Climate change + mental health = my favorite topic.

I’m available for presentations and workshops across MN & nationwide.

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Research shows that climate workers are vulnerable to mental health impacts.

(Tang 2025, Calabria 2024, Brooks 2023.)

  • Anxiety

  • Grief & loss

  • Depression

  • Hopelessness

  • Existential crisis

  • Moral injury

  • Trauma

  • “Cassandra syndrome”

  • Relationship difficulties

  • Burnout

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I’m Dr. Carson Brown.

I am a psychiatrist specialized in treating climate anxiety using a framework called The Work That Reconnects to transform distress into connection and creative action.

Let’s discuss which format would best support the members of your organization.

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  • I offer an interactive, experiential presentation that introduces the Work That Reconnects framework and demonstrates how to incorporate it into day-to-day life to increase resilience and sense of purpose.

  • We can go deeper into The Work That Reconnects with guided conversations, structured exercises, and reflective practices. I also incorporate body-based approaches for discharging stress and tension. The group ends up feeling connected and fortified.

  • Structured as a online book club, we go through Joanna Macy’s Active Hope and incorporate group practices to build community connection and support individuals.

  • Imagining what we want to create and envisioning just and sustainable futures are key steps in changing the external world and sustaining the internal one. There are techniques to support this type of creative work, and I can create an environment where groups can articulate and actually feel where they want to be headed.

It is possible to feel:

  • Enlivened, purposeful, and inspired

  • Like it’s ok to take a break

  • Connected to colleagues, and a larger movement

  • Resilient in the face of challenges

  • Joy and gratitude, even amid loss

Recent appearances:

  • American Psychiatric Association annual meeting

  • Midwest Climate Summit

  • Minnesota Psychiatric Society

  • University of Wisconsin—Madison

  • San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

  • Baywell Psychiatry Group

Get in touch

Let’s ensure our minds are sustainable, too.

Feel free to reach out using this form. I will respond within 2 business days to discuss how we could collaborate. Keep on keeping on!