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Colonization has not only affected land and culture but has also left emotional and psychological wounds, and living in a capitalist world embedded within racist, anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, ableist, sexist, transphobic policies and indoctrinations can lead to poor health. The field of mental health was founded by mostly white cis-hetero males and continues to be dominated by white culture, and the colonial methods of treatment and pathologizing are violent, especially to marginalized communities. If the wound is ancestral and historical, so must be the healing, starting with learning how much colonization has impacted our attachment styles, nervous systems, self-concept, and relationship with each other — including Parent Earth. Author of Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice, Dr. Jennifer Mullan will invite participants on a journey from that which was, to that which currently is, and that which we can collaboratively create through holistic healing ecosystems of care for a healthier and more equitable tomorrow.