Carolyn Rodenberg, MA, LMFT, CCH (she/her) combines over three decades of psychotherapy practice and many years of environmental work to address the climate crisis in her own clinical practice, as well as teaching countless others to do the same. She has presented for practicing psychotherapists and training programs for helping professionals; physicians; and other healthcare professionals; patient organizations, and environmental non-profits. As a somatic eco-psychotherapist, she is passionate about bringing together not only the body and mind but also the body and Earth.
Among referring physicians and other healthcare providers, Carolyn has built a reputation as a trusted expert in raising hope and finding practical solutions for shared patients. She found that working with the senses allows people to engage with nature more fully, even if they have physical limitations. Her accessible and inviting workshops are regularly described as engaging, delightful, practical, and even life- and practice-changing.
From 2017 to 2019, Carolyn led a consult group for therapists to support clients who were coming to therapy fearful of very real life-changing threats to their livelihoods, ability to travel, and dangerous discrimination due to their ethnicity, country of origin, and/or religion. Her group, “Bridging Ethics and Action,” and the principles that came out of it helped and continues to help clinicians understand how to address client fears about societal and political issues, and threats while continuing to provide a sense of safety within the therapeutic relationship. Since 2020, Carolyn has applied this experience and expertise to help clinicians balance both self- and client-care, amid the climate crises we face.
Carolyn is a Washington State Licensed Therapist with a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pacific Lutheran University. She employs her systems training to treat body, mind, emotion, and spirit. She is a Clinical Member of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy.
