At Psychology Oxford, we are dedicated to having a positive social and environmental impact. Find out more about how we do this below.

1. We became a 1% for the Planet business member

What does this mean?

We pledged to donate 1% of our gross earnings to 1% for the Planet.

1% for the Planet is a non-profit organisation who organise donations from businesses and individuals and distribute them to vetted and approved environmental nonprofit organisations. To date, over $250,000(USD) has been donated to environmental non-profit organisations, thanks to 1% for the Planet contributions from business members.

Click here to find out more about 1% for the Planet

2. We created Climate Psychologists

What does this mean?

This is our passion project. We are committed to helping people overcome climate anxiety and move into positive action. We offer support in groups, parent workshops and to individuals.  

We are here to help.

We provide support for individuals and groups in overcoming climate anxiety. This may involve:

• Overcoming anxiety or depression related to climate change

• Identifying goals in order  to have an impact

• Challenging feeling overwhelmed and that climate change is too big for you to make a difference

• Keeping focussed on solutions

• Processing thoughts and ideas around climate change that are negatively impacting you

• Taking action (small and large) to affect climate change

• Support if you have been directly impacted upon by the consequences of climate change (floods, natural disasters etc).

We offer workshops and private support for parents who are looking for help talking to their kids about climate change:

It is important to recognise that our children are living this too. They are discussing the climate on the playground and in the classroom, and may silently be struggling with the stress and worry it can provoke. They have a lot of information, which is no bad thing. However, a lot of their understanding may be inaccurate, and they may not have a sense that small changes can make a big difference. 

Having open, well-informed, but contained conversations with your children about climate change and its effects will help to create a space so that they are not paralysed by fear and disempowerment but instead can be enthused by motivation and optimism. Teaching children resilience and creativity in a time of uncertainty is an important, if not essential, life-skill in the context of climate change.

If you work for a non-profit or are organising action against climate change, we will waive or significantly decrease fees. Any paid work we do in relation to climate change is to fund our ability to keep developing these resources and delivering them for little or no cost.