Caroline Hickman

Caroline Hickman is a psychotherapist and lecturer at the University of Bath, specializing in climate psychology. She investigates children and young people’s emotional responses to climate change, focusing on eco-anxiety, distress, trauma, and moral injury across global contexts (UK, Brazil, The Maldives, Nigeria, USA).

• Lecturer in Climate Psychology
• Board member, Climate Psychology Alliance

Her research spans a decade, culminating in a landmark 2021 global study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, analyzing emotional impacts on 10,000 youth. She has developed therapeutic frameworks for ecological distress and delivered international workshops on climate psychology.