2026 Professional Development Program
To thrive in a safe climate we must reimagine practices we've long relied on. Join the practitioners reshaping them, and begin your professional development journey at the leading edge of this vital work.
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PSC Capability Framework for Climate-Aware Practice
The eight essential skills for climate-aware practice.
Redefining care for a climate-changed world.
A first-of-its-kind resource for mental health and support professionals, educators, and trainers. It maps out the eight essential capabilities practitioners need to meet the rising tide of climate distress — from personal awareness and relational practice to community transformation and systemic change.
Built on more than a decade of specialised work and co-designed with practitioners across Australia, this framework shows how Me, We, Us, All are interwoven: starting with inner foundations, extending to others and rippling into whole communities. It is both a practical guide and an invitation to step into a deeper way of working, one that honours our human and more-than-human connections and equips us for the complex realities ahead.
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This is the resource our sector has been waiting for!
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Webinar Introducing: PSC Climate-Aware Capability Framework
Join PSC as we unveil a world-first resource on climate-aware practice for mental health and support professionals, trainers and educators.
Learn how the Capability Framework supports practitioners to respond confidently and compassionately to the mental health impacts of the climate and nature crisis.
Developed and presented by PSC to strengthen climate-informed practice, resilience and care.
Live Workshop
This two-hour online workshop explores the landscape of climate emotions through embodied, relational, and experiential practice. You'll develop a richer understanding of your own emotional responses to the climate and ecological crisis, and greater capacity to navigate this terrain both for yourself and with others. Guided exploration of climate emotions
Community of Practice
CLIMATE-AWARE THERAPY
The PSC Climate-Aware Therapy Community of Practice (CoP) is a facilitated peer learning space for mental health practitioners working in therapeutic roles at the intersection of climate change and mental health.
Join us for
- Facilitated, small-group sessions in a confidential and professionally held space.
- Real practice challenges, case reflections and shared inquiry.
- Support for application, not just theory.
- A sense of connection within a community of practitioners.
- A structured reflective practice model to support ongoing professional development.
- Deeper integration of climate-aware capabilities into clinical work.
Wednesdays, 1pm - 2pm ADST
• 27 May
• 24 June
• 26 August
• 23 September
• 21 October
• 25 November
The 2026 PSC Climate-Aware PD Program
Built to elevate leaders and practitioners, and reshape how our movement learns, leads and sustains itself.
Our climate-aware, field-defining offerings are here:
Capability Framework | Online Professional Development Course | Live Webinars | Live Workshops | Community of Practice | CAP Directory
Live Workshops: Exploring Climate Emotions
ONLINE - dates coming!
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Stories of Impact
Powerful PD reflections from practitioners, educators and community members.
