Resources in chronological order, favorites are in bold:
Macy, J. & Johnstone, C. (2012). Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy. CA: New World Library.
Lipsky, L. (2009). Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide for Caring for Self While Caring for Others. SF: Berrett-Koehler.
Watkins, M. & Shulman, H. (2009). Toward Psychologies of Liberation. England: Palgrave.
jones, p. (2007). Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World>A Guide for Activist and Their Allies. NY: Lantern Books.
Doherty, T. (2006). Nurturing the Sustainable Self: Talking to clients about environmental issues. The Oregon Psychologist, 25, 16 – 20.
MacNair, R.M. (2006). Working for Peace: A Handbook of Practical Psychology and Other Tools. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers.
Rothschild, B. (2006). Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma, Self-Care Strategies for Managing Burnout and Stress. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Solnit, R. (2004). Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities. New York: Nation Books.
Greenspan, M. (2004). Healing Through The Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair. Boston: Shambhala.
Sohr, S. (2001) Eco-activism and well-being: Between flow and burnout. In P. Schmuck & K. Sheldon (Eds.), Life goals and well-being: Towards a positive psychology of human striving (pp. 202–215). Ashland, OH: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
Macy, J. & Brown, M.Y. (1998). Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World. BC: New Society.
Potter, B. (1994). Finding a Path with a Heart: How to Go from Burnout to Bliss. Berkeley, CA. Ronin Publishing.
Gomes, M. (1992). The Rewards and Stresses of Social Change: A Qualitative Study of Peace Activists. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 32(4), 138 – 146.
Wollman, N. & Wexler, M. (1992). A Workshop for Activists: Giving Psychology Away to Peace and Justice Workers. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 32(4), 147 – 156.
Maslach, C. (1982). Burnout: The Cost of Caring. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Websites
http://www.holosinstitute.net/
http://www.peakoilblues.org/blog/
http://pattricejones.info/blog/
Toward Psychologies of Liberation by Mary Watkins & Helene Shulman is an incredible book that connects individual and collective healing to social change.
Oh yes, that is an amazing book, I’ll have to add it!
Are you at Antioch Seattle? Do we know each other? I was there for my undergrad.
Thanks for the comment (and reminder to add this book I forgot – erg – I bet there are many)!
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