Climate Change & Climate Psychology

Coaching at Work magazine - the climate column by Linda Aspey

“What place hope?” March 2023, Vol. 18, Issue 2
In the latest of my series on the climate crisis, I revisit hope and the many different opinions people hold around it.

“A possibility mindset”, Jan 2023, Vol.18, Issue 1
The war in Ukraine, energy crisis, the spiralling cost of living, looming global recession and global climate events. How can we stay in touch with hope?

Knock on effects”, Nov 2022, Vol. 17, Issue 6
This month I explored abundance and scarcity and how a shift in perspective can reconnect us to what’s really important.

“Rise to the challenge”, September 2022, Vol.17, Issue 5
The planet is facing a ‘meta-crisis’ – from climate to economy to health. How can we prepare ourselves for such unprecedented times? It begins with a ‘health check’ on your own values and relationship with the world.

“The Gift of Dissonance”, July 2022, Vol.17, Issue 4
We often don’t speak about climate and environmental issues for fear of ‘looking stupid’ or ‘getting the facts wrong’. But getting rid of our ‘cognitive dissonance’ is not the answer – we should embrace it!

“Climate change is an issue of racism & social injustice”, April 2022, Vol.17, Issue 3
Climate change is an issue of racism and social injustice, as many people of colour and those marginalised by other societies already know. So, what can coaches contribute to address this?

“Let’s Look Up”, March 2022, Vol.17, Issue 2
As we come to the third annual Coaching at Work Climate Action Day, how can more coaches make more of an impact? Linda considers this in the first of a regular column on the climate crisis.

Other climate pieces for Coaching at Work magazine

Toolbox: Finding Hope Together with the Work that Reconnects”, Linda Aspey, March 2022, Vol. 17, Issue 2

“Call for Multi-pronged Coaching Response to the Global Climate Crisis”, Zoe Cohen, Alison Whybrow & Linda Aspey, October 2019, Vol. 4, Issue 5

PCCS Books

Linda is co-editor of Holding the hope: reviving psychological and spiritual agency in the face of climate change,  eds. L. Aspey, C. Jackson and D. Parker, PCCS Books, out 16 March 2023


Coaching Today magazine

Learning from the Oak Tree, Linda Aspey, January 2023

"Coaching with the earth in mind", Linda Aspey, Nov 2019

BACP website

Info page: Eco and climate anxiety: what therapy can help with

Easing your eco-anxiety: 8 tips to help, 2021

Therapy Today (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy)

Breaking out of the climate bubble”, The Big Issue feature, Linda Aspey, November 2021, Vol 32, Issue 9

“The Big Issue: How We Are Changed”, Catherine Jackson interviews counsellors and psychotherapists including Linda Aspey, December 2020, Volume 31, Issue 10

“Facing the Reality of Climate Change”, Catherine Jackson interviews counsellors & psychotherapists including Linda Aspey, March 2020, Vol 31, Issue 2

Coaching Perspectives magazine (Association for Coaching)

“Another Planet? The Stories We Tell Ourselves”, Penny Walker and Linda Aspey, October 2020, Issue 27

Articles from other authors

“Socially constructed silence? Protecting policymakers from the unthinkable”, Paul Hoggett and Rosemary Randall, Open Democracy, June 2016