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A review by binchbean
Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth: How to Live with Care and Purpose in an Endangered World by Kate Schapira
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Thank you to the publishers & netgalley for the ARC!
as someone with a generalized anxiety disorder, and has chatted with my therapist many many times about my own climate change anxiety, as soon as I saw this title on netgalley I knew I had to read it.
Schapira just gets it-- the feelings of hopelessness, that nobody's listening, and also understands the systemic issues at play. I really appreciated that throughout reading, she points out these barriers involving race, class, colonialism, capitalism, and actively talks about avoiding ecofascist talking points. Many of the exercises were similar to those that I had found worked for me in my own therapy and mental health journey. She also stresses just how empowering it can be to give that stress and grief a name, and calls us to work together and build community. The exercises she illustrates are incredibly helpful, and I am definitely going to purchase a hard copy of the book upon release to annotate and act out exercises with groups of my friends.
I am so thankful to Kate Schapira for her work on the climate booth, for seeing this hurt that needs to be addressed and putting out the book to reach more people!
as someone with a generalized anxiety disorder, and has chatted with my therapist many many times about my own climate change anxiety, as soon as I saw this title on netgalley I knew I had to read it.
Schapira just gets it-- the feelings of hopelessness, that nobody's listening, and also understands the systemic issues at play. I really appreciated that throughout reading, she points out these barriers involving race, class, colonialism, capitalism, and actively talks about avoiding ecofascist talking points. Many of the exercises were similar to those that I had found worked for me in my own therapy and mental health journey. She also stresses just how empowering it can be to give that stress and grief a name, and calls us to work together and build community. The exercises she illustrates are incredibly helpful, and I am definitely going to purchase a hard copy of the book upon release to annotate and act out exercises with groups of my friends.
I am so thankful to Kate Schapira for her work on the climate booth, for seeing this hurt that needs to be addressed and putting out the book to reach more people!