It is evident in these times that climate change is a serious crisis, with serious consequences. The potential mental health impacts are being seen in people of all ages, all around the world. It can be difficult to navigate these feelings and find spaces to process them. In this workshop, Marisa will identity some of the ways that bearing witness to environmental destruction may effect one’s mental health and will help attendees to feel less alone in this experience. She will also provide guidance and suggestions for managing these, at times overwhelming, emotions. 

This will be part of a series of workshops for Climate Week and open only to The New School community. Sign up for the second part will open up after the first session and have limited capacity. 

About the facilitator:

Marisa Mabli, LCSW, (she/her) has worked in college mental health since 2014 and specializes in body image and eating concerns, substance use, and sexuality and gender identity. She is a graduate of Simmons University School of Social Work and has a certificate in spirituality and social work from NYU. She has also completed the WTCI Post-Graduate Program in Feminist Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desenitization & Reprocessing). Marisa is a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America and has presented on Climate Crisis Grief for therapists and the general public. She lives in Brooklyn, on the land of the Canarsie and Munsee Lenape.