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Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance | Climate for Health

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Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance | Climate for Health

Source: Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance "Any of the interlinked problems within climate change—poverty, inequality, loss of treasured places, species extinction, threats to our well-being or livelihood—can hook us emotionally and intellectually.These issues lead to feelings of curiosity and insight, as well as fatigue and despair. Clinicians can help individuals [...]

By Thomas Doherty| April 28th, 2017|articles, Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Environmental Identity, Media|0 Comments

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Teaching and Learning Mindfulness Meditation

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Teaching and Learning Mindfulness Meditation

If we can call on an ability to remain present, this increases our options. We can be more resourceful. We can act rather than react. You practice mindfulness so that this state becomes more common in your life. Mindfulness, as in “mindfulness meditation,” has been defined simply as “paying attention, on purpose, in the [...]

By Thomas Doherty| March 20th, 2017|articles, Environmental Identity, Personal Sustainability|0 Comments

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An Office that Improves Your Mental Health

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An Office that Improves Your Mental Health

"Ideally your office should have a clean, living, generative sense—one that fosters a renewed sense of physical vitality, alertness and creativity for your clients and yourself..." At the 2013 American Psychological Association (APA) Meeting, I provided a therapist's perspective at presentation "Design of the Psychotherapist's Office – Lessons from Research and Experience." During [...]

By Thomas Doherty| March 9th, 2017|articles, Ecopsychology, Environmental Identity, Personal Sustainability, Uncategorized, video|0 Comments

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Contacting your elected officials? INSERT YOUR DREAM HERE

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Contacting your elected officials? INSERT YOUR DREAM HERE

The story goes that during Reverend Martin Luther King’s famous speech at the March at Washington on August 28, 1963, the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted to Rev. King, “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” at which point King set aside his prepared notes to improvise the famous, “I have a dream…” section of his speech. [...]

By Thomas Doherty| February 16th, 2017|articles, Environmental Identity, Personal Sustainability|0 Comments

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Groundhog Day as a Time of Inspiration

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Groundhog Day as a Time of Inspiration

Think about the time around Groundhog Day as opportunity to celebrate that you made it through the darkest period of winter. Imagine seeds of inspiration that are stirring within you. Take time to celebrate ancient, Earth-based holidays. It’s an ideal way synchronize your mental health with the seasons of the year and the cycles of [...]

By Thomas Doherty| February 6th, 2017|articles, Ecopsychology, Environmental Identity, Personal Sustainability|0 Comments

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Make a Positive Impact With Your Career (and Avoid Giver Burnout)

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Make a Positive Impact With Your Career (and Avoid Giver Burnout)

Life is short. Most of us must work to support ourselves. How can we design our careers so that we can have the most positive impact on the world? The Effective Altruism movement came up on my radar recently. (Maybe through my various research about the concept of the Social Contract?) Effective Altruism tries to [...]

By Thomas Doherty| February 1st, 2017|articles, Environmental Identity, Personal Sustainability|0 Comments

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Thomas Doherty Q/A featured in Portland Monthly Magazine Health

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Thomas Doherty Q/A featured in Portland Monthly Magazine Health

Thomas Doherty was featured in the July Health Section of Portland Monthly Magazine and mentioned in Zach Dundas' editor's note, Living the Good Life, PDX-Style. Thomas discusses how connecting with nature make us healthier and that time outdoors correlates with mental health. Thomas talks about ecopsyhcology and personal sustainability which includes getting enough rest and exercise. Thomas [...]

By Andrea Janda| August 14th, 2014|articles, Ecopsychology, Environmental Identity, interviews, Media, Personal Sustainability, video|0 Comments

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Thomas Doherty highlighted in National Action Plan for Educating for Sustainability

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Thomas Doherty highlighted in National Action Plan for Educating for Sustainability

Thomas Doherty was highlighted in recent National Action Plan for Educating for Sustainability produced by The Center for Green Schools. Thomas Doherty was named as an "industry leader" in the Research section of the report (p.26) and quoted:"As Dr. Thomas Doherty, President of the American Psychological Association’s Division 34 (Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology) observes: 'The idea of Education for [...]

By Andrea Janda| July 1st, 2014|articles, Media, Personal Sustainability, video|1 Comment

“Parenting with Nature in Mind”, Thomas Doherty talk featured in The Oregonian

Thomas Doherty, director of the Ecopsychology Certificate program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, will give a presentation on “Parenting with Nature in Mind” from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in the South Chapel at Lewis & Clark College, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road. (Cost is $10 for an individual or a [...]

By Thomas Doherty| April 7th, 2014|articles, Environmental Identity, Events, Media, Personal Sustainability, video, Workshop|0 Comments

Thomas Joseph Doherty on Google Scholar

Thomas Joseph Doherty on Google Scholar: http://goo.gl/OwiUr8 ABOUT: Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you [...]

By Thomas Doherty| November 1st, 2013|Announcements, articles|0 Comments