The Ackerman Institute for the Family was deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Marcia Stern on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Dr. Stern passed away at her home in Arizona after a courageous battle against brain cancer. “Marcia Stern was a highly respected and beloved colleague who devoted many years to the Ackerman Institute,” Lois […]
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On February 24, 2009, the field of family therapy lost a giant and the Ackerman Institute lost a great and inspirational colleague when Olga Silverstein died at the age of 87. Family, friends and colleagues gathered in the Ackerman library on March 25th to share their memories of Ms. Silverstein and to celebrate her life
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Abbe and Peter Steinglass Dr. Peter Steinglass, Director of Ackerman’s Center for Substance Abuse and the Family and President Emeritus, was honored by the Freedom Institute at its annual Mona Mansell Award Dinner at the Hotel Pierre on May 11th. The Mansell Award, named for Freedom’s founder, is given annually to an honoree deemed to
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Matthew J. Leeds joined the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s Board of Directors in December 2008. Mr. Leeds is a real estate lawyer whose diverse practice includes the representation of owners, developers, sponsors, condominium and cooperative boards, investors and institutional real estate lenders. He has particular experience in the burgeoning area of commercial condominiums. Mr.
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Six new graduates of the Social Work and Diversity Program presented cases and spoke about the ways the program changed their lives at a moving ceremony in the Ackerman Library on May 6, 2009. The Ackerman Institute initiated the Social Work and Diversity Program in 1992 as a result of the vision and generosity of Arthur Maslow,
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Evan Imber-Black with Ari Lev After 25 years of work with families affected by gender issues, Arlene (Ari) Istar Lev, LCSW, CASAC, sees some progress, but also believes there is much work still to be done. “Most gender therapists don’t address family issues,” she explained at the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s one-day conference on
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More than 50 people participated in the Ackerman Institute’s latest webinar, Getting Past “Never Again”: Creating Forgiveness, led by Sue Johnson, EdD, CPsych, on May 13th. The presentation represented Ackerman’s most technologically advanced webinar as Dr. Johnson presented from her base in Canada while Catherine Lewis, Director of Community and International Training, and Climeen Wikoff,
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Lois Braverman with Alice Netter In a year marked by serious economic losses in every sector of society, the 2009 Theatre Benefit raised almost $125,000 in support for the Ackerman Institute. The April 21st event, a performance of the new play Impressionism starring Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason and Andre de Shields, included a
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