Building Resilience: Climate Change and Mental Health

​Join mental health professionals, policy makers, community non-profits, and those directly impacted by climate change to explore how the crisis is affecting mental health in the Boston area. This event centers on practical solutions, shared experiences, and building resilience—together, we’ll move from awareness to action.

​Panel:

​Thomas Doherty, PsyD, a climate mental health expert who will discuss his "Support and Intervene" framework that normalizes environmental values and realistic eco-anxiety as well as his new book "Surviving Climate Anxiety: A Guide to Coping, Healing, and Thriving."

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Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH from the Department of Public Health in Boston who will discuss Heat Education Alert Tool (HEAT) Response Initiative: Addressing Extreme Heat through Public Health Agency, Health Care and Community Partnerships.

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Ana Ivkovic, MD Psychiatrist at MGH and Harvard Medical school to discuss the mental health benefits of nature/greensapce.

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Change Is Simple: A non-profit based in Massachusetts who will share their amazing work building climate education and emotional resilience in elementary and middle school youth.

​This event will be on zoom.

​Organizer: MGB Climate Mental Health Initiative