Facilitators & Speakers

Ingrid is a social worker in private practice, offering counselling, psychotherapy, and yoga therapy. She facilitates the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program, workshops on mental health and climate change, and is a trained climate cafe facilitator. A climate activist and mother of two, Ingrid is passionate about supporting the mental health of those working to address climate change and Environmental issues, ensuring their vital work can continue.

Chloe Watfern is a maker, researcher, and facilitator with a longstanding interest in ecological emotions, climate distress, and human-nature connections. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Black Dog Institute, where she leads research on climate change, mental health, and the arts. She is also a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Ecological Emotions Research Lab at the University of Sydney.

Dr. Laura Hartnell (she/they) is a facilitator, psychotherapist, academic, and educator with over a decade of experience in community development and creative practice. Laura’s ancestors come from the British Isles; she was born and raised on Gunaikurnai Country, and now lives on Wurundjeri Country. Her work brings together critical theory, intersectional feminism, and depth psychology to guide individuals and groups in their developmental process. She has worked broadly across health, education, not-for-profits, and start-ups, engaging in projects that broadly seek to enhance creativity and collaboration in service of social justice outcomes.

Christie is a clinical psychotherapist, regenerative practitioner, facilitator, and mentor with 25 years of experience in group-based psychosocial interventions. She trains facilitators in climate-aware practice, climate cafes and supports communities towards healing and resilience-building using a grounded, holistic and eco-integrative approach. Christie is trained in Gestalt therapy, somatic psychotherapy, process-oriented facilitation, mind-body coaching, the work that reconnects, nonviolent communication, and purpose guiding. Her compassionate facilitation style invites honest presence, emotional depth, and transformative connection in times of personal and planetary change.

Beth has honed her practice as a facilitator and speaker in many different settings over the last ten years. From university classrooms to government offices and grassroots community groups gathering in the bush, Beth is skilled at creating spaces where people feel welcome and connected to their own hearts and to each other. She is especially passionate about supporting people to awaken to their own alive presence and unique gifts amidst the difficulty and joy of living in these times. Trained as a facilitator in the Work that Reconnects, Beth sees this work as spiritual-political and does not exclude the realities of the world from the spaces she creates for rest, nourishment and connection. Grounded in her training as a Mindfulness and Compassion teacher, she believes that deep equanimity and wholeheartedness reside in our ability to engage with what is difficult, both inside ourselves and in the world at large.

Bronwyn is a clinical psychologist and skilled facilitator who brings engaging, empathic leadership with credibility, warmth and humour to her work. Known for her ability to think on her feet and adapt to group needs, she creates safe, collaborative spaces where people can explore complex emotions and build resilience together. She is a certified facilitator with Wayapa, Mindful Self-Compassion and Good Grief Networks 10 Steps. With experience across climate and community health, private practice and university sectors, Bronwyn has worked in clinical services, advisory roles, leadership, strategic planning, risk management, and mental health promotion and prevention. She joined Psychology for a Safe Climate as CEO in 2023, having been a dedicated member for 11 years, co-designing and facilitating workshops around climate grief, burnout and compassion.