Climate change is real-and so is the fear and anxiety building in its wake. This much-needed guide offers evidence-based tools to transform your fears about this environmental crisis into meaning and purpose.
Is climate anxiety keeping you awake at night? Have you or your family been impacted by climate-driven fires, floods, or other extreme weather events? Do you worry about the future, and what it means for the next generation? As devastation wrought by extreme weather becomes the new normal, it's getting harder and harder to ignore a crisis that is not only inevitable-but already upon us. How does one cope with this existential realization? So, how can you overcome feeling so paralyzed and powerless that you lose hope, give up, or stop taking action?
Written for people struggling with climate anxiety, depression, and grief, this groundbreaking guide offers practical, evidence-based tools based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you cope with climate change right now. This book can help you gain strength, wisdom, and clarity to move past feelings of hopelessness. You'll also learn self-care strategies to reduce the fear, anger, and despair triggered by the next inevitable headline.
Discover powerful tools to help you:
• Work through difficult thoughts and feelings
• Regulate your emotions and fears
• Identify your values through an environmental lens
• Transform fear into meaning and purpose
A crisis of this magnitude demands maximum psychological flexibility to avoid being overwhelmed by an avalanche of distressing emotions. Ignoring the problem is not an option. This book will help you tap into the wisdom needed to weather the coming storms. As devastation from extreme climate disasters become the new normal, more and more people are deeply concerned about how it will affect their lives and the lives of future generations. Written for anyone struggling with climate anxiety, depression, and grief, this evidence-based guide offers practical tools to cope with distressing emotions stemming from fear and uncertainty about the planet. Grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and mindfulness, Facing Climate Anxiety empowers readers with strength, wisdom, and clarity to take action and find meaning in the midst of this global crisis. Jon Gorman, PsyD, is the owner of Towson Therapy Group-a psychotherapy group practice in Towson, MD. He is an assistant clinical professor at Loyola University Maryland, a licensed psychologist in Maryland, and is licensed to provide teletherapy in thirty-nine states through PSYPACT. An active member of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America (CPA-NA), Gorman is trained in ecopsychology and nature-informed therapy, and is listed in the Climate-Aware Therapist Directory. He has given talks to environmental legislators around the United States to advocate for pro-climate legislation, has testified in front of the Maryland General Assembly in support of climate legislation, and his letter to the editor about climate legislation was published in The Baltimore Sun. He was also featured on the CPA-NA podcast, Climate Psychology Conversations. His therapy office is listed in the Maryland Green Registry, and he is continually striving to reduce the environmental impact of the office. Gorman resides in Towson, MD.
