On Tuesday, September 17th, the Ackerman Institute welcomed many supporters, faculty and friends into its new home at 936 Broadway. Visitors toured the state-of-the-art facility and in the process got in-depth information about its work healing and strengthening families, and its post-graduate training program in family therapy for allied professionals.  The Ackerman Institute’s expanded facility […]

It’s official! Ackerman Institute is now open for business at its new location at 936 Broadway, between 22nd and 21st Streets. Therapy offices are located on the 2nd floor of the building. Check out a few shots of the new space below! Upon entering the new space, visitors are immediately struck by  the difference between

On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, the Gender and Family Project took part in a very special artistic event called Summer’s Different. Jean Malpas, the Director of the Gender and Family Project, worked closely with director and choreographer Tamar Rogoff on the hour-long dance piece Summer’s Different, which played for several weeks at the LaMama Theater

A few more weeks, then it’s farewell to East 78th Street and hello to Broadway! In celebration of Ackerman’s big move, here are a few insider tips on the new building, plus some perks of the downtown location. About the Building 936 Broadway The new building at 936 Broadway contains five floors, and Ackerman Institute

Board members, faculty, staff, and friends of the Ackerman Institute gathered on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, to celebrate and say goodbye to the historic Ackerman building at 149 East 78th Street. The building that currently houses Ackerman Institute for the Family was bought in 1960. The purchase of the building was made possible through the

Every year, Ackerman Institute faculty and alumni are involved in the American Family Therapy Academy Meeting. This year’s meeting Program Chair was faculty Jean Malpas, and many Ackerman faculty were presenting. The following is a list of the presentations by Ackerman faculty from the AFTA meeting: Wednesday, June 5  Pre-conference workshop with Marcia Sheinberg and

From May 6 – 17, 2013, 17 trainees from the Fundación AIGLÉ of Buenos Aires, visited New York to attend a two-week intensive training at Ackerman Institute. Fundación AIGLÉ is a non-profit mental health training facility located in Argentina, who have partnered with Ackerman Institute for many years. This year’s group of students came from

This year’s Social Work and Diversity Work students described their clinical cases in an enlightening series of multimedia presentations on May 1, 2013, to an audience of Ackerman faculty, students, and alumni. This annual presentation from students is not an only an opportunity for them to summarize the family therapy work done at Ackerman, but also