Eco-psychology: a critical paradigm in the climate emergency

IF 2 4区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
P. Rhodes, James Dunk
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ABSTRACT This paper presents an argument that mainstream psychological practice is not equipped to respond to distress associated with the climate emergency. This is because the field focusses on individual pathology, rather than ecological context. It remains reticent about activism and politics and is ontologically aligned with the Anthropocene, a new era in which the human species is creating an observable effect in the geological record, to the detriment of the planet and its life forms. An introduction is provided to ecopsychology, a movement that has sought to subvert and transform mainstream psychology over the last three decades. Ecopsychology still offers an opportunity for mainstream psychology to alter its approach in the face of the climate emergency. Key Points What is already known about this topic: Clinical psychology is focussed on intrapsychic processes and indiivdual therapy. Psychology is typically hesitant about including political activism in clinical theorising or practice. New conceptualisations of both the psyche and practice are required in the Anthropocene. What this paper adds: Eco-psychology provides a framework for psychology in the climate crisis. The history of eco-psychology has ontological implications for traditional psychology. Interventions need to consider human distress as tied to the distress of non-human others.
生态心理学:气候紧急情况中的关键范式
本文提出了一种观点,即主流心理学实践不具备应对与气候紧急情况相关的痛苦的能力。这是因为该领域关注的是个体病理,而不是生态环境。它对激进主义和政治保持沉默,并在本体论上与人类世(Anthropocene)保持一致。人类世是一个新时代,在这个时代,人类物种正在对地质记录产生可观察到的影响,对地球及其生命形式造成损害。介绍了生态心理学,这是一个在过去三十年中试图颠覆和改变主流心理学的运动。面对气候紧急情况,生态心理学仍然为主流心理学提供了一个改变其方法的机会。关于该主题的已知内容:临床心理学关注心理内部过程和个体治疗。心理学通常对将政治激进主义纳入临床理论或实践犹豫不决。人类世需要对心灵和实践进行新的概念化。本文补充:生态心理学为气候危机中的心理学提供了一个框架。生态心理学的历史对传统心理学具有本体论意义。干预措施需要考虑到人类的痛苦与非人类他人的痛苦联系在一起。
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Australian Psychologist
Australian Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
3.70
自引率
5.30%
发文量
32
期刊介绍: The Australian Psychologist is the official applied practice and public policy journal of the Australian Psychological Society. As such, the journal solicits articles covering current issues in psychology, the science and practice of psychology, and psychology"s contribution to public policy, with particular emphasis on the Australian context. Periodically, Australian Psychological Society documents, including but not limited to, position papers, reports of the Society, ethics information, surveys of the membership, announcements, and selected award addresses may appear in the journal.
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