Meet our Province Coordinators

Rosalind resides on Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and travelling route of the nêhiyawak (Cree), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, Dene, and Nakota Sioux. Rosalind’s graduate research focused on population-level interventions for preventing and diminishing the negative mental health impacts of wildfire. She is interested in community models of care and exploring alternatives to the 1:1 therapy model. As a therapist in private practice she focuses on the treatment of trauma. Her background in anthropology informs her view that our systems, social, and cultural realities are fundamental to who we are.

Meg Richey (she/her) is a climate-aware therapist and registered clinical counsellor working in private practice in Smithers, British Columbia, the unceded traditional territory of the Gidimt'en Clan and the Witsuwit'en people. She is currently completing a PhD in environmental studies and health education, with a focus on how members of Generation Z are building emotional resilience in the ecological crisis. Meg is passionate about working with clients and communities struggling with eco-distress, and finding ways to connect both emotionally and spiritually to the more-than-human world. She is also a rock climber, trail runner, artist, and aspiring gardener.

Helen (she/her) is a Registered Nurse and Climate-Aware Therapist living on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples, in what is now known as Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Drawing from a range of therapeutic modalities, Helen specializes in supporting individuals through major life transitions—whether navigating health challenges, the aging process, end-of-life issues, or the emotional impacts of climate distress—with a focus on clarity, hope, and resilience. A long-time advocate for social justice, human and planetary health, Helen works to address the interconnected crises we face and is dedicated to strengthening community resilience to extreme weather events both in Canada and overseas. She is an active member of the Disaster Committee of the Climate Psychology Alliance North America.

Emily Potts (she/her) is a registered clinical counsellor in Vancouver, British Columbia, the unceded traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her background in climate work, systems ecology and outdoor guiding has resulted in a deep understanding and reverence for how our mental health is connected to nature. As a therapist, Emily practices from a feminist theory framework that draws on climate-aware, trauma-informed, and relational ways of moving through complex emotional experiences.ption goes here

Monica Dragosz is a practicing therapist in Alberta and British Columbia, and currently residing in the Columbia Valley of southeastern British Columbia, traditional Ktunaxa and Secwepemc territories. While her work focuses on the effects of adverse childhood experiences, high sensitivity, burnout, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, she is also interested in ecological grief, ecological anxiety, collective trauma and how psychotherapy might intersect with social and environmental justice. Her clinical work is trauma-informed, climate-aware, nature-inspired, and guided by the “felt sense”. She is a co-facilitator of the Canadian Ecopsychology Network’s Ecopsychology Café and Climate Circle, and recently completed training as a wilderness rites of passage guide.

Léonard Leclerc is an ecopsychology practitioner and educator based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. He works with organizations such as Éco-Motion and Fleurs d’attache and designs impactful workshops to foster individual and collective resilience in response to social and ecological crises. As a member of the Youth Advisory Board for the Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance (MHCCA), Léonard advocates for amplifying the voices of youth to address the growing challenges of the climate crisis. He is also completing the Deep Dive Facilitator Program with CPA-NA, equipping him to help popularize climate cafés throughout Quebec. His work is deeply rooted in a commitment to climate justice, informed by years of dedicated activism.

Emily resides on the traditional, unceded lands of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Wendat, and the treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, in what is now called Tkaronto (Toronto). She is a Climate-Aware Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist (ExAT), certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide, and founder of the Forest Bathing Club. Emily’s work in eco/climate psychology bridges public programs, corporate wellness, and clinical practice, supporting individuals and groups in navigating stress, anxiety, and climate grief through arts-, body-, and nature-based approaches. She is also a conceptual artist with a practice rooted in human–nature relationships.

If you are interested in becoming a Regional Coordinator, please email Cordelia Huxtable at cordeliahuxtable@climatepsychology.ca.