Land Acknowledgement 

Alison James Therapy is a virtual psychotherapy practice situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. I further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Today, the City of Hamilton is home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island (North America). I practice with deep gratitude to the original and ongoing keepers of this land in awareness of the historical and ongoing harm of colonization, and the ways in which psychotherapy as a discipline is complicit in its maintenance, and in solidarity with Indigenous-led sovereignty, land defense, and mutual aid efforts. To learn more about the land you occupy, visit native-land.ca.