The Ackerman Institute for the Family held its 12th Annual Moving Families Forward Gala on October 22nd at the JW Marriot Essex House. This annual fundraiser supports family therapy programs and services for children and families in crisis, and training programs in family therapy for mental health professionals. Over 300 Ackerman supporters gathered for a […]
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The Ackerman Institute and the Gender & Family Project (GFP) condemn the suggestion that gender should be narrowly defined as genetic sex only. Gender has always been and will always be self-determined is not restricted by a binary. Ackerman and GFP also stand with our intersex community. We know that biological sex is not limited
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family congratulates this year’s graduates of the Clinical Externship program in Family Therapy. This July, thirteen graduates were presented with certificates of completion of Ackerman’s Clinical Externship Program in Family Therapy. This annual ceremony held at the Ackerman Institute recognizes the work of graduating externs, who after completing an intensive
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family condemns the United States’ immigration practice of separating children from their parents at the Mexican border. In the last 6 weeks, 2,000 children have been separated from their parents. We know that this kind of relational rupture significantly contributes to chronic mental health conditions for children. We, along with the
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New York (NY) – Gisselle Acevedo has been named as the new President and CEO of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Ms. Acevedo is the former President and CEO of Para Los Niños, an educational and social service organization which provides services to children and families from some of Los Angeles’s most challenged communities.
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We are humbled and grateful to announce the Proclamation from Mayor Bill de Blasio designating Monday, April 16, 2018 as The Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project Day in the City of New York. The Mayoral Proclamation marks the Fifth Anniversary of A Night of A Thousand Genders, an event celebrating the resilience and empowerment
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Ackerman’s Social Work and Diversity Program held its 2018 alumni class reunion on May 9th, where alumni enjoyed an opportunity to share professional accomplishments, network with former classmates, and meet the SWD Class of 2018.
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The Ackerman Institute’s seventh-annual spring conference concluded an engaging full-day of learning with more that 140 mental health professionals in attendance. A keynote address by Shannon Sennott, Deepening Sexuality & Gender Expression: Couple Therapy in the 21st Century, presented challenges to popular assumptions about contemporary couple therapy practice. Practitioners in attendance were encouraged to think
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