Supporting young people with climate resilience
An advanced training program for mental health professionals working with young people
This comprehensive training is specifically designed for therapeutic professionals working with young people, enabling you to provide the support and understanding they need to build climate resilience.
Through deep listening, accompanying, regulation, and co-regulation, you can be the bridge to a more resilient and empowered generation. This course addresses the unique challenges young people face and empowers counsellors and therapists to provide effective support.
Jo’s work is informed by current neurobiological research on attachment, trauma, recovery and resilience. It is integrated within a context of compassionate mindfulness, deep relational care and social and global context.
This course can be offered as a one or two day event. The two day event allows for deeper reflection, skills practice and application to existing professional approaches.
Course aims:
To support counsellors in exploring and understanding the nature of climate distress
To share practices and strategies for counsellors to find support for their own response to the climate crisis
To explore the context and impact of climate distress on young people generally, and specifically the clients of this particular service
To increase confidence and skills in supporting students with climate and related distress
“The team were all very complimentary about you and the content of the training. They all felt that the training was very applied which they really appreciated, and felt confident they could apply some of their learning immediately to their practice which is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing your skills and knowledge.”
No5 young people
Be the bridge to a more resilient and empowered generation
Young people are strongly impacted by the deepening climate and social crises. Many young people are not talking to the adults in their lives about how they feel because they are used to being dismissed. Many are dealing with strong feelings in response to what they know about the state of the world right now and predictions for their future.
We as adults, therapists and counsellors have a responsibility to ensure the therapy room becomes a safe space to explore these feelings and that we know how to support young people with them.
This course explores the growing climate crisis through the lens of climate psychology, helping you understand how it impacts children, especially those who have experienced trauma. Together, we’ll examine the effects of climate anxiety on young people in care and the essential role adults play in offering stability and support. Through practical strategies and shared insights, you’ll gain the tools to help both young people and their caregivers navigate uncertainty with resilience and meaningful action.
Climate resilience is the ability to navigate the emotional challenges of climate change while fostering empathy, taking meaningful action, participating in solutions, and making informed choices.
Participants in this course will develop a practical understanding of the psychology behind climate anxiety and how it affects young people. They’ll explore the crucial role of warm, regulated adult connections in building resilience, grounded in an understanding of the brain’s response to stress and uncertainty. By the end of the course, they will have the skills and awareness to feel more confident in supporting young people through difficult conversations about the climate crisis while also learning how to care for their own well-being and that of their colleagues.
This course is for
Counsellors and therapists working with young people
Student support services in schools, colleges and universities
Professionals who wish to support young individuals affected by climate distress
What is covered on the course?
Insight into climate distress and its impact on young people
A working understanding of evolved neurobiology and the core domains of climate resilience
Practices for deep listening, accompanying, and providing support
Strategies for creating a culture of care throughout your organisation
Guidance on building empathy, encouraging action, fostering participation, and making informed choices
Practical ways to develop climate resilience in young people
How will this training course help?
By the end of this program, you will:
Understand the specific challenges young people face due to climate and social crises
Be equipped to provide effective support through deep listening and accompanying
Enable young people to develop empathy, take action, participate in solutions, and make informed choices
Have practical and knowledgeable ways forward to support yourselves and the young people you work with
“Jo was brilliant and made everyone feel so welcome and individual. I felt she had so much empathy as well as a fun, calm and gentle tone. I shall attempt to put her strategies in place and use not only for ourselves but the young people we support – and also pass on some of the strategies from the training to family and friends.”
Please feel welcome to contact me to discuss how our training could meet the needs of your mental health support team members
Simply contact me via the form below and we can explore how this training can best support you.
My warmest
Jo
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Jo offers a wide range of sessions and trainings based on your need, whether individual or in a group setting. Please use this form to get in touch with Jo to talk about what she can offer.
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