What Can Existential Therapists Offer in a Time of Climate Crisis?
Abstract
Based on a workshop given at this year's conference, this paper opens an enquiry into how existential therapy might respond to the climate crisis. The silence of our community on this topic is noticed and reflected upon. I take a sounding of how the psy-disciplines are conceiving of climate-related distress (for example, 'climate anxiety' or 'ecoanxiety'), before offering starting points on how a distinctively existential voice may enter this chorus.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Climate Change Communication and Perception
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Existential Analysis Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 40–52
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026