ABSTRACT
Eco-anxiety in children and young people is experienced in very different ways than in adults. This chapter explores how this appears cognitively and emotionally, drawing on research and clinical examples to illustrate this emergent mental health issue. It proposes the development of a climate and biodiversity crisis lens through which therapy can respond to these concerns, as well as how dreams and the imaginal increasingly reveal what is under the surface of the distress.
Moving to practical application, the author examines a range of approaches to be used in the therapy room, at home, in school and outdoors to support children and young people explore their thoughts, feelings and dreams about the climate and biodiversity crisis, including moving from therapeutic dyad to therapeutic triad (between therapist, client, and planet).
