Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D. is a psychologist specializing in trauma research and practice. Her focus is on how the environment and climate change affects the human mind, and how healthy natural environments can ease mental suffering and trauma (PTSD). Her research and applications for healing include natural settings for healing, nutrition that encourages healthy brain chemistry, and the spiritual/psychological connection between our environment and trauma recovery. Her virtual environments in Second Life promote education and immersive experiences for healing trauma, and she conducts PTSD support groups in the Pacific Northwest and in the virtual world.
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Who Heals the Earth’s Healers? Ways to Avert Burnout for Environmental Advocates
Take this lesson to heart: If the healer can’t function, the healer can’t heal. Nature offers us so much for our efforts to protect it. Let’s make sure our engagement with nature is as strong and balanced as our dedication to protect and heal it.
May 20, 2025
The Psychological Effects of Climate Change: The Scientific Explanations — and Solutions That Can Empower Your Mind
Whether we’re talking about climate change, civil rights, politics, or anything else, you control the mediums you expose yourself to. Use your critical thinking, set limits and boundaries, resist the manipulation of media.
April 8, 2025
