Tree Staunton
Friday 17th April 5.00pm
Therapists are witnessing an increasingly common response to our environmental crisis: stress and anxiety felt in anticipation of the events to come. The media have caught hold of the term ‘eco anxiety’ which researchers have used to describe a range of symptoms similar to those seen in post – traumatic stress syndrome.
It is natural that a growing awareness of a global crisis is going to bring fear and anxiety unless there is also a growing awareness of our part in it and how we may contribute for better or worse. As it becomes clearer to individuals and groups that they can be part of the change that needs to happen, we are starting to see what has been termed ‘post traumatic growth’. In getting support to face their fears people are becoming empowered to act and to take responsibility for their lives in ways they may not previously have considered possible.
Tree Staunton will discuss how psychotherapy can help us to face our fears and develop personal strategies and resilience in the times ahead. She will illustrate how a therapeutic conversation might develop by offering an on – stage interview.
Tree Staunton is overall Director of Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling, a professional training organisation. She has been a psychotherapist for over 30 years, and is an Honorary Fellow of the UK Council for Psychotherapy having worked on various regulatory committees and contributed to conferences and journals. More recently she has been helping to develop training and development for therapists dealing with climate anxiety and distress. Tree has a special interest in the links between psychotherapy and the current global crises we face, and is a long-standing member of Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA). She lives in a sustainable development cohousing community in Stroud UK.
