At PSC, our people are the heart of our work. We’re building a culture that challenges the norms of extractive workplaces. We choose collaboration over hierarchy, reflection over ego, and generosity over ownership. We’re not just supporting regenerative communities, we’re becoming one.
Our staff, board, volunteers and members bring a depth of experience in climate psychology, facilitation, systems change, climate justice and science, frontline action, storytelling and community care.
We’re leaders at the emergent edge of a complex territory.
Our board guides PSC with vision, integrity
and dedication to a safe climate.
Monica is a lawyer and legal academic whose research interests include climate and disaster justice, and adaptation for people most at risk of climate harm. Monica is humbled by the incredible work that PSC does and believes that emotional engagement with feelings of climate distress is vital to supporting better mental health, and ultimately harnessing action on climate change.
For two decades, Tim has worked as a journalist, editor and educator for the ABC, SBS, RMIT, Broadsheet and elsewhere, and now devotes much of his time to storytelling and communication around climate change. Tim is Head of Engagement with the Energy Efficiency Council, and is also a board member of the Emerging Writers’ Festival.
Sonja is a former lawyer with experience in corporate, government, and NFP sectors. Most recently, she set up a company that helps climate-positive businesses raise capital. Sonja is proud to contribute to PSC’s vital and pioneering work at the intersection of climate action and mental health. She’s about to complete her training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy.
Marijn has a passion for life-long learning with specific interests in sustainability, the behavioural sciences and our economic and financial system. She believes that an understanding of their interconnectedness is crucial to addressing challenges in any of these areas. She has a background of a senior executive in finance and treasury operations and currently works as a psychologist in clinical practice. At PSC, Marijn converts experience and interest into action with purpose.
Charles is a psychotherapist psychiatrist in private practice in Melbourne. He has been a Consultant Psychiatrist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Chair of The Section of Psychotherapy of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He has been interested in psychosocial perspectives on the natural environment and climate change for many years and joined PSC over ten years ago. He has been deeply involved and has facilitated PSC workshops and written and spoken about the climate and ecological crisis for PSC. He has also been involved in PSC’s professional development program. Charles was previously Deputy Executive Director at PSC, 2011-2020, he is currently a senior adviser.
Sali works in climate change and planetary health with a strong interest in leadership development. She also lives in a highly fire-prone area of Australia. Sali believes that improved tools to help manage the challenges of working in the climate change profession will increase the wellbeing and longevity of its practitioners, and that this will directly impact the level of ambition and pace of climate outcomes. She is inspired by PSC's guidance and support of people and communities as they make their own climate journey. Sali holds a science degree and a PhD in public policy, and is Adjunct Associate Professor with the Monash Sustainable Development Institute.
Georgia is the Climate Action Strategy Manager at Bank Australia and leads their ambitious net zero by 2035 work. She has previously led climate policy, campaigns and strategic projects at Climateworks Centre, the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Australian Council of Trade Unions. She is a Board Member at Environment Victoria and a Programming Committee Member at Environmental Films Australia, and a graduate of the Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia National Program.
Our staff embody Care-in-Action, bringing creativity, rigour and depth to the daily work of transformation.
“Love. Resolve. Compassion. Our most overlooked strengths in the climate & nature crisis & the engines of real change that can lift us to our highest potential."
Bronwyn was appointed CEO of PSC in 2023, having been a longstanding member and volunteer since 2012. She is a registered clinical psychologist who has worked across the community health, private practice and university sectors in clinical services, advisory, leadership, strategic planning, risk management, mental health promotion and prevention. Bronwyn is passionate about emerging holistic, collaborative and collective approaches to emotional, psychological and social health and wellbeing, as we live in and respond to the climate crisis. She is also mum to two young humans, and together they enjoy music, reading, op shopping and spending time in the garden.
“Climate emotions are relational environmental information, moving through mind, body, heart & spirit, guiding a compassionate & just response to the climate & nature crises."
Christie Wilson joined Psychology for a Safe Climate (PSC) in 2022 as Manager of Climate, Mental Health and Outreach. She is a clinical psychotherapist and regenerative practitioner who supports professionals, including activists, leaders, and therapists, to bring climate psychology and regenerative principles into both personal reflection and professional practice. At PSC, she leads the Climate-Aware Therapist, Climate Café, and InterVision professional development programs. She supports outreach strategy and engagement with PSC’s key audiences, including support professionals, the climate movement, and community groups. Christie is a clinical member of PACFA and an Accredited Fellow of the ATMS.
“Engaging in climate work, in any capacity, is an act of care. It’s care-giving labour.”
Over the last ten years, Beth has worked as a facilitator with individuals, groups and communities exploring despair, grief, burnout, hope and meaningful engagement with climate change. Her facilitation is rooted in the Work that Reconnects, deep ecology, imaginative nature connection, mindfulness and compassion practices that bring us back to our living earth bodies as sites of transformation and connection. Beth holds a PhD in anthropology, specialising in the cultural and psychological dimensions of climate change. She is a Mindfulness and Compassion teacher, and a registered Insight Meditation Teacher with the Insight Meditation Institute. She is also a registered facilitator of the Work that Reconnects.
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“We are part of a wider world, in so many different ways.”
Maria manages administration and communication for PSC memberships and events, and remote-office admin for the organisation. With many years working in events, ticketing, and administration in arts and Not-For-Profit orgs, Maria has passion for social justice, and strong organisational and communications skills, and is delighted to be using these to assist PSC do its important work. Maria has a creative practice as a writer and is deeply interested in the intersection of human grief and the environment.
“We often talk of the horrors of climate change. But we don’t talk about what it does to someone– to watch an ecosystem collapse.”
Bridget is a strategic and visual communicator who brings clarity and creativity to complex, emotionally charged topics. At PSC, she helps shape communications that honour emotional truth and strengthen collective resilience in a rapidly changing world. With a background in journalism and documentary photography, she works to reveal the stories in the margins, particularly those we resist confronting. Bridget’s work spans many sectors across Australia and internationally, translating stories into calls for care, justice and transformative climate action. When not developing strategy, she’s freediving on the Great Barrier Reef or capturing stories of the Pacific, above and below the surface.
Our Advocacy & Thought Leadership Committee
Special thanks to our Senior Advisors; Charles Le Feuvre, Carol Ride, Sally Gillespie and our committee members; Helen Murphy, Isharah Hewavitharana and Canice Curtis. This committee expertly develops advocacy positions, government submissions and tracks research to strengthen PSC’s voice and offerings.
Creative Teams
Warm thank you to Bridget Ferguson and Chris Grose for our photography and videography and to the wonderful people featured in their work, helping us to share our story; And to Morrow and This Side Studio for our exciting new branding and website design and development.
The Heart of PSC
From our founders to board members and advisers, to committee contributors, working groups and Climate Café facilitators, to interns, pro bono creatives and contractors and our staff who go the extra mile, we thank the generous volunteers who share their ideas, skills and passions, strengthening our impact.
By acknowledging our team, we extend our heartfelt thanks to their loved ones. Who quietly make space for their service, carrying extra burdens at home so this work can thrive. These unseen gifts of care are part of the ecosystem that makes PSC possible, that helps shape the psychology we need for a safe climate.
As a small and growing charity, every helping hand matters.
If you have time to give and would like to contribute, we’d love to hear from you.
Every conversation we hold, every practitioner we train, every community we reach, is all made possible by our supporters.
Whether you give monthly, make a one-off gift, or partner with us on major projects, you're part of the PSC family. Your generosity keeps safe spaces open, ideas growing and, hope, imagination and compassion alive in the climate movement ~ and beyond!