Barbara
Easterlin
Clinical psychologist and expert in climate change psychology; supports professionals on the front lines of environmental crises.
Barbara Easterlin, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a member of the American Psychological Association’s newly formed Climate Change Psychology Community of Scholars and Practitioners. Until 2020, she was a member of the UC Berkeley Psychology Department’s clinical faculty. Currently, she is the Co-Executive Director of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America, a non-profit dedicated to supporting therapists working at the intersection of mental health and climate change, as well as front-line workers in journalism, healthcare, agriculture, and environmental science. In addition to offering well-being workshops for climate-impacted workers and researchers, Barbara has trained hundreds of therapists on this topic and has co-developed a 60-hour Climate Psychology Certificate Program, the first and only comprehensive training for mental health clinicians on this topic.
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