If you ever feel dread as you doomscroll news stories about climate change or despair when you
think about the world we are leaving to future generations you are not alone. With
environmental disasters mounting predictions for the future of our planet worsening and
solutions feeling like a drop in a polluted ocean climate anxiety is one of the biggest mental
health threats of our time. Surviving Climate Anxiety is the essential guide to coping with
the psychological toll of persistent environmental crisis. In this helpful and
ground-breaking book the world's leading climate anxiety expert psychologist Dr Thomas
Doherty shares the pioneering techniques he has developed to help you to: Reclaim your
nervous system: manage your thoughts feelings and stress about climate change Clarify your
environmental identity: establish your history values and connection to the natural world
Overcome fear of climate disasters and tend to eco-depression and grief Find realistic reasons
for hope and ways to take meaningful action Packed with practical research-backed tips and
dozens of stories - from the geologist haunted by images of melting glaciers to the young
couple agonizing over whether to bring a child into a world on fire to a twenty-something
wondering how to believe in the future - Surviving Climate Anxiety provides the tools to cope
heal and flourish even in these challenging times.
