Climate on the Mind

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Ecology

Katharina Van Bronswijk

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208 pages
Hardcover

Fear of flooding, feelings of guilt over the last holiday flight, anger about governmental inertia: We face the ecological crisis with a whole array of emotions, and that’s good, says the psychotherapist Katharina van Bronswijk. Fear, sadness, anger are healthy reactions to existential threats such as climate change. We need them to become motivated for change and to question social norms. Full of empathy and rich in facts, van Bronswijk leads us through phenomena such as climate anxiety, eco depression, suppression mechanisms and activist burnout, as well as giving tips on how to deal with the new emotions. She sheds light on interactions between the individual and groups and explains how we, as a society, can prepare ourselves for the changes to come.
A book that is equally relevant for climate activists as it is for friends of brown coal – and which advocates holding emotional debates about environmental crises; and, in turn, the power of these emotions should be harnessed for the upcoming transformation.

Katharina Van Bronswijk

KATHARINA VAN BRONSWIJK, as a spokeswoman of Psychologists and Psychotherapists for Future, is well acquainted with the complex relationships between environmental crises and mental health; a topic on which she regularly gives talks, interviews and publishes books. The psychologist and behavioural therapist has been active in climate protection since 2009, such as at Greenpeace, and works at her own practice in Germany.
Agence Schweiger

Agence Schweiger