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 […]

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

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

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

The Ackerman Team laced up their running shoes in Central Park last weekend to run the 2017 New York Road Runners Retro 5-Miler. Together, our team set out to promote our important work, Creating Community to Help Families, and to raise support in the process.

The Ackerman Institute’s Gender and Family Project hosted its 4th annual Night of a Thousand Genders celebration this April, with over 300 guests in attendance at City Winery. This year, this sold-out event raised awareness and critical funds that support gender expansive youth and their families with a lively celebration marked by high-energy performances, and

The Ackerman Institute for the Family opened its doors to prospective trainees this March at the 2017 Spring Open House, where mental health professionals were offered a unique opportunity to learn about the Institute’s continuing education courses and post-graduate training program in family therapy.