Margaret Ericksen was one of the first child psychotherapists at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and a founding member of the Victorian Association of Child Psychotherapists (now called the Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australia – CPPAA).She bequeathed a collection of her child patients’ drawings to the CPPAA.
This collection is now being cared for at The Dax Centre in Melbourne.Cunningham Dax Collection staff, under the leadership of Dr Eugen Koh (former Director of the Cunningham Dax Collection and also a VAPP member) restored and curated the collection after consultation with CPPAA members.