“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
– Martin Luther King

Presentations and Workshops

Recent Presentations and Workshops:

Building Emotional Resilience in the Face of the Climate Crisis: A Skills Seminar for Students and Practitioners”. Online workshop for the Columbia University Climate School, November 12, 2022.

“Expanding our work in a changing world: Psychology engages with the climate crisis.” Keynote Address for the New York State Psychological Association Annual Meeting, co-presented with Elizabeth Allured, October 22, 2022.

“Repair and Care in a Ruptured World: Psychology Tends to the Climate Crisis.” Online workshop for the Resonance and Climate Series, July 25, 2022.

“Eco-anxiety workshop: Building Emotional Sustainability.” Online workshop for Creative Green Tools Canada, July 18, 2022.

“Working with Clients Experiencing Climate Distress”, clinical training video for the American Psychological Association, release date September 2022.

“Climate grief and climate anxiety: What is it and how to cope with it.” Panel discussion at the Waterfront Alliance Annual Conference, May 24, 2022, New York, New York.

“Navigating the Psychological Effects of Climate Change, in Yourself and with Clients.” Online workshop co-presented with Elizabeth Allured for the Child Training Institute, May 12, 2022.

“Emotional Resilience in the Face of Climate Distress: Essential Tools for Students.” Workshop for the One Book, One Day event at The Dalton School, New York, NY, May 4, 2022.

“Building emotional resilience against climate distress.” Online panel for GrowNYC, April 28, 2022.

“From Tears to Hope and Courage: A Clinical Psychology Perspective on the Climate Crisis.” Presented at the 15thAnnual Psychology Day at the United Nations, online international webinar, April 22, 2022.

“Using Art and Storytelling to Confront Climate Anxiety.” Online panel. Columbia Climate Conversations, The Climate School at Columbia University, April 7, 2022.

“Mental Health, Gender Dynamics, and Climate Change in the Pakistani Context.” Online panel participant. March 20, 2022, International webinar.

“Trauma to the Earth and Unearthed Trauma: An Eco-Psychoanalytic Engagement with Climate Distress.” Workshop co-presented with Elizabeth Allured for the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, March 11, 2022.