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This is an emergency

Stephanie Bednarek
by Stephanie Bednarek
7942 min read

This article was published in the British Gestalt Journal in December 2019.

Earlier this year the UK Government declared a climate emergency. What does this mean for the psychotherapy profession? This article explores the threshold moment that we find ourselves in, gives an overview of the current thinking on eco-anxiety, solastalgia and the trauma responses that are connected with the demise of our ecosystem. It proposes that we find ourselves in a malignant state of normality and suggests that we urgently need to develop ways to re-ensoul the culture that is costing us the Earth. 


2020-02-05T21:59:22+00:00
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Is there a therapy for climate-change anxiety?

Stephanie Bednarek
by Stephanie Bednarek
3499 min read

In February 2019, BBC Current Affairs correspondent Aisling Gallagher interviewed Gestalt psychotherapist Steffi Bednarek about how she works with climate-change anxiety. This is an edited and extended version of that interview.

2019-08-14T15:38:16+00:00
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How wide is the field? Gestalt therapy, capitalism and the natural world

Stephanie Bednarek
by Stephanie Bednarek
8667 min read

This article was published in The British Gestalt Journal 2018 Vol. 27 No.2 pp. 8-17.

2019-01-11T00:59:18+00:00
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