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People at Ackerman

Peggy Papp

Peggy Papp, LCSW (1923-2021), was a senior faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. She was the founder and director of the Project for Adolescents and Their Families.This project developed a family-based model for treating adolescents focused on bringing about a simultaneous transition in which the adolescent and family change together. Ms. Papp […]

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Christine Reynolds

Christine Reynolds, LCSW is a faculty member at the Ackerman Institute and a founding faculty member of the Institute’s Center for the Developing Child and Family where she consults and provides training on working with families with young children.   Ms. Reynolds has over 20 years of postgraduate clinical and consulting experience in child welfare,

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Zina Rutkin, PhD

Dr. Zina Rutkin, CKCC’s Director, holds a master’s degree in special education from Lesley College, a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Case Western Reserve University, and a certificate in Family Studies from Minuchin Center for the Family. Dr. Rutkin worked closely with the late Dr. Marcia Stern, CKCC’s founder, in the early program developmental stages

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Michele Scheinkman

Michele Scheinkman, LCSW, is a faculty member at The Ackerman Institute for the Family. She also maintains a private practice in New York City. Former Director of Training at the Chicago Center for Family Health and Lecturer at the University of Chicago, she was a consultant at the multicultural Roberto Clemente Center and gives workshops

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