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Keynote SpeakerSteffi Bednarek

Climate Psychologist, helping organisations align the wellbeing within the organisation with the necessary wellbeing of the world

Steffi Bednarek is a senior accredited Psychotherapist and a consultant in climate psychology, systems thinking, and trauma informed organisational change. She has worked for national governments, the corporate sector, global financial institutions, the sustainability sector and large NGOs. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post, the BBC, the... Read more

Popular Talks

  • Climate distress and psychological responses to climate change
  • Practical Resilience
  • The psychological aspects of systems change

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Biography

Steffi Bednarek is a senior accredited Psychotherapist and a consultant in climate psychology, systems thinking, and trauma informed organisational change. She has worked for national governments, the corporate sector, global financial institutions, the sustainability sector and large NGOs. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post, the BBC, the Financial Times and numerous journals and publications and highlights the mental-health impact that climate change has on organisations, teams and communities.

Steffi is founder and director of the Centre for Climate Psychology, associate of the Climate Psychology Alliance, ‘Firekeeper’ at the World Ethics Forum and Associate of the American Psychological Association’s Climate Change Group. Her book ‘Climate, Psychology and Change has been called ‘a work of wisdom and radical ideas’ and has been endorsed by Bill McKibben and leading systems thinkers of our time.

“Trying to create systems change to avert climate disaster is sometimes a very stressful thing to do. We are constantly exposed to the unimaginable consequences of climate inaction. I recently had the privilege to be in a workshop on climate psychology run by Steffi . Very rarely have I experienced such skilful insight, facilitation and the holding of space to enable deep thought and reflection. Steffi’s professionalism and experience is now enabling me to think different thoughts and to reconsider some approaches to both my work and my personal life. I very highly recommend her to you. I very much hope to work with her again in the future”. Simon Brammer, Head of Cities, Ashden
“Steffi was a force field for creative change. She attuned beautifully to the participants, was careful to honour their vulnerable defences and yet found ways to open the doors to radical departures. She understands the terrifying nature of our current emergency, is potently challenging to complicity while still being empathic, warm hearted and cooly clear”. Chris Robertson, Climate Psychology Alliance
"Steffi was a joy to work with and proactively suggested ideas for the event. Steffi's deep knowledge, and nuanced presentation was instrumental in the event being a huge success, leading to an increase of 43% in our sustainability ambassador membership. Much of the post event feedback specifically mentioned how the ideas that Steffi shared were the key takeaways for the audience". Christian Hull, BNY Mellon
"Steffi Bednarek’s methods to understand and cope with climate anxiety are highly insightful and effective. It was a great pleasure to work with her”. Jennifer Revell, Estee lauder Companies

Popular Talks by Steffi Bednarek

  • Climate distress and psychological responses to climate change

    Emotional intelligence in times of change.
    From eco-anxiety to regenerative action.
    Being human in a time when the familiar is dying.

  • Practical Resilience

    Collective overwhelm and nervous system regulation.
    Working in a trauma field – the necessity of burnout prevention.
    Trauma aware practice.

  • The psychological aspects of systems change

    Attending to the parts of us that are resistant to change.
    Systemic solutions for systemic problems.
    Internal Family Systems – a psychological approach to systems change.