Workshops
Ackerman’s workshops provide top-tier training from innovative and diverse leaders in the field of couple and family therapy.
Workshops
Ackerman’s workshops provide top-tier training from innovative and diverse leaders in the field of couple and family therapy.
Our workshops for mental health professionals explore a range of clinical topics in couple and family therapy. Please join us at our 936 Broadway location to participate.
For workshops offered online, all you need is a laptop or mobile device. You will receive a link in your email one day before the event. Workshops are presented live and will not be recorded.
Continuing education contact hours / CEUs are available for mental health practitioners who hold LCSW, LMSW, or LMFT licensure, and licensed psychologists in New York State.
Upcoming Workshops
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The Therapeutic Alliance: The Science, Craft, and Art of Creating, Repairing, and Maintaining Our Relationships with Couples
February 14, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Maria Borcsa, PhD and Peter Fraenkel, PhD
5 CE Contact Hours
In-Person at Ackerman Institute for the Family
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Treating Traumatized Teens and Emerging Adults: Development, Attachment, and the Therapeutic Relationship
February 21, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Martha B. Straus, PhD
5 CE Contact Hours
In-Person at Ackerman Institute for the Family
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Love by Design: From Sexual Chemistry to Sexual Harmony
March 7, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD, MSc, MFT, CSC. Dip PST
3 CE Contact Hours
Online
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Meeting the (Big!) Challenges of “Blended Families”: Rupture and Repair Up Close and Personal
March 14, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Patricia Papernow, EdD
3 CE Contact Hours
Online
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The Intersection of Grief and Trauma: When What Changes, Changes Us
March 21, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Abigail Nathanson, LCSW, DSW
5 CE Contact Hours
In-Person at Ackerman Institute for the Family
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Relational Trauma: Healing the Past in the Present
March 28, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fiona True, LCSW
5 CE Contact Hours
In-Person at Ackerman Institute for the Family
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Sex in Action: Assessing and Rewriting a Couple’s Sex Script in Real-Time
April 4, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Ian Kerner, PhD, LMFT
5 CE Contact Hours
In-Person at Ackerman Institute for the Family
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Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Global Change
April 11, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Elizabeth Wieling, PhD, LMFT
3 CE Contact Hours
Online
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Rethinking Cultural Competence: A Framework for Culturally Attuned and Equitable Family Therapy
May 2, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Celia Jaes Falicov, PhD
5 CE Contact Hours
In-Person at Ackerman Institute for the Family
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Asian American Families: Diversity and Complexity Amid Racial Traumas with the Emergence of Cultural Strengths and Resilience
May 9, 2025
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Matthew R. Mock, PhD
3 CE Contact Hours
Online
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Introduction to Family Based Youth Suicide Prevention
May 30, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Guy Diamond, PhD and Suzanne A. Levy, PhD
3 CE Contact Hours
Online
Continuing Education / CEUs:
- The Ackerman Institute for the Family is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0049.
- The Ackerman Institute for the Family SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0052.
- The Ackerman Institute for the Family is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0174.
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FAQs: Attending an Ackerman Workshop
A link to attend the workshop via Zoom will be emailed to you one day in advance of the training. Please check your spam and filtered folders for this message before contacting us.
If you have not received a link by the day of the training, please contact: communitytraining@ackerman.org.
For technical support for an online workshop, please refer to the Zoom customer support center.
Ackerman staff are not able to respond to your technical inquiry.
Ackerman workshops are not recorded. Due to federal HIPAA regulations, unauthorized recording of clinical material is not permitted.
Ackerman Institute trainings are intended for qualified mental health professionals only, unless otherwise noted. Eligible attendees must be trained in mental health, and currently employed in the field of social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, or another mental health profession. If you have questions about your eligibility to attend an Ackerman training, please contact: communitytraining@ackerman.org.
Full refunds are issued only if a training is canceled by the Ackerman Institute. For partial refund of an Ackerman training, registrants must withdraw at least 20 business days in advance of the training start date.
We do not transfer payments of any kind. To request a refund per the above policy, please contact communitytraining@ackerman.org.
Mental health practitioners who hold LCSW, LMSW, or LMFT or psychologist licensure in New York State are eligible to earn Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEUs). Please check with your license provider to confirm eligibility.
You must attend the full duration of a training to be eligible for CE contact hours. Registrants will complete an evaluation form at the conclusion of the training to verify attendance. Certificates are delivered by email within 14 business days.
Participants must attend the full duration of a workshop to be eligible for full CE Contact Hours. As proof of attendance, trainees must complete an evaluation form at the conclusion of the training. Per the NY State of Education, we do not provide credit for partial attendance.
Eligible participants will receive CE Contact Hours via email within 14 business days. Certificates of completion are distributed by email only. To ensure prompt delivery, please add communitytraining@ackerman.org to your email contact list.
Your payment receipt is the confirmation email you receive at the time of registration. Please check your email inbox, filtered messages, and spam folders for this message. To ensure prompt delivery, add communitytraining@ackerman.org to your email contacts list.
Ackerman does not offer student or professional discounts.
There is a fee associated with trainee participation in workshops. Tuition discounts are only available to alumni of Ackerman’s clinical externship.