Seven climate scientists gather in a New Jersey hotel meeting room—not for a conference, but for something far more personal. In a bold and uncharted experiment, they sit in a therapy circle to confront their shared climate anxiety. Trained to separate emotions from their research, these scientists now face a different kind of challenge: turning their analytical minds inward.

Guiding them is therapist Richard Beck, who must navigate a room full of people more comfortable discussing planetary catastrophe than their own inner turmoil. They may be strangers, but they all carry the same heavy truth—the world is running out of time.

As the sessions unfold, awkward silences, skeptical glances, and uneasy laughter give way to something deeper: sorrow, frustration, and a profound reckoning with what it means to care for a planet in crisis.

Climate in Therapy is a daring, thought-provoking, and unexpectedly humorous exploration of an academic taboo—the emotions of those who understand our planet’s fate better than anyone. By Nathan Grossman, Sweden, 2025, 60'. BR FIlms

Premiers CPHDOX https://cphdox.dk/film/climate-in-therapy/