Professional Development
Grow your skills. Strengthen your practice. Lead with climate awareness.
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.
Our Professional Development programs equip practitioners with the insight, confidence and tools to work effectively with climate emotions. Developed from PSC’s leading expertise in climate psychology, years of research and lived experience, each module delivers proven strategies and embodied practices that strengthen you and your practice.
"PSC provide cutting-edge training and support in the most critical yet under-recognised mental health field of our time."
—Charlie Ward.
Big Change. Bold Tools. Future Ready. Launching Soon.
Two field-defining offerings are on the way:
The PSC Capability Framework
New Professional Development Program
Built to elevate leaders and practitioners, and reshape how our movement learns, leads and sustains itself.
PSC Capability Framework
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.
Be ready: this is the resource our sector has been waiting for.
Support Your Professional Climate-Aware Journey
Deepen your practice and stay connected with PSC:
- Join the CAP Directory — list yourself as a Climate Aware Practitioner
- Be part of our Community of Practice — monthly gatherings for CAP members
- Become a PSC Member — meet like-minded peers in our Community Hub
- Attend PSC Events — from Climate Cafés to Facilitator Training
- Explore Resources — including the key paper shaping our work
- Invite PSC to Speak — request a talk or workshop for your team
- Stay Updated — sign up to our newsletter and be first to know when the Capability Framework and new PD Program launch
Climate Cafe InterVision
Shape the future of climate-aware practice
Join a dynamic network of climate-aware professionals working at the front edge of industry transformation. In these intimate, co-facilitated forums, you’ll exchange insights, test ideas and apply lessons drawn from lived experience to strengthen your practice.
Here, the solidarity and trust you build with peers fuels the courage needed to tackle complex cases, challenge outdated systems and lead the changes our communities need to thrive.
Together, we’re not just responding to the climate and nature crisis — we’re transforming the systems that define our collective future.
Learning from the past, leading into the future
Evolving with the times
We listened, we learned and we’re proud of what we achieved together. Our previous PD Series shaped skills, sparked insight and strengthened resilience across many sectors. We're excited to carry its momentum into the next chapter!
As the terrain shifts so do we, developing programs that reflect the complex and ever-changing realities of climate and nature work. Here’s a glimpse of what came before and the work that continues to propel us forward:
Our three-part PD Series was a clear learning journey from understanding climate distress, to deepening presence, to applying advanced skills in practice. Each stage built on the last, strengthening capacity to support others while staying grounded. Participants paired PD learning with our CAP membership to keep building skills and connection over time.
Stories of Impact
Powerful PD reflections from practitioners, educators and community members.
