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Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.

is a psychologist specializing in trauma research and practice. Her focus is on how the environment and climate change affects the human mind, and how healthy natural environments can ease mental suffering and trauma (PTSD). Her research and applications for healing include natural settings for healing, nutrition that encourages healthy brain chemistry, and the spiritual/psychological connection between our environ-ment and trauma recovery. Her virtual environments in Second Life promote education and immersive experiences for healing trauma, and she conducts PTSD support groups in the Pacific Northwest and in the virtual world.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleencraryphd/
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Feeling Anxiety About Climate Change and Other Environmental Threats? These Five New Books Can Help

Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos.
May 2, 2025
by
Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos.
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This Land Is Our Land: New Books About Public Lands, the Threats They Face, and Their Ecological Importance

These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
April 16, 2025
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John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
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The Psychological Effects of Climate Change: The Scientific Explanations — and Solutions That Can Empower Your Mind

Our minds can flip the script on climate change. Here are ways to reframe our perceptions and make us more resilient and empowered.
March 31, 2025
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Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
Our minds can flip the script on climate change. Here are ways to reframe our perceptions and make us more resilient and empowered.
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How Will Your Garden Grow? New Books to Inspire Your Home Gardening, Landscaping, and Community Green Spaces

Start your transformative journey of creating sustainable plantscapes that embrace native, non-invasive, pro-pollinator plant species.
March 12, 2025
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Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
Start your transformative journey of creating sustainable plantscapes that embrace native, non-invasive, pro-pollinator plant species.
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19 Books About Wolves

These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.
January 23, 2025
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John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
These howling good books examine how we’ve persecuted wolves, how we’ve helped to restore them, and how they embody humanity’s relationship with nature.

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