New York (NY) – Gisselle Acevedo has been named as the new President and CEO of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Ms. Acevedo is the former President and CEO of Para Los Niños, an educational and social service organization which provides services to children and families from some of Los Angeles’s most challenged communities. […]
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We are humbled and grateful to announce the Proclamation from Mayor Bill de Blasio designating Monday, April 16, 2018 as The Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project Day in the City of New York. The Mayoral Proclamation marks the Fifth Anniversary of A Night of A Thousand Genders, an event celebrating the resilience and empowerment
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Ackerman’s Social Work and Diversity Program held its 2018 alumni class reunion on May 9th, where alumni enjoyed an opportunity to share professional accomplishments, network with former classmates, and meet the SWD Class of 2018.
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The Ackerman Institute’s seventh-annual spring conference concluded an engaging full-day of learning with more that 140 mental health professionals in attendance. A keynote address by Shannon Sennott, Deepening Sexuality & Gender Expression: Couple Therapy in the 21st Century, presented challenges to popular assumptions about contemporary couple therapy practice. Practitioners in attendance were encouraged to think
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New York, NY — President & CEO, Lois Braverman, has announced that she will be stepping down from her position as of August 1, 2018, after 12 years of leadership. Lois Braverman, LCSW, has announced that she will step down from the Ackerman Institute for the Family later this year after 12 years at the
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family held its 11th Annual Moving Families Forward Gala at the JW Marriot Essex House this week. This annual event raises critical funds in support of the programs and services the Institute provides for children and families in distress. Tamsen Fadal, award-winning journalist and PIX 11 News Anchor returned to
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family congratulates this year’s graduates of the Clinical Externship program in Family Therapy. Ackerman class of 2017 was presented with certificates of completion of the Clinical Externship Program in Family Therapy on July 19th at an intimate ceremony attended by friends, families and clinical supporters. This annual ceremony held at
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Jean Malpas, Director of Ackerman’s Gender and Family Project is quoted in Vogue Magazine’s August 2017 feature article, “How the Parents of Trans Teens are Fighting for their Kids Lives.” “[Being a parent of a trans child] is an opportunity for growth,” says Malpas, “It can divide a family, or you can see parents grow
