Do you have some feelings about climate change? Worry, fear, anger, sadness, and hope are just a few of the emotions that many people feel when confronted with our current climate crisis. Research shows that while most people feel alone with their feelings, the majority of people are concerned about climate change. You are not alone. Talking about these feelings in groups can help make them bearable.

This event is held by the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America.

Please email Cassie Whiteside with event questions! cassiewhiteside@climatepsychology.us

Climate Cafe Hosts:

Jennifer Fendya, PhD, is a Jungian-oriented Psychologist and Sandplay practitioner in Buffalo, NY, where she facilitates trauma- and climate-informed place attunement through Forest Therapy and Miksang contemplative photography. She has served for several years with the Therapeutic Gardening Initiative at Grassroots Gardens WNY and on CPA-NA’s Climate Cafe Facilitator Training Team.

Liliane Mavridara is a trauma-informed consultant, group facilitator, and mind-body health professional working cross-culturally in the USA and Europe, with lived experiences, and frontline care support for companion animals displaced by extreme weather disasters.

NOTE

This Climate Cafe is not a therapy group and does not offer clinical service, supervision, or professional consultation. This Climate Cafe is a facilitated supportive conversation for individual reflections about the climate crisis.

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

The follow-up materials Climate Cafe 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 Climate Cafe 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 Climate Cafe reserve the right to remove any participant of the Climate Cafe who is impacting the group’s ability to meet for its stated intent.

Please note: Don‘t be late to your Climate Cafe! Attendance will close five minutes past start time to respect attendees and hosts.

Climate Cafe waiting rooms are open 10 minutes before the start time.

All CPA-NA Climate Cafe Facilitators stop admitting participants at 5 minutes after the start time of the Climate Cafe. This allows participants the full time for their Climate Cafe experience, minimizes disruptions during the 90 minute group, and sets up a safe space that helps a deeper conversation unfold. By registering for this Climate Cafe you are acknowledging understanding of the start time for the group, and the understanding that participants will not be admitted to the Climate Cafe once it has been underway for 5 minutes or longer.

Participants who register for the Climate Cafe and join after the room doors close will not be offered a refund for their registration fee.

After purchasing a ticket, you will be sent a link to join the Climate Cafe that you have registered to attend.