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Integrative Psychotherapists Working With Eco-anxiety: Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (ipa) To Explore Their Experiences.

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Integrative Psychotherapists Working With Eco-anxiety: Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (ipa) To Explore Their Experiences.

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Integrative psychotherapists working with eco-anxiety: Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to

Jaz Henry¹, Vaitsa Giannouli¹

¹Mediterranean College & University of Derby, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Psychiatria Danubina

|June 14, 2025

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Summary

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Eco-anxiety is an existential concern about environmental crises, involving emotions like hopelessness and grief. Therapists can help destigmatize this rational response by acknowledging the ecological crisis in sessions.

Keywords:

IPA eco-anxiety ecological crisis integrative psychotherapy systemic issues

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Environmental Studies
Mental Health

Background:

Limited qualitative research exists on therapist and client experiences with eco-anxiety.
This study addresses the gap by exploring Integrative psychotherapists' experiences with eco-anxiety.

Purpose of the Study:

To qualitatively explore the experiences of Integrative psychotherapists working with clients presenting with eco-anxiety.
To understand the nature, co-occurring emotions, and responses to eco-anxiety in a therapeutic context.

Main Methods:

Employed semi-structured interviews with 8 Integrative psychotherapists.
Utilized Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) with 'Atlas.ti Web' for data analysis.

Main Results:

Identified 7 themes regarding the nature, emotions, maintenance, and responses to eco-anxiety.
Eco-anxiety is an existential threat to meaning and survival, accompanied by hopelessness, grief, anger, and guilt.
Stigma exacerbates eco-anxiety by causing alienation; systemic awareness upholds it.

Conclusions:

Accepting eco-anxiety as a rational response is crucial; avoid pathologizing it.
Acknowledging the ecological crisis in psychotherapy fosters meaning-making and agency.
Group participation and open conversations help destigmatize eco-anxiety.