Ackerman Institute for the Family hosted its annual Carl Kempner Memorial Lecture on the evening of May 2, 2012. This year’s talk highlighted the work of the Family Focused High Risk Diabetes Intervention Project with an in-depth discussion of the project by Harold Starkman, MD, Gloria Lopez-Henriquez, LCSW, and Nicole Pilek, LCSW. Established at Goryeb […]

Courtney Zazzali, an outstanding second-year extern here at Ackerman, is graduating this year from the program. Besides being a student, she also has spent the past several months working as the Intake Coordinator. In this interview she provides her unique perspective on what it is like being an extern, and how she balances this with

Every summer, the Ackerman Institute holds a four-day intensive externship on a specialized type of therapy called “Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.” 125 people took part in this year’s externship, from June 25 through 28, at the UJA Federation of New York. Participants learned about Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and also watched live therapy sessions happening

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, friends, family, and colleagues of the late Marcia Stern, a former faculty member of the Ackerman Institute, recently gathered to celebrate her legacy and dedicate a section of the Ackerman library in her memory. Marcia Stern graduated from the Ackerman externship program in 1994, and then worked at the Institute

The Ackerman Institute hosts a two-week intensive training program for trainees of several therapy institutes in South America. From May 7 – 18, twelve trainees from AIGLE in Buenos Aires, Argentina, took part in the program. This year’s group included students from throughout South and Central America, including Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The

On May 2, 2012, six students from Ackerman Institute’s Social Work and Diversity Program each presented a moving description of their clinical experience in the program to a large audience of Ackerman faculty, students, and friends. This annual presentation from students is not an only an opportunity for them to summarize the family therapy work done

Every year, Ackerman Institute faculty and alumni are involved in the American Family Therapy Association Conference. This year was no exception, with a long list of presentations by faculty and special awards going to Jorge Colapinto and Peter Fraenkel. To see a full schedule of events, click here. Wednesday, May 16•    Welcome by Hinda Winawer

On May 11, 2012, Dr. Marty Klein was the guest speaker at the alumni quarterly meeting and his presentation was entitled “Ten Things Psychotherapists Need to Know About Sex.” Dr. Klein is a marriage and family therapist, sex therapist, and forensic expert. This lecture was part of the quarterly Alumni Association meetings, where Ackerman Alumni