Christiana MacDougall Fleming is a Registered Social Worker currently practicing in Amherst, Nova Scotia at Cumberland Mental Health Services (Cumberland District Health Authority) as Adult Team Coordinator and as a Clinical Therapist. She especially enjoys working with individuals diagnosed with Schizophrenia and also with women diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.

Christiana has been a professional social worker for 18 years, receiving her BSW from McMaster University in 1995, and an MSW from the University of Vermont in 2001. Prior to that she completed undergraduate studies (B.Sc., Physics) in 1993 from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick where she currently resides.

Christiana hopes to pursue her research interest in the area of trauma and childbirth, with a particular focus on the strengths and wisdom that have allowed women to experience labor and delivery without developing long term trauma effects.