- 6 PM – 8 PM
- Online: Zoom
As part of the European Semester Events series, the Society is delighted to present its final event in the PSI Free Public Lecture Series 2026.
Event Information
This presentation will focus on some key historical factors relating to climate change. It will look at aspects of W. B. Yeats’s and C. G. Jung’s work relating to the ancient notion of the Anima Mundi, and material by cultural historians Morris Berman and Richard Tarnas, climate scientist James Lovelock, eco-psychotherapist Mary-Jayne Rust, and other writers. It will also suggest that a major cause of climate change is an historical disconnection of many modern humans from the natural world, and that a holistic science is needed that recognises that human beings are part of nature.
Speaker Information
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Hugh McGovern is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Chartered Psychologist Specialising in Psychotherapy, and Associate Fellow with the PSI. He has an Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Carleton University, a Master of Arts with an emphasis in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from the State University of West Georgia, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He practised as a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Clinical Psychologist in the Health Service Executive in Dublin and the West of Ireland for many years, and is now a staff member at the Connolly Counselling Centre in Dublin. He also has a Diploma in Psychoanalysis from the C. G. Jung Institute Zurich, and a Graduate Certificate in Celtic Mythology from Pacifica. Hugh is an Irish and Swiss citizen and was born and raised in Canada. |