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Apply Now: Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Couples Therapy

June 17, 2024

Ackerman Institute for the Family is launching a new Post-Master’s Certificate in Couples Therapy, which will meet in-person for 8 weeks beginning October 2024. The program specifically focuses on working with couples from impasse to intimacy. The course is led by internationally acclaimed faculty Michele Scheinkman, Jean Malpas, Suzanne Iasenza, Mary Kim Brewster, and Keren […]

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In Memory of Evan Imber-Black

June 4, 2024

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 30th. She has influenced generations of family therapists through her teaching, training, and scholarship and she will be sorely missed. Evan was a longtime faculty member at the Ackerman Institute

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Announcement on Leadership from Board Chair Ira Sallen

January 31, 2024

To the Ackerman Community, On behalf of the Board, I would like to express our thanks to Martha Fling, who is stepping down as CEO at the end of her term and to express our appreciation for her dedication to and passion for Ackerman. As a former board chair, she assumed the role as CEO

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December Book of the Month | They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Dr. Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

December 13, 2023

Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for December is They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Dr. Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers.

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October Book of the Month | Born a Crime by Tanya Trevor Noah

November 16, 2023

Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for October is Born a Crime by Trevor Noah.

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In Loving Memory of Stephen Sokoloff

October 26, 2023

In Loving Memory of Stephen Sokoloff

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Statement on the Conflict in Israel and Gaza

October 12, 2023

We are horrified and heartbroken by the violence against children and families in Israel and Gaza, and we denounce the atrocities inflicted by Hamas that have caused widespread fear, pain, and death. These acts will not result in liberation, but in more hate and more lives lost. There is never justification for terrorism and it

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In Memory of Doris “Dorie” C. Kempner

October 3, 2023

In Loving Tribute to Doris “Dorie” C. Kempner, Honored Board Member

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