Ackerman Institute - Training: Clinical Externship in Family Therapy, 2008-2009

Evening Program, First-Year
First class begins: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Supervision: Tuesdays, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Didactic Seminar: Tuesdays, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Additional three (3) treatment hours per week.

Evening Program, Second-Year
First class begins: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Supervision: Thursdays, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Didactic Seminar: Thursdays, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Additional three (3) treatment hours per week.

Evening Program, Third-Year
First class begins: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Supervision: Thursdays, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Additional three (3) treatment hours per week.

Yearly Tuition:$4,345.
Deposit of $2,150 payable upon acceptance into the program. Balance is due by August 1.

Continuing Education Credits: 239 per year

The Ackerman Institute is approved by the APA; NASW, CT, and therefore NASW, NJ and NASW, NY.

Program Components:

Clinical Practicum and Supervision
Intensive supervisory groups meet each week throughout the year in small groups to observe treatment sessions directly, to review each extern's videotapes, and to discuss cases in detail.

The program supports the belief that individual learning is enhanced when one can observe a colleague being supervised. In our program there is the opportunity to both receive individual supervision and to observe supervision. In this context learning is maximized. Supervision highlights issues in the family and situates these in the larger social-cultural context. The role of the therapist and her or his development is emphasized.

Treatment Hours
Working in Ackerman’s Treatment Center, externs treat three to four cases in ongoing family therapy. Externs are expected to complete a minimum of 300 clinical hours during the course of their studies at the Institute.

Didactic Seminar
First Year: This weekly seminar focuses on Ackerman Institute’s Training Guide through didactic presentations, videotape illustrations, role play and discussion. Students will learn the Ackerman Institute model and its applicability to their supervision experience.

Second Year: This year is devoted to presentations of current work by senior clinical faculty on Ackerman’s ongoing research projects. Students also present their own work to each other, their supervisors and the Director of Training.

Who should apply: Social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists who have completed Foundations in Family Therapy and Live Clinical Supervision courses, or their equivalents.

Separate application required: please call the Training Department at 212-879-4900, ext 111, for an application. A personal interview will be scheduled after the application, application fee, graduate transcripts and letters of recommendation are received.

For more information contact:
Suna Elmas
212 879-4900, ext 111
training@ackerman.org