Season 4, Episode 9: Climate Psychology Perspectives with Steffi Bednarek

Climate Change and Happiness

Season 4, Episode 9: Climate Psychology Perspectives with Steffi Bednarek

Panu and Thomas met with Brighton UK climate psychologist Steffi Bednarek, author of Climate, Psychology, and Change. They explored stages of Steffi’s journey into climate psychology, and the importance of Gestalt therapy in her understandings of how our selves entwine with nature and our perceptions of environmental issues and problems. They discussed how concepts like mindfulness and “creative indifference” offer additional perspectives on the seemingly hard distinction between hope and hopelessness. Steffi also shared her efforts to create a platform for experiential learning in climate psychology.

Links

• Steffi Bednarek

• Climate, Psychology, and Change: Reimagining Psychotherapy in an Era of Global Disruption and Climate Anxiety

• Center for Climate Psychology – offers a wide range of workshops, trainings and events that nurture collective wisdom in times of upheaval.

• British Gestalt Journal Volume 31, 2 (2022) - The Climate Change Special

• Podcast: Internal Family Systems Therapy and Climate Change with Steffi Bednarek