l The Psychological Aspects of Transition Continuing Education Programs for Helping Professionals  Responding to Eco-Anxiety and Eco-nomic Stress "Those with psychological training may play as important a role in our collective adaptation to Peal Oil and Climate Change as energy experts and permaculture."                                                                    Richard Heinberg, author Peak Everything The Pine Mountain Institute provides online continuing education (CE) programs for professionals wanting to help others respond creatively and intelligently to today's intertwined ecological and economic challenges. Having been blessed to live for decades in one of the most abundant nations in history, few of us in the US are prepared emotionally for the rigors of more precarious times.  As the effects of dwindling natural resources, continuing population growth and climate change escalate to force continually dramatic changes on the economy economic, there is and will be a great need for helping professionals who understand the far-reaching effects of these crises on our emotional, psychological, spiritual and practical day-to-day well-being and can help others sort through their feelings and make wise choices for the future.     Would you like to learn more about this need? The January 2007 Hope Dance article, The Waking Up Syndrome explains why your help is so needed right now. For lots more on what how we can help, see our blog Eco- Anxiety Would you like to know about many creative options others are discovering? Sarah and Paul Edwards, founders of the Pine Mountain Institute, have spent the past three years researching the creative choices and options some are finding. They share what they learned in the recently released book The Middle Class Lifeboat. Would you like to help meet these growing emotional and practical challenges? Our self-study CUE programs approach eco-anxiety as a normal and natural response to a serious existing and growing threat that is directly effecting our sense of who we are, our lifestyles and our economic well-being. They are base on the principles of ecopsychology and focus on the three areas we as helping professionals will need to prepare ourselves to help others through today's changing ecological and economic realities: understanding the nature of these changes, responding to their emotional impact and providing resources for considering options, making choices, and taking action to safeguard our personal futures.  We also have day-long, evening, and half-day Onsite Programs on eco-anxiety for agencies, organizations and private practice groups. The Pine Mountain Institute, was founded in 2002 by co-directors Sarah and Paul Edwards. It's  located in the Los Padres National Forest in Pine Mountain Club, CA. "When we're 'connected, we are each being attracted to fulfill a unique but important role that will ultimately support us and the greater whole." Allison Ewoldt.                    Home  Continuing Education  Newsletter  Books  Contact Us

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