“For the Hyper-Neat, a Special Strain Comes With the Season”Neatnik, clean freak, dust-bunny didact — whatever your level of housecleaning compulsion, holiday entertaining can be a particular strain. Christmas trees drop needles, Hanukkah candles drip, gift wrappings pile up. NY Times writer, Joyce Wadler, interviewed Lois Braverman,president of the Ackerman Institute to discuss how the […]

Eyewitness News/ABC 7’s Darla Miles interviews Lois Braverman, president of the Ackerman Institute for the Family, on tips to help shy children find the confidence to socialize.

Lois Braverman, Ackerman Institute’s president, is interviewed by Eyewitness News on the revelation that Oprah Winfrey has a secret sister.

“How to Solve a Marital Conflict”In an article for Good Housekeeping titled “How to Solve a Marital Conflict”, Ackerman Institute’s Dr. Evan Imber-Black discusses ways couples can negotiate their differences so that both partners can get some of what they want and feel fulfilled.

Talking Helps MarriageSaving Your Marriage: 8 Communication Tips to Help Keep Your Marriage Strong In “Talking Helps Marriage”, writer Gary Stern offers couples eight (8) communication tips for keeping marriages strong. He interviews Ackerman Institute faculty member Elana Katz on the power of showing caring, concern and empathy.

“Easy Come, Easy Go for Idealistic Heirs” In “Easy Come, Easy Go for Idealistic Heirs”, NY Times writer Abby Aguirre analyzes the ways that young heirs are dealing with their newfound wealth. She speaks to Ackerman Institute’s Judy Stern-Peck.

“FIELD NOTES: Headed for the Rocks, Grasping for a Life Buoy” In “FIELD NOTES: Headed for the Rocks, Grasping for a Life Buoy”, NY Times writer Lois Smith Brady speaks to Ackerman president, Lois Braverman, about when is it time to go to couples therapy.

“The Affairs of Men: the Trouble with Sex and Marriage” In “The Affairs of Men:the Trouble with Sex and Marriage”, NY Mag’s Philip Weiss examines the duality of men and women in their sexual encounters, starting with the story of Eliot Spitzer and looking more deeply at the habits and reason married men (and women)