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Fall 2025 Newsletter

Ackerman In Action: Fall 2025

Quarterly Insights This fall marks an extraordinary moment in Ackerman’s journey. As we celebrate our 65th year, we are full steam ahead, preparing for our ...
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Amita Lal

Amita Lal Named a Teaching Fellow

We are proud to celebrate Amita Lal, who has been named a Teaching Fellow in Ackerman’s Foundations of Family Therapy program. Amita is a 2024 ...
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Welcoming Dr. Kiran Shahreen Kaur

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Kiran Shahreen Kaur Arora has joined the Ackerman Institute for the Family as our new Vice President of ...
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Developing Child and Family Project

Projects and Centers Updates

Ackerman Relational Approach (ARA) The Center for the Ackerman Relational Approach held a full-day introduction to the Ackerman Relational Approach (ARA) workshop on October 5th ...
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Ackerman in Action Episode 1

Ackerman In Action: Summer 2025

First Issue of Ackerman’s Newsletter  Dear Ackerman Community, It’s an honor to greet you in this Premiere edition of our newsletter, Ackerman in Action. As ...
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Ackerman Institute’s Reflective Practice and Group Supervision training

CDCF: Reflective Group Supervision

The Ackerman Institute’s Reflective Practice and Group Supervision Project provided training and support to 200 social workers and supervisors at the NYC Department of Education’s ...
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Chernick Scholarship Award Ceremony

Trainee Spotlight: Kerrie Mohr Wins the Chernick Scholarship Award

We are proud to spotlight Kerrie Mohr, a second-year extern who was recently nominated for the Sandy Chernick Memorial Scholarship—a recognition that speaks volumes about ...
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Marlene Watson Book Cover

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Marlene F. Watson Releases Powerful New Book on Anti-Racism

We’re thrilled to celebrate our very own Dr. Marlene F. Watson, whose powerful new book, Facing the White Shadow: How to Tame Your Racism and ...
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2024 Moving Families Forward Gala

Moving Families Forward Gala 2024 Photo Gallery

Photos from the 2024 Moving Families Forward Gala held at JW Marriot Essex House on October 28, 2024 in New York City.
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Faith-based Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program

Introducing a New Program on Faith-Based Couple and Family Therapy

Ackerman Institute for the Family is excited to announce a new Faith-Based Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program starting in September 2025. This program is ...
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Moving Families Forward Gala 2024

Moving Families Forward 2024 Gala Honorees

We had an incredible evening, made possible by your generous support and presence. Thanks to your involvement, we were able to raise vital funds that ...
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Evan Imber-Black

In Memory of Evan Imber-Black

Dear Ackerman Community,  It is with great sadness that we share with you that our friend and colleague Evan Imber-Black, PhD, passed away early May ...
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