Leslie Davenport

Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I deal with friends and family who won't stop polluting? Your climate values are conflicting with your closest relationships. Here's some advice on how to cope, from therapist Leslie Davenport.

My team at Grist launched a new project today: a column we're calling Ask a Climate Therapist, tackling your questions about climate + mental health with licensed therapist @lesliedavenport.bsky.social
Check out Leslie's first column here!
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Thank you! @grist.org is offering a great community service and I’m glad to be part of it.

Ask a Climate Therapist This week, we’re rolling out a new special feature in Looking Forward: an advice column from climate-aware therapist Leslie Davenport.

@grist.org is launching a new feature we’re calling Ask a Climate Therapist. The world is changing faster than our nervous systems are built for, and this is a place to bring your burning questions. Can’t wait to connect. Join us! grist.org/looking-forw...

Last call for registrations. If you’re a climate professional, journalist, or scientist, I hope you’ll join us! Registration can be found here: linktr.ee/LDavenportAu...

Magination Press (the children’s book division of the APA) has generously made a free downloadable workbook of exercises from All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal with Climate Change.

Perfect for classrooms, libraries, or groups.

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#curriculum #climate

Burning Questions with Leslie Davenport, and guest, Dr. Laura Carter Robinson YouTube video by Burning Questions with Leslie Davenport

I’m thrilled to share my new interview series, BURNING QUESTIONS. Many of us are asking the same things: How can I truly help? How do I stay resilient as climate impacts deepen? Burning Questions is a short-form series that invites collective for transformation.

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Ask Us Anything: Bringing Emotional Insight into Climate-Focused Work Group consultation for environmental organizations, journalists, and scientists, who want to integrate climate mental health support into their work.

If you are a climate scientist, journalist, or work for an environmental org and would like to bring emotional insight into the work, please join us for this free consultation. #climate #greensky #jounalist
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Pictures of the speakers. Sign up here: https://apa.content.online/catalog/product.xhtml?eid=69913

Are you a psychologist who cares about climate change? Tune in to this webinar to find out how climate change impacts mental health and earn CE credits.

Hope you can join us!

Addressing climate change requires a social justice lens. It’s ensuring that solutions uplift communities most affected by environmental and economic inequities. #climate #justice

So much respect for the life and legacy of Jane Goodall. May her memory guide us.

Photo: National Geographic

This post by the American Psychological Association is a reminder of how changing it is view life with a clear mind. #psychology #bias

Job opening for a climate reporter— Seattle Times.

When it comes to emotional resilience in the face of climate change, an important and overlooked aspect is growing our capacity to be with difficult feelings and experiences as we are living through more challenges. Yes, we need tools to support our hearts and nervous systems too. It’s a both/and.

How to protect your health if a disaster strikes your community Your guide to the biggest health consequences of extreme weather — from mosquito-and tick-borne illnesses to mental health issues — and how to best prepare for them.

I appreciate this Disaster 101 toolkit from @Grist on protecting your health as disasters are on the rise.

Bravo that mental health is included as an essential piece as well.

#climate #mentalhealth

This is anything but soft or a distraction to the polycrises we are in: these kinds of practices are essential to stay engaged, present, and clear minded. Otherwise we are on the road to burnout. Let’s do this 💚
#climate #mindfulness #resilience #psychology

Whether it’s your first car or your next car, choosing the right vehicle is an exciting journey—EVs can save you money, cut pollution & improve air quality. Federal tax incentives are available thru the end of the month + state & utility programs.

🚗⚡Check our EV Buying Guide: act.ucsusa.org/4jKvPsk

Thank you—I’ll check it out!

When Rescuing Environmental Data, Are We Archiving the Past or Illuminating the Future? In an era defined by climate disruption, widening inequality, and political volatility, the role of scientific data in informing public health and environmental policy has never been more critical. Independent, reliable, and verifiable datasets are essential for answering pressing questions such as:

In an era defined by climate disruption, widening inequality, and political volatility, the role of scientific data in informing public health and environmental policy has never been more critical. UCS’s Melissa Finucane explores the challenges of protecting it in uncertain times.

Existential issues require existential solutions. Let urgent actions be guided by deep reflection. #climate #community #action #psychology

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How to talk to a climate-action nay-sayer Climate fatalism is growing—and totally understandable. Here’s how to open a real conversation without shutting anyone down.

What a thoughtful exchange with Matt Berical at one5c about the challenges of navigating conversations with #climate nay-sayers. Smart journalism and practical takeaways. Highly worth a read! #emotionalintelligence #communication #climatechange

Glad to be part of the team that created this free resource—over 200 pages! 💚 lnkd.in/evXgQ4Wj

Developing Emotional Resilience in the Era of Climate Change, Stress and Trauma A Conversation with Leslie Davenport - February 20 at 9am Seattle/Pacific Time Zone

Hope you can join me for this free webinar on working with climate-triggered distress. 💚

Disaster Resources

The Climate Psychology Alliance of NA’s Disaster Committee has compiled an excellent list of disaster resources that can be accessed here: www.climatepsychology.us/disaster-res...

Dear Climate Therapist: How can I apologize to my grandson without drowning in sadness? A grandmother is faced with the question of how to navigate intergenerational climate conversations

I’m glad to be a resident climate-aware therapist for Britt Wray’s Gen Dread newsletter. In this column a grandmother is faced with the question of how to navigate intergenerational climate conversations. What results is a powerful act of love. And it’s what we need now more than ever.

Hi everyone—just a quick introduction. I work at the intersection of climate and mental health. This pic is my most recent book. It’s for kids, created with APA, and easily adaptable to classrooms. 🍎 More soon!

Just joined today. Happy to be here!