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Mary Bijur joined the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s Board of Directors in 2013. Prior to joining the board, Mary Bijur headed a residential interior design firm for thirty five years, retiring in 2000.  She has always had a passionate interest in education and the life of the city neighborhoods in which she has lived. During the […]

Nina Taselaar is lending her leadership to the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s Board of Directors for a second term. Rejoining the board in 2013, Nina previously served on the Board of Directors in 2006. A certified career counselor and psychotherapist, Nina received her MSW from Columbia University in 1987. She also has completed postgraduate studies in career counseling

The Ackerman Institute for the Family proudly hosted Dr. Kenneth Hardy in presenting “Children, Families, and Trauma: A Relational Approach.” Dr. Hardy discussed the ways that trauma underpins the everyday life experiences of most children and families involved in therapy. He highlighted the ways ignoring the impact of the trauma on the client’s family overlooks

On January 24, 2014, The Ackerman Institute for the Family Alumni Association proudly hosted  Dr. Evan Imber-Black in presenting “Therapeutic Choice Points in Complex Couple Therapy: How and When to Intervene”.  First presented at Harvard’s “Treating Couples” conference in November, Dr. Imber-Black’s lecture was one of only two lectures ever to receive a standing ovation

The Ackerman Institute launched the first ever LinkedIn Networking Group this past winter. The group was created as a forum to allow all those in the Ackerman community to share opportunities and resources, to network and to strengthen ties to each other.   Open to all alumni, faculty, trainees and workshop attendees, all those interested in joining

The Ackerman Institute has initiated a brand new group called Supportive Space for all Ackerman therapists who identify as therapists of color. Supportive Space is an exciting collaboration amongst Ackerman trainees, faculty, and alumni of color who seek to have a forum to share their unique experiences at the Institute and in the field of

  This week, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) announced the winners of its national search to identify initiatives making a critical difference in the lives of youth who are in foster care or involved with child welfare systems.  Ackerman’s Personal Best for Teens Program, lead by faculty member Judy Grossman, has

On Monday, December 2, 2013, the Ackerman Institute’s Gender and Family Project hosted an incredible call for action and support of gender variant and gender non-conforming youth in its first ever “Night of A Thousand Genders” celebration at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater!     The Ackerman Institute’s Gender and Family Project took part in