How to cope with climate anxiety, with Thomas Doherty, PsyD, and Ashlee Cunsolo, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Over the past several years, climate change has moved from an abstract idea to a reality in many Americans’ lives – a reality that we are increasingly worried about. An APA survey found that two-thirds of American adults said that they felt at least a little “eco-anxiety,” defined as anxiety or worry about climate change and its effects. Dr. Thomas Doherty, a clinical and environmental psychologist in Portland, Oregon, and Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo, a public health researcher who studies how environmental loss is affecting the mental health of the indigenous Inuit community in Canada, discuss the mental health effects of climate change and what can we do to cope and build resilience in ourselves. Are you enjoying Speaking of Psychology? We’d love to know what you think of the podcast, what you would change about it, and what you’d like to hear more of. Please take our listener survey at www.apa.org/podcastsurvey. Links Thomas Doherty, PsyD Ashlee Cunsolo, PhD Survey - Majority of US Adults Believe Climate Change Is Most Important Issue Today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.6	Over the past several years, climate change has moved from an abstract idea to a reality in many
0:33.9	of our lives, a reality that has a lot of us increasingly worried.
0:38.3	An APA survey in February 2020 found that two-thirds of American adults said that they felt at least a little eco-anxiety,
0:46.3	which is defined as worry or concern about climate change and its effects.
0:50.3	And nearly half of those under age 34 said that stress about climate change affects
0:55.8	their daily lives. Since then, hurricanes in the south, wildfires in the west, and an unprecedented
1:02.0	ice storm in Texas have kept climate change in our thoughts this year even as COVID-19 has
1:07.1	dominated the headlines. So what are the mental health effects of climate change?
1:11.6	Who is most at risk of suffering eco-anxiety?
1:15.6	What is ecological grief?
1:18.6	And what can we do to cope and build resilience in ourselves
1:22.6	when prospects for the future of the planet seems so bleak?
1:26.6	Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast for the future of the planet seems so bleak.
1:33.3	Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association that examines the links between psychological science and everyday life.
1:37.3	I'm Kim Mills.
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