A digital space for continuous professional development in mental health.
Learn, collaborate, and exchange knowledge with experts across Europe – with a special focus on mental health and eco-anxiety.
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About the project
What is the platform?
The platform is a digital learning space created to support continuous professional development in the field of mental health. It offers structured training modules, practical resources, and collaborative tools within one accessible online environment. Professionals can learn, exchange ideas, and stay informed about key topics, including the growing challenge of eco-anxiety.
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Why was it developed?
It was developed to address the need for high-quality, accessible education for mental health specialists and educators working across Europe. As new challenges emerge, such as eco-anxiety, professionals require updated knowledge, reliable guidance, and opportunities for collaboration. The platform provides a central place where these needs are met in a modern and user-friendly way.
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What is the key goal?
The main goal of the platform is to strengthen continuous professional development (CPD) for mental health professionals. Through interactive courses, thematic materials, and practical tools, users can improve their skills and gain new competencies. The platform supports their everyday work with individuals, groups, and communities dealing with mental health challenges.
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How does it ensure impact?
The platform connects experts, educators, learners, partners, and decision-makers through shared spaces for dialogue, resource exchange, and joint activities. It is built for long-term use, remaining available even after the project ends. This ensures ongoing access to materials, continued collaboration, and lasting support for the mental health community.
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Who is this platform for?
- Mental health professionals
- Adult education experts
- Project partners and stakeholders
- Learners and trainees
- Policy makers and institutions
- Wider public and professional community
Learning modules
This module introduces the fundamentals of eco-anxiety and practical ways to support individuals affected by climate-related stress.
- Understanding emotional responses to climate change and recognising signs of eco-anxiety.
- Building active listening and supportive communication skills.
- Applying simple strategies to reduce stress and strengthen resilience.
This module explores how climate change impacts mental health and provides professionals with practical, evidence-based approaches for support and resilience.
- Understanding climate change as a psychological stressor and recognising eco-anxiety, solastalgia, eco-rage and eco-depression.
- Identifying vulnerable groups and the short- and long-term psychological effects of climate-related events.
- Applying trauma-informed, resilience-based and evidence-backed strategies for emotional support, prevention and recovery.
This module explores the environmental and psychological challenges faced in remote communities and offers practical ways to support mental well-being in rural settings.
- Recognising how eco-anxiety manifests in isolated areas and how local conditions shape mental health.
- Understanding the social, cultural and infrastructural factors that influence climate-related distress in rural communities.
- Applying culturally sensitive, community-based strategies for support where mental health resources are limited.
This module introduces practical emotional tools that help professionals understand, regulate, and transform ecological emotions into constructive action.
- Using the Eco-Emotional Wheel to enhance emotional intelligence, self-awareness and communication while managing eco-anxiety.
- Applying Joanna Macy’s Active Hope technique to process difficult emotions and move from overwhelm toward grounded motivation.
- Strengthening empathy, emotional regulation and the capacity to turn climate-related distress into meaningful, empowered engagement.
This module highlights the links between climate change and mental health, offering practical ways to integrate sustainability into professional practice.
- Recognising eco-anxiety as a valid psychological response and understanding its connection to climate change.
- Identifying sustainable approaches in clinical, organisational, community and educational settings.
- Reflecting on personal and institutional responsibilities in providing climate-conscious mental health care.
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