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Six New Ackerman Graduates Present at the Annual Diversity Lecture

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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Ari Lev Explores a Family Systems Approach to Gender Variance in Families

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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Ackerman Webinar Program Brings Workshops to a Wider Audience

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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Remembering Olga Silverstein

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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Richard Johnson Presents Workshop on Family Therapy with One Person

Presenter Richard Johnson (left) with Alumnae/i Association President, Vice President Candice Goldberg and Faculty Liaison David Kezur More than 45 alumnae/i and guests attended Family Therapy with One Person: Coaching Individual Clients Toward Change in Family Relationships, the Alumnae/i Association lecture presented by Richard Johnson, PhD, LCSW, on Friday, March 6th. Dr. Johnson began his

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Ackerman Alumnae/i Association Presents Case Consultations

An expectant mother suffering from depression and isolation and a mother and child traumatized by violence were the focus of the two cases presented at the Ackerman Alumnae/i Association’s Case Consultations on Friday, January 23rd. Case Consultations, in which alumni present cases to a panel of Ackerman faculty, is one of the Alumnae/i Association’s most

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Dr. Adi Loebl, Ackerman’s New Medical Director, Receives Carl Kempner Award

Speaking to a full house in the Ackerman Institute Library, Dr. Adi Loebl, the Institute’s new Medical Director and recipient of this year’s Carl Kempner Award, focused on the care of the elderly as he delivered the annual Carl Kempner Memorial Lecture on December 2nd. The Kempner Award and Lecture are presented under the auspices

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