Board Chair, John O’Neill, presented the 2012 Ackerman Corporate Partner Award to fellow board member Gregory T. Rogers, Founder and President of RayLign, LLC, in recognition of the company’s commitment to strengthening families and its unwavering support of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. In Greg’s words: “The day to day challenges that face families […]
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Gala co-chair and board member Martha Fling presented the 2012 Ackerman Distinguished Service Award to Baron Davis, a two-time NBA All-Star Veteran Point Guard, to honor his work with young people through the Rising Stars of America Foundation. Baron founded Rising Stars with a mission to use athletics as an entry point for young people
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Martha Edwards, Director of the Center for Developing Child and Family The Center for the Developing Child and Family supports the development of children and their families at home and at school. The Center has several projects such as Bright Beginnings, Personal Best, Resilient Families: Children with Special Needs, and Competent Kids Caring Communities, to
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Lois Braverman, President and CEO, Ackerman Institute for the Family, announced today the honorees and host for A Tribute to Families to take place at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on Monday, October 22nd in New York City. This year’s Ackerman Award Honorees will be:Ackerman Corporate Partner Award:• Gregory T. Rogers, Founder and Managing Partner, RayLign Advisory
Peggy Penn, respected faculty member and former Director of Training at the Institute, passed away on July 28, 2012. Peggy was an eloquent thinker, writer and teacher, whose contributions to the field of family therapy will long endure as sources of inspiration and great admiration. In celebration of Peggy’s unique approach to therapy, colleague Patricia
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Ackerman Institute for the Family hosted its annual Carl Kempner Memorial Lecture on the evening of May 2, 2012. This year’s talk highlighted the work of the Family Focused High Risk Diabetes Intervention Project with an in-depth discussion of the project by Harold Starkman, MD, Gloria Lopez-Henriquez, LCSW, and Nicole Pilek, LCSW. Established at Goryeb
Courtney Zazzali, an outstanding second-year extern here at Ackerman, is graduating this year from the program. Besides being a student, she also has spent the past several months working as the Intake Coordinator. In this interview she provides her unique perspective on what it is like being an extern, and how she balances this with
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Every summer, the Ackerman Institute holds a four-day intensive externship on a specialized type of therapy called “Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.” 125 people took part in this year’s externship, from June 25 through 28, at the UJA Federation of New York. Participants learned about Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and also watched live therapy sessions happening
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