Thank you for being part of the Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project Benefit! It was truly a night to remember, as we came together to celebrate Allyship, Advocacy, and Affirmation, in support of the Gender & Family Project’s work to empower youth, families, and communities with gender affirmative services, therapy, training, and research.
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for April is Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality by Tanya Katerà Hernández.
This book was selected to help therapists consider the experience of of immigration, racism, and trauma while working with families. How can this book help us to deepen the connection between our clinical work and social responsibilities?
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for December is, How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. This book was selected to help us understand the importance of having conversations about race with children and help them become critical thinkers.
December Book of the Month | How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Read More »
Our October book of the month was selected to help us continue to explore more complex questions of race and how systemic racism and racial trauma impacts our most intimate relationships.
October Book of the Month | We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza Read More »
The FEAT program is grant funded by the Administration for Children Services (ACS) to train New York State licensed LGBTQ+ mental health practitioners in couple and family therapy. FEAT trainees participate in Ackerman’s one-year Dual (Foundations of Family Therapy and Live Clinical Supervision) program tuition-free. The Live Clinical Supervision course is focused specifically on transgender,
It is with great sorrow that the Ackerman Institute for the Family shares the peaceful passing of our esteemed member of the Board of Directors, Alice K. Netter.
In Memory of Alice K. Netter Read More »
We are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2022 Ackerman Clinical Excellence Award, Christina Dunams, LMSW, for her clinical excellence far beyond the standard.
Congratulations to Christina Dunams, Recipient of the 2022 Clinical Excellence Award Read More »
