This is an event for those who have been trained in climate café facilitation, who are either already leading climate cafes, or who would like to begin facilitating cafes. This is a place to bring challenges, questions, and listening support to each other.
Your Facilitators:
Wendy Greenspun is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in New York City and is a board and steering committee member of CPA-NA. She has led workshops for students and activists on building emotional resilience in the face of climate distress, run climate cafes, and has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the climate crisis to mental health professionals and wider audiences.
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Janet A. Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA is a modern psychoanalyst in private practice. She worked in the field of energy and environment education for 27 years, developing programs ranging from school energy efficiency to student EV conversion and competition. She has been a trainer, writer, fundraiser, project developer, evaluator, and developer of networks and collaborative teams. She uses her psychological training to assist people to build inner strength to deal with climate change and the other major crises of our time.
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Elizabeth Allured, Psy.D., is a psychologist/psychoanalyst practicing in Manhasset, N.Y., and is Head of Education and Training Subcommittee of CPA-NA. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on the topic of mental health and the environment and has published papers in this area. She has taught workshops on this topic to undergraduate and doctoral students. She has held Climate Café Facilitator Training workshops.
