About this Event
Solastalgia is a term coined by Dr. Glenn Albrecht for "the homesickness you have when you are still at home." The word describes the feeling of pain seeing familiar places transformed by climate change.
The panel will address how to process what is happening, how to maintain a healthy outlook despite the existential crisis of climate change, and how action can help alleviate feelings of helplessness by using one’s voice as an activist or creating art to call attention to the issue.
About the Panelists: Dr Gorman
Dr. Jon Gorman is a licensed clinical psychologist in Towson, Maryland. He is the owner of Towson Therapy Group, a group psychotherapy practice in Towson, MD, and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Maryland.
Dr. Gorman’s professional focus is the psychological impacts of climate change and what to do about it. He is an active member of Climate Psychology Alliance of North America and Healthy Climate Maryland, and he is listed on the Climate Aware Therapist Directory.
Dr. Gorman has testified in front of the Maryland General Assembly in support of climate legislation and has presented on the topic to legislators around the United States. He has also given many presentations on mental health and climate change to students, therapists, and the general public, and his climate therapy work was featured in Maryland Matters. In addition, he taught Loyola University’s first course on the Psychology of the Climate Crisis. Dr. Gorman's therapy office is listed on the Maryland Green Registry and he is continually striving to reduce the environmental impact of his therapy office. Dr. Gorman is the author of the book (2025), a how-to manual for learning to cope with distressing feelings related to climate change.
Alexandra N Sherman
Sherman has an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in painting and trained in ateliers L’Eclat De Verre and Gold Leaf Studios where she studied framing and the art of cartonnage. Sherman has also worked as a curator and taught many classes in a range of mediums. She has acted as a mentor for high school students in the Strathmore x Wooley Mammoth Arts and Social Justice Program. Her work has been shown nationally and in Argentina and Qatar. She is currently based in Washington, D.C.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Crow's Nest, 116 W Mulberry Street, Baltimore, United States
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