Photo: Getty ImagesMore people are seeking counselling over their concerns about the looming climate crisis, a practice offering the "ecotherapy" services says. If you search google for the phrase "climate change counselling", one of first results is a website for a Christchurch practice called Lucid Psychotherapy, which offers ecotherapy services. "I think that the climate crisis and ecological crisis needs to be front and centre of our health and mental health system. "As psychologists we are beginning to understand many of the adaptive measures that can help people to cope with climate change. Tiatia-Seath hoped her research would provide a "compass" to navigating mental health and climate change issues for Pacific peoples.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 17, 2021 18:45 UTC