My Experience:

Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, ACCT # 3251, licensed in British Columbia. working with individuals and groups experiencing heightened emotion and despair about suffering among the world’s vulnerable and marginalized communities, ecological degradation, climate change, political instability and uncertainty.

Co-Chair, Scientist + STEM Professional Support Committee. Climate Psychology Alliance of North America addresses the urgent psychological dimensions of the climate and ecological crisis and promotes cultural shifts toward human resilience, regeneration, and equity.

Faculty member, Climate Emotional Resilience Institute (CERI) since 2023

Member, Clinical Support Committee, Climate Psychology Alliance North America.

Onboarding member of Leadership Team, Climate Psychology Alliance - British Columbia. Supporting clinicians in BC to care for clients and groups facing the mental health impacts of the climate and related crises.

Certification in Climate Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), 2022

Facilitator, Good Grief Network since 2021, approximately ten 10-week groups for Good Grief Network + as an affiliate

Community of Practice Member, International Transformational Resilience Coalition, 2024. Watch the webinar Community Is Medicine to see what ITRC is working to achieve.

Community Grief Tending training with Francis Weller, 2023

Climate-aware Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, ACCT # 3251

PRESENTATIONS:

AGU 2024 (American Geophysical Union yearly conference) Acknowledging our Climate Grief for Earth Scientists presentation, with Kristan Childs, December 2024

The Narwhal Developing Resilience Skills for Uncertain Times, November 2024

Public Ecological Grief Circle, Cowichan Valley, BC, October 2024

The Narwhal staff retreat, Climate Grief workshop, May, 2024

Independent School Association of BC, Navigating the Emotional Impact of Climate Change with Students and Building Inner Resilience for Uncertain Times, February 2024

One Hundred Miles coastal nonprofit (Georgia),Wise Parenting for Uncertain times: Navigating climate change with Kids and Building Inner Resources for Uncertain Times, October 2023

Climate Emotional Resilience Institute Wise Parenting for Uncertain times: Navigating climate change with Kids, March 2024

Good Grief Network Wise Parenting for Uncertain times: Navigating climate change with Kids, November 2023

Cowichan Green Community Wise Parenting for Uncertain times: Navigating climate change with Kids, October 2023

Blueland- June 2023