This October, the Ackerman Institute for the Family held its tenth-annual Moving Families Forward Gala in support of the vital programs and services that the Institute provides for children and families in need. Nearly 250 Ackerman supporters gathered at the Waldorf Astoria for a very special evening hosted by the Emmy Award-winning WPIX 11 news […]
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Astin Brown, LCSW and Rebecca Ross, LCSW, members of the Gender and Family Project, presented the first lecture of this year’s Ackerman Alumni lecture series with Between Pink & Blue: A Multidimensional Approach to Supporting Families of Gender Expansive Youth. The October 7th lecture reviewed parental reactions to nonconforming gender developments of their children, posing that the
The Ackerman Institute for the Family welcomes new and returning students this week as we enter the 2016-2017 school year. Students joined Ackerman faculty and staff members to celebrate the occasion at our annual Welcome Party hosted in the Institute’s Carol Maslow Conference Room. Following a welcome address from President and CEO, Lois Braverman, Director
Via Broadway World: Iconic performer, writer, artist and activist Mx Justin VivIan Bond will close out an epic yearlong retrospective of v’s 25 year career at Joe’s Pub at The Public with a new show called The Golden Age of Justin VivIan Bond, September 7-10 at 9:00PM, and a tribute concert, Trans/Art/Family: The VIVification of NYC,
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family’s 2016 Graduates received their certificatesof completion of the Clinical Externship Program in Family Therapy in an intimateceremony held on July 20th at The Ackerman Institute’s new downtown location. Joined by friends, families, and clinical supporters, this year’s graduates were welcomedwith open arms as the next generation of family therapists
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Over 80 members of the Ackerman Alumni and guests were in attendance on January 29th, 2016, when Monica McGoldrick, MSW, PhD (h.c.), was the guest speaker at the Alumni’s meeting. Her presentation was on, “Genograms, Time, Loss, Cutoff and Reconnection.” Dr. McGoldrick illustrated the use of a multicontextual family life cycle framework for considering human
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family celebrated its 9th annual gala fundraiser, Moving Families Forward on October 26, 2015, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. Gala Co-Chairs, Martha Fling and Deborah Werner, welcomed more than 300 guests for an evening that raised $600,000, surpassing last year’s total significantly. The funds raised will
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family hosted its 2015 graduation ceremony on July 22, 2015. Fifteen graduates received their certificates of completion of Clinical Externship Program in Family Therapy in front of their families, friends, and their clinical supervisors. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to this year’s graduates: Wendi DumbroffErin GubermanSusan LemorLeslie RobertsDaniel RockerRuthie IsraeliMarissa
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