Molly Bobek, LCSW is the Director of the Center for the Ackerman Relational Approach (ARA) at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, where she leads efforts to refine, integrate, and advance ARA across the Institute’s training programs and clinical work. A graduate of Ackerman’s Core Curriculum Program, where she trained for five years, Molly has been a member of the faculty for over a decade, teaching Foundations of Family Therapy and Live Clinical Supervision.
Molly is deeply committed to helping trainees translate relational concepts into clear, practical clinical skills. In the Foundations course, she emphasizes the application of systemic thinking, including the use of self, alliance-building, and the flexible integration of couple and family therapy techniques.
In addition to her work at Ackerman, Molly maintains a private practice with couples and families. She also brings experience from her work in implementation science and evidence-based family therapy research at the nonprofit Partnership to End Addiction, where she has contributed to the development and dissemination of innovative family-based approaches for adolescent substance use and related behavioral challenges.
Her career bridges clinical practice, research, and training, with a focus on expanding access to high-quality, family-based care. Across her roles, Molly supports clinicians in engaging families effectively, sustaining multi-partial alliances, and delivering care that is evidence-informed, culturally responsive, and grounded in relational practice.
