Christina Ackerman

Social Location: White, middle class, cis gendered female, experiencing disabilities & neurodiversity, Special Interests: (1) Embodying cultural humility through Somatic Abolition practices, the Diversity Informed Tenets, & Relational Ethics; (2) Interrogating white bodied supremacy & colonization in IECMH & RSC, especially in context of Indigenous experience; (3) Impact of complex, intergenerational;, & historic trauma on clinician relationships with colleagues & clients; (4) Incorporating somatic psychotherapies into IECMH clinical practices & RSC.