Therapy for Eco-anxiety
Therapy for eco-anxiety can help you deal with anger, despair and/or anxiety you may be feeling due to climate change and ongoing destruction of the natural world.
First and foremost, it's vital to recognise your feelings are legitimate and valid to the scale of the problems we are facing. They are a response to complex issues the planet is experiencing as a consequence of human behaviour and widespread avoidance of the issues.
It is important to ask for help when eco-anxiety is interfering in daily life, social interaction, or is leading to depression, panic attacks, insomnia, or feelings of total despair.
Having a safe space to feel and express your emotions where you will be understood can help ease any burden you may be carrying.
Whether sessions are online or out walking in nature, counselling for eco-anxiety can help you manage any distress, overwhelm, anger, and loss of tolerance for uncertainty.
Clients often seek help for eco-anxiety when resilience levels are low and they feel hopeless. Counselling can help explore these feelings, help build resilience, and develop more supportive coping strategies.
At appropriate times therapy can help you find a more hopeful — and possibly more active path forward.
It’s important to recognise when you are getting to a point of overwhelm and on the way to burnout, and to take time out when it all feels too much. Being around others with a similar mindset is vital be it online or in person.
Writing can help. Writing replenishes my energy fountain when my energy is running out.
At times I write for Happy Eco News, dedicated to publishing thousands of genuine good nature, climate, and environment news stories whilst still acknowledging the problems. Being part of a large and growing collective gives me hope and helps build up resilience.
Sharon Michelle, Sharon Michelle, Author at Happy Eco News