A few more weeks, then it’s farewell to East 78th Street and hello to Broadway! In celebration of Ackerman’s big move, here are a few insider tips on the new building, plus some perks of the downtown location. About the Building 936 Broadway The new building at 936 Broadway contains five floors, and Ackerman Institute […]
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Board members, faculty, staff, and friends of the Ackerman Institute gathered on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, to celebrate and say goodbye to the historic Ackerman building at 149 East 78th Street. The building that currently houses Ackerman Institute for the Family was bought in 1960. The purchase of the building was made possible through the
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Every year, Ackerman Institute faculty and alumni are involved in the American Family Therapy Academy Meeting. This year’s meeting Program Chair was faculty Jean Malpas, and many Ackerman faculty were presenting. The following is a list of the presentations by Ackerman faculty from the AFTA meeting: Wednesday, June 5 Pre-conference workshop with Marcia Sheinberg and
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From May 6 – 17, 2013, 17 trainees from the Fundación AIGLÉ of Buenos Aires, visited New York to attend a two-week intensive training at Ackerman Institute. Fundación AIGLÉ is a non-profit mental health training facility located in Argentina, who have partnered with Ackerman Institute for many years. This year’s group of students came from
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This year’s Social Work and Diversity Work students described their clinical cases in an enlightening series of multimedia presentations on May 1, 2013, to an audience of Ackerman faculty, students, and alumni. This annual presentation from students is not an only an opportunity for them to summarize the family therapy work done at Ackerman, but also
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On May 14, 2013, Ackerman Institute’s friends, alumni, faculty, and staff attended a special performance of Tigers Be Still, a play addressing the profound impact of depression and grief on a family. A conversation with the producers, Sarah Nedwek, Phillip Chavira, the cast, and Ackerman President & CEO, Lois Braverman followed the performance at the
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Our hearts go out to the families who lost loved ones, to the many who were injured, and to those who were there to help during the senseless bombings in Boston yesterday during the Marathon. We try to make sense of violence but the truth is that it is incomprehensible. We do know and do
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Ackerman Institute for the Family is excited to announce that in August of 2013, we will be moving to a new location at 936 Broadway, in the Flatiron District. This is an exciting area of town, filled with many attractions and also easily accessible via public transit. It is within 1-3 blocks of N, R,
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