provides grounding in the complex factors at play in the climate crisis and larger polycrisis, including ways to work with our own responses and those of our clients in climate-aware therapy. Recorded content, readings, and in-depth small group communal learning circles led by faculty, allow room for emergent clinical material throughout. The course culminates in a final extended class of creative small group case discussions led by the instructors.
Unique to this course is its framework of an Indigenous perspective and “Two-Eyed Seeing” (which adds Western knowledge to Indigenous understanding). The multiple and shifting perspectives help to hold the complexity of climate change reality at all levels of our engagement. We cover concepts at the macro level, focusing on a complex- systems understandings including “Futures Thinking”; the mezzo level, where we consider sociocultural factors; and the micro level, where we work with the clinician’s emotional reactions to the climate emergency as well as ways to address clinical issues in the consulting room and beyond. Importantly for clinicians in this time, fundamental climate-aware therapy understandings and attitudes are also applicable to clinical work with the larger social polycrisis. Class size will be limited to facilitate experiential participation and discussion throughout the course.
Dates:
Live virtual classes: March 15, 29; April 12 and 26, 2026, from 6:30-8 pm ET and May 3 2026 from 6:30- 8:30 pm ET). Participants will be asked to view the recorded webinars and/or complete the readings in the two week periods between live virtual sessions.
5.5 CEs will be offered through this course based on the recorded asynchronous classes and one live class at no extra charge
All participants will get a certificate of completion , conditional on completion of courses
Price:
-Nonmembers of CPA-NA or CPA who are located in the US: $750
-Nonmembers of CPA-NA or CPA who are located internationally: $540 with use of coupon: internationalnonmember
-Members of CPA-NA or CPA who are located in the US: $650 with use of coupon: usmember100
-Members of CPA-NA or CPA who are located internationally: $480 with use of coupon: internationalmember
Three reduced fee (50% of full nonmember US rate) slots are available on a first come, first serve basis. These spaces are for those of reduced means and particularly for those from frontline and marginalized communities We also offer two full scholarships for BIPOC/ LGBTQ+ folks. Directions for scholarship applications are in the FAQ section below.
We anticipate that this class will fill. If you are unable to register, please email us at [email protected] and we will add you to the waitlist.
We cannot guarantee admission to the course from the waitlist.