Book talk - Dr. Thomas Doherty on 'Surviving Climate Anxiety: A Guide to Coping, Healing, and Thriving'
From “the most prominent American advocate of ecopsychology” (New York Times) comes a guide to nourishing your mental health in difficult times.
Third Place Books welcomes clinical psychologist and ecopsychology advocate Dr. Thomas Doherty to our Seward Park store for a conversation about his new book Surviving Climate Anxiety: A Guide to Coping, Healing, and Thriving. Using evidence-based methods, Dr. Doherty gives readers tools to help manage the emotional toll of environmental crisis. The reading will include musical accompaniment by cellist Lori Goldston.
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About Surviving Climate Anxiety. . .
Learn how to cope with and heal from climate anxiety in this groundbreaking guide by “the most prominent American advocate of ecopsychology” (New York Times).
With climate disasters mounting and solutions feeling ever more elusive, eco-anxiety is rapidly becoming one of the biggest mental health threats of our time.
Surviving Climate Anxiety is the essential guide to coping with the psychological impacts of persistent environmental crisis. In it, the world's leading climate anxiety expert Dr. Thomas Doherty shares his pioneering, evidence-based methods to help you:
- Reclaim your nervous system: manage your thoughts and feelings, and stress about climate change
- Understand your environmental identity: your history, values, and connection to the natural world
- Prioritize eco-wellness: Utilize arts, creativity, and spirituality as tools for flourishing
- Liberate yourself from living as a climate hostage: overcome fear of climate disasters and tend to eco-depression and grief
- Broaden your horizons of hope: cultivate optimism through stewardship and action
Packed with practical, research-backed tips and dozens of stories - from the geologist haunted by images of melting glaciers, to the young couple agonizing over whether to bring a child into a world on fire, to a twenty-something wondering what it was like back when people believed in a future - Surviving Climate Anxiety provides the tools to cope, heal, and flourish, even in these times.
Praise for Surviving Climate Anxiety. . .
“An essential field guide for weathering our overheated era. Bringing tremendous empathy and wisdom, Doherty provides readers not just a blueprint for bettering their own mental health, but for better showing up for loved ones and loved places amidst climate catastrophe. I will revisit this book over and over again, not just as a buoy, but as a battle call.”
—Erica Berry, author of Wolfish
"A powerful book on the need to embrace brightness in a world that can seem uncertain but filled with solutions around our community."
—Isaias Hernandez, environmentalist and storyteller, creator of Queer Brown Vegan
“From parents worried about their current and future children, to those working directly with climate projections and glacier melt, Doherty offers practical ways to develop a mindset that leads to flexibility and positive growth. The book is timely, engaging, accessible, and very relatable.”—Jade S. Sasser, Associate Professor, University of California Riverside, author of Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question
Dr. Thomas Doherty is an award-winning clinical psychologist, internationally recognized for his research on the psychological impacts of climate change. Doherty is a regular guest speaker at conferences and panels worldwide, and has conducted workshops and trainings for organizations such as the US National Park Service, the California Department of Health, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Aspen Ideas Festival. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Doherty is the creator of the podcast “Climate Change and Happiness,” which he cohosts with researcher Panu Pihkala. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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