Eco-Psychotherapy

Listening to each other: the contribution of Carbon Conversations to collective action

As well as political campaigning, we also need community-based action to encourage and support carbon reduction and the shift to a low-carbon society. Carbon Conversations project, with its system of small groups, draws on and adapts a variety of therapeutic approaches to achieve significant carbon reductions in the lives of participants and develops their capacity to influence others, dealing with issues of loss, anxiety, guilt, self-efficacy and the process of change. This talk will also compare the different experiences of Carbon Conversations groups in England and Scotland which have seen divergent government engagement with climate change since 2010 and discuss the psychological impact of this.