Psychotherapy for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Transcending Differences

Psychotherapy for Climate Change explores the complex ways in which climate change is both exacerbating and being fueled by modern society’s epidemic of loneliness and social isolation.

Chapters include both research and personal accounts to help the reader deepen their understanding of different perspectives on climate change. The book makes the case for using tools from various types of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy to foster collaboration in addressing the climate crisis.

This book offers insights that will help readers gain an understanding of the ways in which emotions and patterns of thinking can impact their capacity for connecting with others about environmental concerns. The book also presents practical tools for strengthening social connections among those who want to contribute to a solution and between environmental advocates and those who deny that the problem exists.

Jennifer L. Keluskar, PhD, is a featured blog writer for Psychology Today, a New York State licensed clinical psychologist, and an assistant teaching professor of biobehavioral health at Pennsylvania State University.