Core Curriculum

Now is the time of year to sign up for our Core Curriculum sequence, a progression from the Foundations in Family Therapy course to the Live Clinical Supervision course to the Clinical Externship in Family Therapy program.

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Videos

The Ackerman Institute will receive a portion of the proceeds of every video you buy from the titles below.

Drinking Apart: Families under the Influence

Peter Steinglass and the Alcoholism Project, (2000)

Couples and Infertility: Moving Beyond Loss

The Ackerman Institute, Constance Scharf, (1995)

Using a clinical illustration of a family systems approach to treatment, this video offers a framework for understanding the emotional and psychological impact of infertility upon couples who have sought unsuccessfully to conceive.

Family Secrets: Implications for Theory and Therapy

Evan Imber-Black, (2006)

In this illuminating video, Evan Imber-Black, an expert on rituals, larger systems, and family secrets, speaks to viewers about the implications of secrets, and presents techniques for ushering families through the process of identifying, understanding, and resolving secrets.

Gender Differences in Depression: A Marital Therapy Approach

Peggy Papp and the Depression Project, (1996)

This emotionally compelling video features a series of real clinical sessions in which the Depression Project's treatment team works with a severely depressed couple.

Mothers and Sons: The Crucial Connection

Olga Silverstein, (1996)

In this moving and at times deeply personal DVD from the Ackerman Institue for the Family, Olga Silverstein--internationally renowned therapist, teacher, and author--presents a compelling vision for connection, possibility, and change in the mother-son relationship.

Different Kinds of Love

John Patten, MD and Dava Weinstein, MSW, (1998)

Actual recordings of five-session treatment sequence with a lesbian mother, her 9 year old son and her partner. Mother and co-mom have requested guidance with helping their son understand the nature of their relationship. Please contact our video department for a copy of this video at video@ackerman.org.

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