Jeremy Bekker, PhD
@jeremybekker.bsky.social
Clinical Psychology PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow at Portland Psychotherapy.
Sustainable Well-being, Ecopsychology, Climate Psychology, Positive Psychology Interventions
He/Him
Postdoctoral Fellow at Portland Psychotherapy.
Sustainable Well-being, Ecopsychology, Climate Psychology, Positive Psychology Interventions
He/Him
Highly recommend this book for all therapists. Ecological context is important for our clinical work regardless of our clients direct presenting concerns.
Delighted that Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown is now available free online under a Creative Commons licence. Thank you and congrats to Judith Anderson for making this climate psychology book widely available
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Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown
This book introduces readers to the known psychological aspects of climate change as a pressing global concern and explores how they are relevant to current and future clinical practice.
Arguing that ...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Highly recommend this book for all therapists. Ecological context is important for our clinical work regardless of our clients direct presenting concerns.
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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Expert here. The weird thing is I don't expect people to trust me (on my specialty) just because. Expertise is all about knowing the broader context of new results, what's clear & what's not, and most experts are happy to help people through this if they're interested in 'doing their own research'.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Expert here. The weird thing is I don't expect people to trust me (on my specialty) just because. Expertise is all about knowing the broader context of new results, what's clear & what's not, and most experts are happy to help people through this if they're interested in 'doing their own research'.
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Data centers are "shaping up to be the mother of all political issues...pretty much everyone pays electric rates, & under Trump they’re starting to skyrocket...he’s simultaneously accelerating demand w/ his support for data center buildout, & constricting supply by shutting down cheap solar & wind."
Hey Grok, What's a Waste of Energy?
AI amidst the climate emergency
billmckibben.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Data centers are "shaping up to be the mother of all political issues...pretty much everyone pays electric rates, & under Trump they’re starting to skyrocket...he’s simultaneously accelerating demand w/ his support for data center buildout, & constricting supply by shutting down cheap solar & wind."
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Just in time for Halloween, join us for this online experiential workshop with existential psychologist and terror management expert, Dr Devin Guthrie. Don’t Fear the Reaper: Learning to Live with Death & Eco-Anxiety
Monday 27 October 2025 | 7pm ET | 4pm PT
Sign up here: bit.ly/4pBKhHj
Monday 27 October 2025 | 7pm ET | 4pm PT
Sign up here: bit.ly/4pBKhHj
October 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just in time for Halloween, join us for this online experiential workshop with existential psychologist and terror management expert, Dr Devin Guthrie. Don’t Fear the Reaper: Learning to Live with Death & Eco-Anxiety
Monday 27 October 2025 | 7pm ET | 4pm PT
Sign up here: bit.ly/4pBKhHj
Monday 27 October 2025 | 7pm ET | 4pm PT
Sign up here: bit.ly/4pBKhHj
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“Conversion therapy” is a euphemism for child abuse, and every mainstream medical and mental health organization has rejected this practice for decades. There is no evidence that it does anything besides harm children. It is one of the few subjects where there is an overwhelming medical consensus.
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Conversion therapy” is a euphemism for child abuse, and every mainstream medical and mental health organization has rejected this practice for decades. There is no evidence that it does anything besides harm children. It is one of the few subjects where there is an overwhelming medical consensus.
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Talked with Thomas Doherty & Panu Pihkala of the Climate Change & Happiness podcast about changing minds & changing actions climatechangeandhappiness.com/episodes/sea...
Season 5, Episode 2: Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth with Kate Schapira — Climate Change and Happiness
From Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth “In 2014, when Kate Schapira first set up a Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in her hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, far fewer peopl...
climatechangeandhappiness.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Talked with Thomas Doherty & Panu Pihkala of the Climate Change & Happiness podcast about changing minds & changing actions climatechangeandhappiness.com/episodes/sea...
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
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October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
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This is much, much more significant than the Comey indictment but has gotten like 0.1% of the media coverage
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is much, much more significant than the Comey indictment but has gotten like 0.1% of the media coverage
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As we enter this new season, GGN and our partners are offering a number of ways to get connected.
We have a film screening and good griever meet-up in NYC, our monthly digital drop-in Collective Grieving Space (happening tomorrow!), and our final 10-Step for 2025.
Sign-up here: tr.ee/EmZhZErj3R
We have a film screening and good griever meet-up in NYC, our monthly digital drop-in Collective Grieving Space (happening tomorrow!), and our final 10-Step for 2025.
Sign-up here: tr.ee/EmZhZErj3R
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As we enter this new season, GGN and our partners are offering a number of ways to get connected.
We have a film screening and good griever meet-up in NYC, our monthly digital drop-in Collective Grieving Space (happening tomorrow!), and our final 10-Step for 2025.
Sign-up here: tr.ee/EmZhZErj3R
We have a film screening and good griever meet-up in NYC, our monthly digital drop-in Collective Grieving Space (happening tomorrow!), and our final 10-Step for 2025.
Sign-up here: tr.ee/EmZhZErj3R
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Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
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"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs". (NM)
- RIP Robert Redford
- RIP Robert Redford
September 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs". (NM)
- RIP Robert Redford
- RIP Robert Redford
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Designing walkable cities increases social interaction and consequently may improve social support and social integration. Increase in social support and decrease in social isolation are good for public health.
“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community
Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...
today.ucsd.edu
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Designing walkable cities increases social interaction and consequently may improve social support and social integration. Increase in social support and decrease in social isolation are good for public health.
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It's crucial to understand that what's bad about income inequality is not just that it enables elites to consume more; it enables them to *control production*. They decide how to use *our* labour and *our* resources, and shape *our* future. It is a dictatorship of the rich.
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's crucial to understand that what's bad about income inequality is not just that it enables elites to consume more; it enables them to *control production*. They decide how to use *our* labour and *our* resources, and shape *our* future. It is a dictatorship of the rich.
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"We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft.”
Aug 26, 1965 - “Climatic Change appears to be underway” – the commencement speech that should have rocked the world
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
“Climatic Change appears to be underway, in fact.” - the 1965 commencement speech that should have rocked the world. - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty years ago today, n Thursday August 26th 1965, Carl W. Borgmann stood in front of hundreds of young Americans in Knoxville. Borgmann, who was the director of the Ford Foundation’s Science and Eng...
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August 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft.”
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He’s wanted to declare martial law from day one.
Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant.
Many have speculated how he’d do it.
Now his gambit is clear.
DC was a test.
He’s using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities.
This is not a drill.
Democracy is at defcon 1.
Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant.
Many have speculated how he’d do it.
Now his gambit is clear.
DC was a test.
He’s using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities.
This is not a drill.
Democracy is at defcon 1.
August 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
He’s wanted to declare martial law from day one.
Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant.
Many have speculated how he’d do it.
Now his gambit is clear.
DC was a test.
He’s using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities.
This is not a drill.
Democracy is at defcon 1.
Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant.
Many have speculated how he’d do it.
Now his gambit is clear.
DC was a test.
He’s using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities.
This is not a drill.
Democracy is at defcon 1.
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Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability.
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
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The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
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August 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability.
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
@hapassmore.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
@hapassmore.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I know it’s not everything, but it’s something: how each of us, in our little spheres of work & community, can help foster & sustain places of care, decency, & intelligence even when powerful people celebrate venal, coarse, mendacious practices. What a gift, to be able to do something so worthwhile
January 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I know it’s not everything, but it’s something: how each of us, in our little spheres of work & community, can help foster & sustain places of care, decency, & intelligence even when powerful people celebrate venal, coarse, mendacious practices. What a gift, to be able to do something so worthwhile
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Targeting the very people who document what is happening and tell the world — journalists.
It is GENOCIDE and it must stop.
Call your elected representatives. Talk to your friends & colleagues.
It is GENOCIDE and it must stop.
Call your elected representatives. Talk to your friends & colleagues.
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
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August 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Targeting the very people who document what is happening and tell the world — journalists.
It is GENOCIDE and it must stop.
Call your elected representatives. Talk to your friends & colleagues.
It is GENOCIDE and it must stop.
Call your elected representatives. Talk to your friends & colleagues.
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This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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I think it’s simple that a person who doesn’t do a thing and instead allows a machine to do it for them can’t claim to be part of the group or history of the profession. An artist who doesn’t make the art isn’t an artist. A writer who doesn’t write is not a writer. It’s not the ideas but the making.
August 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I think it’s simple that a person who doesn’t do a thing and instead allows a machine to do it for them can’t claim to be part of the group or history of the profession. An artist who doesn’t make the art isn’t an artist. A writer who doesn’t write is not a writer. It’s not the ideas but the making.
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Just like ozone is good up there (in the stratosphere) and bad down here (in the troposphere), cats are good in the house and bad out there.
“Six adults and 15 chicks had been killed by feral cats.”
21 native birds found dead in East Honolulu over weekend
On Saturday, Pacific Rim Conservation executive director Dr. Eric VanderWerf found 21 native birds dead near Halona on Oahu’s East shore.
www.khon2.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Just like ozone is good up there (in the stratosphere) and bad down here (in the troposphere), cats are good in the house and bad out there.
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Gaza has reached IPC Phase 5, which is the worst level of food insecurity & is associated with high amounts of death & permanent disability. For people experiencing this level of malnutrition, even if it ended today, many of the consequences (eg personal outcomes like disabilities) are irreversible.
IPC is projecting 22% of Palestinians in Gaza (495,000+ people) face a Phase 5 Catastrophe level of food insecurity (extreme food shortage, starvation & high death rates) June-Sept if food aid is not forthcoming & 33% (745K) at the Emergency level (high malnutrition).
www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-...
www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-...
Gaza Strip: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for 1 May - 15 June and Projection for 16 June - 30 September 2024 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
www.ipcinfo.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Gaza has reached IPC Phase 5, which is the worst level of food insecurity & is associated with high amounts of death & permanent disability. For people experiencing this level of malnutrition, even if it ended today, many of the consequences (eg personal outcomes like disabilities) are irreversible.
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Macy once wrote, "It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to transformation as the cracking of outgrown shells. Anxieties and doubts can be healthy and creative...because they permit new and original approaches to reality."
In Honor of Joanna Macy, 1929-2025
I write while staying in one of the great forests of British Columbia, a forest in which the inextricability of life from death is gorgeously evident. Several kinds of fern spring from this soil, some...
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July 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Macy once wrote, "It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to transformation as the cracking of outgrown shells. Anxieties and doubts can be healthy and creative...because they permit new and original approaches to reality."