Workshops, Talks, and Trainings
tailored opportunities to learn from our faculty and come together
Upcoming Events
Thicket Summer Cohort
Bi-monthly zoom meetings on Wednesdays from 9:30-11am MDT (UTC-6)
Thicket is an eight-week online experiential training program, presented by the Climate Emotional Resilience Institute, designed for medical and mental-health providers, educators, activists, researchers, public servants and others confronting climate change in their work and beyond.
You can find more information here.
Wildfire Women's Retreat
Wildfire Women’s Retreat outside of Boulder, CO for women to come together and weave sacred space
Rootstock
4 Zoom Meetings: April 24, May 1, May 8, May 15 2024
Wednesdays, 12-2 PT/ 1-3 MT/ 2-4 CT/ 3-5 ET/ 7-9 UTC
Join experienced facilitators Teddy Kellam and Kristan Childs for an intimate 4-week program to explore undoing aloneness, tolerating difficult emotions, holding gratitude amidst uncertainty, and finding purpose in these times. We’ll use a blend of soulful practices, hard-earned wisdom for parenting through climate change, evocative writing prompts, somatic exercises, heart-centered sharing, poetry, neuroscience-backed approaches and well-curated resources to build inner capacity that supports resilience in children.
Wise Parenting in Uncertain Times
Wise Parenting in Uncertain Times: How to talk with kids about the climate crisis, build your family's emotional resilience & take age-appropriate action. This workshop will provide neuroscience-backed parenting wisdom, practical tools, and a greater sense of confidence in navigating these difficult times.
Resilience for Chaotic Times: Tools to Build Adult Inner Resources
Neuroscience-supported resilience tools for grappling with uncertainty and climate change
Navigating the Emotional Impact of Climate Change with Students
Supporting teachers in understanding the emotional effects of climate change on their students.
THICKET Training
Thicket is an eight-week online experiential training program, presented by the Climate Emotional Resilience Institute, designed for medical and mental-health providers, educators, activists, researchers, public servants and others confronting climate change in their work and beyond
10 Steps to Resilience. A group for parents.
A parenting-focused 10 Steps to Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate Good Grief Network group for parents.
University Presentation
University class presentation to provide skills and tools for coping with the mental stress of climate change; specifically for students in fields where their studies & future work will intersect and be influenced by climate change
Thicket Training
This 8-week asynchronous online training; it weaves interconnecting offerings from climate psychology, neuroscience, contemplative wisdom, and group therapy.
Workshops in Georgia
Workshops with GGEN Facilitators Kristan Childs and Teddy Kellam around: (1) Supporting Emotional Resilience for Children & Youth in the Age of Climate Crisis and (2) Resilience in Chaotic Times: Building Our Inner Resources
How to Navigate the Climate Crisis with Kids
An online workshop for parents & others who care for children ages 0-18 years talking about How to Navigate the Climate Crisis with Kids
Activist Workshop
8 hour online workshop for a non-profit divided into 4 sessions over a period of 4 weeks designed for people working at the frontlines of climate change
Examples of tailored workshops, presentations and talks:
12 hour (4 sessions) experiential in-person workshop on climate emotions for public servants and activists working on climate change
This 12 hours in-person workshop divided into 4 sessions over a period of several months is designed for people working at the frontlines of climate change. The workshop combines Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects Spiral with it’s powerful connecting activities exploring concepts of climate emotions, such as grief, fear and anger, nervous system regulation, and recreating a sense of belonging within the group as well as within our wider ecosystem.
This workshop is also offered as an 8 hour (4 sessions) online version.
1 hour online Climate Psychology Presentation to University Counseling Team
This one hour experiential presentation gives a clinical introduction to climate psychology and how to work with climate distress in the counseling room. The objective of this presentation is to have clinicians identify potential mental health impacts of climate change on varies populations, learn about the principles of climate psychology, teach evidence based climate-aware interventions, familiarize/educate themselves on new nomenclature and consider and practice how all of this applies to our work with clients and our own relationship with climate emotions.
1.5 hour in-person Talk on Parenting in the Era of Climate Change
How can we help our children move forward with love, wonder, and resilience in the midst of environmental distress? This interactive talk was created to support parents navigate their own climate emotions as well as learning frameworks to engage with and support their children - to move towards strengthening a sense of internal and external activism for both parent and child.
1 hour online Presentation: Tools to address denial, anxiety, and overwhelm
This 1-hour online workshop is tailored to a group of activists and governmental workers to provide tangible mental health skills to integrate into their organizations and communities. We review trauma-informed practices to build resilient behaviors for those addressing climate challenges and emphasize contemplative-based nervous system regulation techniques that individuals could use at home or in daily interactions in the field for improved mental health and inter- and intrapersonal effectiveness.
Please contact if you’d like to inquire about an above presentation or create a tailored experience for your organization. We are happy to discuss what a presentation may look like and provide you with references from previous workshop attendee’s.
