GivingTuesday 2019

Ackerman to Crowdfund for Social Work & Diversity Program on #GivingTuesday

On #GivingTuesday – December 3rd we will be crowdfunding for the Social Work & Diversity Program. Crowdfunding is a fun way for the entire Ackerman community to exercise our collective impact on a single day. Earlier this fall our Social Work & Diversity Program received Ackerman Institute’s Legacy Honor. With a goal of training a […]

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Gisselle Acevedo Interviewed in Parents.com: How Meditation Can Be Beneficial to Kids

Ackerman President and CEO, Gisselle Acevedo is interviewed in Parents.com on how meditation can help children through difficult situations. A parent, she says, is a child’s best meditation teacher. “If a child sees their parent relaxing, centering on their breath, and figuring out a way to reduce their stress they are more likely to incorporate

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My Mom Kept Her Breast Cancer a Secret From Me. It’s An All Too Common Tale – [Washington Post]

“When you keep an illness secret, that adds a layer of complication and confusion for [young] children,” says Ackerman Faculty Member, Evan Imber-Black. “Because children are very good detectives, and they know when something is being kept from them.”­ Read at The Washington Post.

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Ackerman Partners with the Child and Family Guidance Center to Host Conference

Ackerman partnered with the Child and Family Guidance Center on November 1st to co-present an all-day conference at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport Connecticut. Entitled Strengthening Relationships, Strengthening Communities: A Socially Just Approach to Working with Families, the full day of learning immersed mental health professionals in a collaborative, socially just approach to working with

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Recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day

Today on Indigenous People’s Day, we honor and celebrate the achievements and incalculable contributions of Native Americans as well as their ancestral ties in the United States. Their cultures enrich the world. The Ackerman Institute for the Family also calls attention to the grievous history of their treatment by colonizers in the United States and

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Ackerman Therapists Consult on Showtime Docuseries “Couples Therapy”

A new docuseries brings the expertise of Ackerman faculty to a national audience. Faculty members Lois Braverman, Keren Ludwig, Jean Malpas, Fiona True, and Faculty Emeritus, Virginia Goldner consulted on the production of Showtime’s Couples Therapy, which brings viewers into the experience of authentic couples therapy sessions.

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