Climate Emotional Resilience 10-Step Program for Scientists and STEM Professionals

Join us to build solidarity and alleviate burnout in this age of climate and polycrisis. Based on Good Grief Network's model, this ten-week program will support scientists and STEM professionals in metabolizing grief, anger, numbness, anxiety or despair in a community of peers. For two hours per week over 10 weeks, we will explore themes such as coping with the severity of the predicament, uncertainty, mortality, inner work, cognitive bias, orienting to beauty and connection, rest, social justice, showing up for a better world, and taking action. With neuroscience-backed emotional regulation practices, thoughtful writing prompts, well-facilitated sharing, guided meditations and curated poetry, these groups offer a heart-felt experience that aims to restore joy in your life and engagement in your meaningful work.

This 10-week course meets for two hours per week on Tuesdays:

-Feb 18 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-Feb 25 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-March 4 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-March 11 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-March 18 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-March 25 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-April 1 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-April 8 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-April 15 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

-April 22 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM PT / 1:30 PM-3:30 PM ET

MEET THE HOSTS

Kristan Childs (she/her) is a Good Grief Network and Work That Reconnects facilitator. She co-Chairs the Climate Psychology Alliance North America’s Committee to Support Scientists and STEM Professionals, and is on faculty at the Climate Emotional Resilience Institute. Kristan is certified in both Ecopsychology and Climate Psychology, and she has trained in griefwork with Francis Weller. Kristan is passionate about creating courageous and tender places where people can come together to do the emotional work needed to show up more fully in their lives, as well as for their families, their communities, and this beautiful planet. Learn more at her website.

Teddy Kellam (she/her) is a climate-aware therapist and a Good Grief Network facilitator. Certified in Climate Psychology, she co-chairs the Climate Psychology Alliance North America’s Committee to Support Scientists and STEM Professionals, and is on faculty at the Climate Emotional Resilience Institute. Teddy works with scientists, therapists, journalists, activists, parents, educators & climate professionals. She uses her skills and training in Somatic Experiencing, griefwork and AEDP to support professionals in building resilience, recovering joy and orienting to who they want to be in these uncertain times. Learn more at her website.

Participation Waiver: By registering for this event you consent to the following:

The Support Group or Scientists and STEM Professionals is not a therapy group and does not offer clinical service, supervision, or professional consultation.  It is co-facilitated by two experienced facilitators who have advanced training in climate psychology and have provided group support of this nature within the Good Grief Network’s 10-step model.  They are not licensed mental health workers.  This Support Group is a facilitated supportive conversation for individual reflections about the climate crisis and one’s professional position as a scientist or STEM Professional . 

By registering here you are acknowledging that the CPA-NA Support Group for Scientists and STEM Professionals is not intended to provide legal or professional advice. Instead, all information, content, and materials connected to the Support Group  are for personal reflective purposes only.  Information shared in the Support Group is offered by both participants and facilitators and is not intended to provide up-to-date legal, scientific, or other information. Support Groups cannot guarantee confidentiality but facilitators do suggest that the conversations within the Support Group are personal and private. 

Some of the  follow-up materials Support Group participants receive contain links to other third-party websites, as well as information about groups and activities offered by the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America (CPA-NA).  Such links and listings are only for the convenience of the Support Group participants.  CPA-NA facilitators do not recommend or endorse the contents of the third-party sites or of the specific groups or activities listed.

The facilitators of the Support Group reserve the right to remove any participant who is impacting the group’s ability to meet for its stated intent.