Presenter
Viveka Ramel is a licensed clinical psychologist in California, USA, educator, and consultant in private practice in San Francisco (Sevitar and San Francisco Center for ACT). She specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), compassion and mindfulness-based interventions, climate psychology, and prosocial practice and theory. She co-teaches a course on climate resilience at University of California Berkeley as part of the University of California Eco-Resilience Initiative, offers lectures and workshops on psychological and behavioral dimensions of the climate crisis, and consults with organizations and groups seeking to apply and integrate psychological flexibility, mindfulness, prosociality, and mental sustainability into their cultures.
Join us online to explore how staying connected and flexible in tough times can boost our climate resilience together!
Considering undeniable climate change and interconnected global crises we as a humanity are facing today, there seems to be no shortage of existential dread, doom, polarity, denial, and overwhelm. While few of us are unaware of these crises, facing the facts and feelings fully can be shocking and unmooring. Resourcing our inner and collective worlds with psychological flexibility and relational skills can transform our pain into purpose and mobilize collaborative and liberating action. This interactive workshop will draw on the seminal work of eco-philosopher and activist Joanna Macy, contextual behavioral science (i.e., ACT, DNA-V, and ProSocial), relational/affective science, and climate psychology to suggest perspectives and process-based exercises to engage our thinking, feeling, and motivational centers toward collective action.
Time: Sep 23, 2026 4:00-6:00PM Universal Time UTC
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