Holding Space for Climate Emotions

You are warmly invited to join a Climate Café by Psychology for a Safe Climate.

A Climate Cafe is a gentle, supportive space to share and explore our emotional responses to climate change.

As the impacts of climate change deepen and fossil fuel expansion in the NT accelerates, many of us are feeling grief, anger, worry, or overwhelm. A Climate Café is a safe, inclusive gathering where we can sit together, listen deeply, and honour these feelings in community.

Holding Space for Climate Emotions

The gathering will begin with a Welcome to Country by Dr Richard Fejo. We are deeply grateful for his presence in opening this space with respect and care. Please ensure you arrive by 12.45pm, so as not to miss this important beginning at 1pm sharp.

This Climate Café marks the launch of the PSC Climate Café Activation Program, which will grow to support communities across Australia.

We are also pleased to share that filmmaker Chris Grose will join us. While he will not record what is spoken in the Café, he may film the process visually and invite short video reflections from participants who are comfortable sharing. (Consent forms will be provided to registrants.)

Before the café begins, Christie Wilson (Climate Therapist, Psychology for a Safe Climate) will facilitate an 30min introductory session on climate emotions and introduce Psychology for a Safe Climate. We will then move into the Climate Café. After the Café we will share some food and music together.

Why Come?

• To connect with others who care deeply about our shared future.

• To find language, community, and support for the emotions that climate change stirs.

• To learn how you can be part of the emerging Darwin Climate Café community and facilitation team.

For those interested in going on to be a Climate Cafe Facilitator you can register here.

Facilitators:

Christie Wilson

Christie is a clinical psychotherapist who supports professionals, including activists, leaders, and therapists to bring climate psychology into both personal reflection and professional practice. At PSC, she leads the Climate-Aware Therapist, Climate Café, and InterVision professional development programs, and supports outreach strategy and engagement with PSC’s key audiences, including support professionals, the climate movement, and community groups.

Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward is a qualified facilitator and a climate activist living and working on unceded Larrakia land over twenty years. He facilitates Climate Cafes for Psychology for a Safe Climate and training with the Pathways Psychology Institute. He is also a practitioner of Joanna Macy’s Active Hope.