Grief + Climate Change
Grief and Climate Change Workshop - Online
About this workshop
When thinking about grief, we don’t always associate it with climate change. Yet, we are aware of many losses and changes that we are experiencing – from change in weather patterns leading to increasing disasters from floods, fires and droughts to a loss of a sense of safety, security and hope for our future.  We are also experiencing a growing loss of species that are crucial to maintaining a healthy eco system that works for the good of all of us. In the light of these many losses, grief is often present, even if it remains unarticulated and unrecognised.
This workshop is for counsellors, social workers, teachers and those who are working with people who are experiencing the impacts of climate change. The focus of the workshop will be to reflect on current literature and research highlighting the impacts of climate change; assist in helping to understand how we might work to support the grief being experienced by ourselves and those around us; recognise the function of grief and how it can support the ways in which we might be struggling to live and respond in the face of climate change.
Who is this workshop for:
This workshop is for counsellors, social workers, teachers and those who are working with people who are experiencing the impacts of climate change. The focus of the workshop will be to reflect on current literature and research highlighting the impacts of climate change; assist in helping to understand how we might work to support the grief being experienced by ourselves and those around us; recognise the function of grief and how it can support the ways in which we might be struggling to live and respond in the face of climate change.
Presenter: Mandy CoxÂ
Dip. Miss.; CPE; Spiritual Director (WellSpring, Vic); B.Min; M.Couns; Grad Cert Supervision; Certified Bereavement Practitioner (Australian Centre for Grief & Bereavement)
Mandy is a registered clinical Counsellor and Supervisor and has worked in the field of grief and loss for over 17 years, working in a range of counselling roles, including palliative care, coronial counselling, maternal loss, victims of violent crime, and co-founded Canberra Grief Centre. Mandy is also the Partnerships and Program Coordinator for Good Grief/Mackillop Family Services, where she co-ordinates the training of Seasons for Healing as well as offers mentoring and ongoing support for facilitators running the program in their workplaces and communities.Â
Mandy has lived and worked in Katherine and Darwin in the Northern Territory, Canberra and now resides in Newcastle on Awabakul land.