ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
Climate distress and social identity: bringing theory to clinical practice.
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- Climate change and social health.Nature human behaviour · 2026Review
- 'Taking the green pill': An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences of climate distress.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- A narrative exploration of how clinical psychologists deal with the climate and ecological emergency.Cogent mental health · 2025Article
- 'There's no helpline': how mental health services can support young people with climate distress.Cogent mental health · 2024Article
- Disrupting the Climate Distress Cascade: Testing Community-Grounded Theories of Change Using Secondary Data From a Cross-Sectional Canadian Study.Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)Article
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Abstract
Guidance for supporting individuals with climate distress often lacks a theoretical foundation to account for its social dimension. This paper argues for the value of the social identity approach (SIA) for understanding and supporting individuals with climate distress in clinic. Three aspects of climate distress are considered: social isolation, collective emotions, and climate action. It is posited that the SIA can guide interventions in a way that is tailored to the specific social dynamics entailed in each client's climate distress. The paper also considers how clinicians can weigh up the potential advantages and disadvantages of interventions that are commonly advised for these individuals, such as contact with nature and engaging in collective action. The author is a clinical psychologist and lecturer researching climate distress.
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