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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 I get them to envision a world that is fair; where everyone has enough resources to meet their needs. I ask them what they can do now to contribute to this world, and ask them to move towards this. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a psychologist I have witnessed a surge in climate grief. This is what I tell my clients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carly Dober
Sat 13 Jan 2024 01.00 AEDTLast modified on Sat 13 Jan 2024 11.35 AEDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt sucks\u2026 and it\u2019s only going to get worse,\u201d my client says, disbelief colouring their facial expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m inclined to agree, it does suck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can feel my hands starting to get clammy as my memory flashes back to the catastrophic climate events I\u2019ve watched unfold recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bearing witness to the climate crisis can feel surreal at times, yet I do not mention this to my client. I have a job to do, and it is not to escalate their rational anxieties and fears, it is to manage what is manageable; to teach coping strategies, to encourage connection to nature and social relationships, to channel their grief into sustainable action that feels meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I work within an eco-psychological framework, in which humans\u2019 psychological interdependence with the rest of nature is a focus, along with the implications for identity, health and well-being. What these young people deeply grasp is that humans are not separate from nature \u2013 we are nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I constantly return to the message that there is so much beauty and life in the world that can be saved \u2013 and is absolutely worth fighting for.<\/strong> I encourage people to curate their social media feeds and to seek out good news stories about the climate action around the world. I get them to envision a world that is fair; where everyone has enough resources to meet their needs.<\/strong> I ask them what they can do now to contribute to this world, and ask them to move towards this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I talk to them about connection with like minded peers, and joining a local climate action group.<\/strong> I talk to them about nature based therapies- hiking, swimming, listening and watching wildlife, attending beach clean ups and tree planting days. I talk to them about choosing financial institutions to bank with that rule out funding fossil fuel projects. I encourage mindfulness, enjoying the present moment, working through their grief through art, and working through their stress, rage and anxiety with movement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carly Dober is a psychologist living and working in Naarm\/Melbourne. You can see more of her work here IG @enrichinglivespsychologyRead more: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/jan\/13\/climate-change-crisis-fears-despair-younger-generations-impact<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What a sad bunch of fantasists. The only problem with global warming in Melbourne where psychologist Carly Dober is based, is Melbourne is not getting enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melbourne<\/a>, perched on the cold South Eastern edge of the Australian mainland, is one of the coldest and wettest major cities in Australia. I visited Victoria and Melbourne a few weeks ago, just before Christmas. At the time I visited there was no sign of the Southern Hemisphere Summer, we were wearing sweaters and long sleeve light overcoats, especially in the evening. I had to buy some winter woolies, we forgot to pack warm enough clothes for Melbourne Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until we\u2019d travelled over 700 miles north of Melbourne, towards the equator, that we finally switched back to Summer clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at the weather report it looks like Summer finally arrived after we left \u2013 but Melbourne\u2019s famously variable weather means even on hot days, you should keep a warm coat handy, just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the highlands just to the North West of Melbourne, it\u2019s entirely possible to experience snow in the first month of Summer. A few years ago, we had a Summer holiday near Daylesford<\/a>, about 1.5 hours drive North West of Melbourne, elevation around 2000ft. Don\u2019t get me wrong, we had a lovely time, but those two weeks we spent in Summer in the Victorian highlands, we burned an entire large trailer load of wood trying to stay warm, especially on nights it snowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is one part of Australia which could really use a little global warming, that would be Melbourne and the rest of Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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