Evan Imber-Black with Ari Lev After 25 years of work with families affected by gender issues, Arlene (Ari) Istar Lev, LCSW, CASAC, sees some progress, but also believes there is much work still to be done. “Most gender therapists don’t address family issues,” she explained at the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s one-day conference on […]

More than 50 people participated in the Ackerman Institute’s latest webinar, Getting Past “Never Again”: Creating Forgiveness, led by Sue Johnson, EdD, CPsych, on May 13th. The presentation represented Ackerman’s most technologically advanced webinar as Dr. Johnson presented from her base in Canada while Catherine Lewis, Director of Community and International Training, and Climeen Wikoff,

Lois Braverman with Alice Netter In a year marked by serious economic losses in every sector of society, the 2009 Theatre Benefit raised almost $125,000 in support for the Ackerman Institute. The April 21st event, a performance of the new play Impressionism starring Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason and Andre de Shields, included a

Presenter Richard Johnson (left) with Alumnae/i Association President, Vice President Candice Goldberg and Faculty Liaison David Kezur More than 45 alumnae/i and guests attended Family Therapy with One Person: Coaching Individual Clients Toward Change in Family Relationships, the Alumnae/i Association lecture presented by Richard Johnson, PhD, LCSW, on Friday, March 6th. Dr. Johnson began his

An expectant mother suffering from depression and isolation and a mother and child traumatized by violence were the focus of the two cases presented at the Ackerman Alumnae/i Association’s Case Consultations on Friday, January 23rd. Case Consultations, in which alumni present cases to a panel of Ackerman faculty, is one of the Alumnae/i Association’s most

Speaking to a full house in the Ackerman Institute Library, Dr. Adi Loebl, the Institute’s new Medical Director and recipient of this year’s Carl Kempner Award, focused on the care of the elderly as he delivered the annual Carl Kempner Memorial Lecture on December 2nd. The Kempner Award and Lecture are presented under the auspices

Dr. Pedro Noguera inaugurated the 2008-2009 Ackerman Institute Alumnae/i Workshop series on Thursday, October 23rd with a stimulating and timely talk on “Understanding the Nature of Risk: Building Support for Children and Families in Distress.” Dr. Noguera is a professor in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University and the Director of the