Therapy for Climate Anxiety

Many people today feel overwhelmed by the reality of the climate crisis. You might notice a mix of sadness, anger, helplessness or guilt about what is happening to the natural world. Perhaps you find yourself oscillating between urgency and exhaustion, caring deeply but unsure how to sustain that care without burning out.

Climate anxiety therapy offers a space to explore these feelings with openness and understanding. It is not about silencing fear or forcing optimism, but about making room for the complexity of your response. Together, we can begin to understand how climate anxiety lives in you, what it expresses, and how you might relate to it differently.

What Is Therapy for Climate Anxiety?

Climate anxiety therapy provides time and space to reflect on the emotional and psychological impact of the climate crisis. While many people feel some level of concern about the environment, others experience intense distress that can affect their sleep, relationships, or sense of purpose.

As a climate anxiety therapist, I offer a supportive space where your feelings about the climate crisis can be expressed without judgment or dismissal. Therapy can involve exploring grief for the natural world, fear for the future, or frustration with society’s response.

We might look at:

• The emotional toll of environmental news and activism

• Feelings of despair, helplessness or guilt

• The sense of disconnection between your values and daily life

• How anxiety or burnout shows up in your body and relationships

• Ways of staying engaged with care, while preserving your own wellbeing

Climate anxiety therapy does not offer quick solutions to the world’s problems, but it can help you understand your inner responses and find more sustainable ways to live with them.

Signs You Might Benefit from Therapy

You might be considering therapy if your concern for the environment feels overwhelming or isolating.

You may notice that you:

• Feel anxious, angry or tearful when hearing about environmental issues

• Experience guilt about your lifestyle or choices

• Struggle to balance caring for the planet with caring for yourself

• Feel hopeless about the future

• Find relationships strained by differing levels of concern

• Are involved in activism and feel on the edge of burnout

Therapy offers a place to explore these experiences gently, helping you reflect on what your emotions are communicating and how to care for yourself while caring for the world around you.

How Therapy for Climate Anxiety Works

Our work begins with creating a space where your feelings can be named and understood. Many people find relief simply in being able to speak openly about their fears for the planet, something that can feel difficult in daily life.

Together, we may explore how climate anxiety affects your body and mind, how it connects to your personal history, and what values lie at its core. We can also look at ways of grounding yourself when the sense of crisis feels overwhelming.

Over time, some people notice that therapy helps them hold both their concern for the world and their need for rest, joy and connection. The work is not about letting go of care, but about finding steadier ways to sustain it.

My Expertise and Approach

I trained at the Minster Centre, one of the UK’s leading psychotherapy training centres. My approach is integrative, drawing on psychodynamic, humanistic and mindfulness-based perspectives to support reflection and understanding.

As a climate anxiety therapist, I have worked with clients who feel weighed down by ecological grief, activism fatigue, and the uncertainty of the future. My role is to offer a space where those feelings can be met with curiosity rather than dismissal.

I do not aim to fix or minimise your response. Instead, we can explore how your anxiety relates to your values, your sense of identity and your capacity for connection, both to yourself and to the wider world.

The Benefits of Therapy for Climate Anxiety

Many people experience climate anxiety therapy as a process of acknowledgment and reconnection. By allowing these feelings to be spoken and witnessed, something begins to shift.

Over time, you may find:

• Greater understanding of how climate anxiety affects you

• A deeper sense of meaning in your care for the planet

• The ability to engage without burning out

• More compassion for yourself and others

• Moments of calm or acceptance within uncertainty

Change may be subtle and gradual, and there is no single “right” way to feel. What matters is that therapy provides a space where your response to the climate crisis can be seen as human and valid.

Why Contact Me?

✓ Trained at the Minster Centre, one of the UK’s leading psychotherapy institutions

✓ Experienced in supporting people with anxiety, depression, grief, stress and burnout

✓ Over two years working in a bereavement service, alongside specialist work

✓ An integrative therapist, drawing from different traditions to tailor therapy to each person

✓ A background in working with activists, changemakers, leaders and ex-boarders

✓ Committed to creating a safe, empathic and collaborative therapeutic space

Start Your Therapy Journey Today

If you'd like an introductory session, please email me or message me using the details below. Alternatively, please schedule a call using calendly.

Phone

+44 7356 082880

Email

andrew.tobert@gmail.com

Location

231 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6PJ or Online

FAQs About Therapy for Climate Anxiety

What happens in therapy?

In sessions, you will have time to talk about your experiences of climate anxiety and what they bring up for you. We might explore the emotions beneath the surface, how they connect to your story, and what they might be asking for.

Do I need to identify as an activist to come to therapy?

Not at all. Climate anxiety can affect anyone, whether you are directly involved in environmental work or simply feel the impact of the news and uncertainty about the future.

Is therapy about learning to feel less anxious?

Not necessarily. The aim of therapy is not to remove anxiety but to understand it more deeply. Many people find that, through this understanding, the intensity of their distress begins to shift.

Can climate anxiety therapy be done online?

Yes. I offer both in-person sessions in Hackney, East London, and online sessions via secure video call. Online therapy can be especially helpful if you prefer the privacy and comfort of your own space.

How long does therapy take?

There is no set timeframe. Some people find a few months of therapy helpful, while others choose longer-term work to explore deeper themes. We can review what feels right for you as we go.

How do I get started?

You are welcome to arrange an introductory session. It is an opportunity to meet, ask questions, and see if working together feels right. There is no obligation to continue, simply a space to begin.