Faculty News Archive

Publications and Presentations

Peter Fraenkel

“Groupes multifamiliaux pour familles sans domicile fixe.” (Multiple family discussion groups for families that are homeless). In S. Cook-Darzens (Ed.), Thérapies multifamiliales, des groupes comme agents thérapeutiques. (Multiple Family Therapy: Groups as Therapeutic Agents) pp. 333-361, 2007. Paris, France: Éditions érès.

“Working with families that are homeless,” with C. Carmichael (in press). In McGoldrick, M., and Hardy, K. (Eds.), Revisioning Family Therapy. New York: Guilford Press.

“Narrative and collaborative practices in work with families that are homeless,” with T. Hameline and M. Shannon (in press). Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

“The Ways of Engagement: Creating and Sustaining Effective Collaborative Relationships with Multi-stressed Families in Community-Based Settings.” George Hull Centre for Children and Families, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 2008.

“The Therapeutic Palette: Creativity, Collaboration, Integration, and Flexibility in Therapy and Community-Based Social Service Work.” George Hull Centre for Children and Families, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 2008.

“The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment.” Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY at Buffalo/ Women & Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY, April 2008.

“Systems, Context, and Privilege.” Presentation as part of a symposium on “The Importance of Context in Psychotherapy Integration: Race, Class, Family, and the Context of Daily Life,” (Paul L. Wachtel, Chair). XXIV Annual Meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Boston, MA, May 2008.

“Last Chance Couple Therapy.” Workshop, Institute of Family Therapy, London, England, June 2008.

“The Therapeutic Palette: A Model for Integration in Couple Therapy.” Marlborough Family Service, London, England, June 2008.

Visiting Professor, Bogaziçi University / Department of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2008.

Visiting Professor, University of Heidelberg Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany, June 2008.

Aquilla Frederick

Co-Authored “The Role of a Mentoring Group for Family Therapy Trainees and Therapists of Color.” Family Process, December 2007.

“Suicide and Intellectually Gifted African American Females: Impact of Diminished Community Support.” Megar Evers College, April 2008.

Evan Imber-Black

“Rituals for Healing Family and Community Trauma.” International Trauma Center, NYC - Dec. 13-14, 2007.

“Life-shortening Illness and the Family.” Grand Rounds, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY - Feb. 5, 2008.

“Developments in Contemporary Family Therapy.” Three-day seminar, Zurich, Switzerland (with Rosmarie Welter-Enderlin) April 14-16, 2008.

Visiting Professor, Mercy College Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Dobbs Ferry and Bronx, NY - 2007-2008.

Re-appointment as Editor of Family Process - second term beginning 2008 – 2011.

David Kezur

“What Can Buddhism Teach Family Therapists?” Workshop presentation at Conference, 24th Annual Marriage and Family Therapy Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, GA January 25, 2008.

Peggy Penn

Peggy is receiving a doctorate from Tilburg University, a European university that has formed an alliance with the Taos Institute. The doctorate will be in the Social Sciences. She also has written a book that represents her years of work at Ackerman and in many places throughout the world. On June 2nd, 2008 Peggy stands up for her defense in front of a committee represented by a combination of colleagues from the States and Europe.

Jean Malpas

Editor - The People of AFTA, “Next Generation Initiative” brochure, The American Family Therapy Academy, March 2008.

“From Otherness to Alliance: Couples Navigating Sexual and Gender Complexity”. Presentation, Shinui – The Israeli Institute for Systemic Studies, Gelil-Yam, Israel, December 2007.

Supporting LGBT families: Cultural Sensitivity and Clinical Process. Presentation and Clinical Consultations, Aluma Institute for Psychotherapy, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 2007.

“Desire, gender and sexuality: Helping couples across all sexual orientations and gender identities.” At two conferences: AIGLE Fundación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2008 and Chilean Institute of Family Therapy, Santiago, Chile, May 2008.