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Ackerman Institute for the Family

One of the premier institutions for family therapy, training, and research in the US. Serving families since 1960.

08/30/2025

🎉 Happy Labor Day Weekend! 🇺🇸

📢 Please note: We will be closed on Monday, September 1st in observance of Labor Day.�We’ll reopen with normal hours on Tuesday.

Wishing you a safe and relaxing weekend! 🌟

08/29/2025

📣 Applications for the 2025-2026 S*x Therapy Programs close on August 30th. Classes start on September 24th.

🔗 Apply now: https://www.ackerman.org/training/sex-therapy/apply/

*xTherapist *xTherapy

08/29/2025

EFT Advanced Training!

Join an immersive, small-group experience in Emotionally Focused Therapy Core Skills, led by renowned trainers Elana Katz, LCSW, LMFT and George Faller, LMFT.

This advanced training is for therapists ready to take their EFT practice deeper through live demonstration, role play, clinical consultation, and real-time feedback from two of the field’s most sought-after mentors.

Across 4 intensive modules, you’ll learn how to:
✔ Interview for the cycle
✔ Deepen emotion with disconnected partners
✔ Support emotional regulation and reconnection
✔ Strengthen core interventions like withdrawer re-engagement and pursuer softening

“It’s not just theory, t’s embodiment. Core Skills is where you become an EFT therapist.”

*Prerequisite: EFT Externship
🎓 48 CE Contact Hours
📍 Live Online | Oct 30, 2025 – Jan 9, 2026

Spots are limited to keep this a high-touch, high-growth experience. If you’re serious about advanced EFT training, this is where it happens.

Register Today: https://www.ackerman.org/events/eft-core-skills-training-2026/

08/28/2025

If you’re thinking about advancing your training in couple and family therapy, this is your final reminder:
⏰ Applications for the Ackerman Institute’s Core Curriculum are due in just 2 days!

🗓️ Deadline: August 30, 2025
📍 Online & in-person options available

Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your clinical skills and become part of a nationally respected institute.

🔗 Apply now: ackerman.org/training/core-curriculum

08/27/2025

3 On-Demand Workshops on Structural Family Therapy with Jorge Colapinto!

🎥 Available anytime

🔹Structural Family Therapy: The Thinking Behind the Technique | 1.5 CE Credit Hours
🔹Assessment in Structural Family Therapy: Identifying Patterns and Strengths | 1.5 CE Credit Hours
🔹Eliciting Change in Structural Family Therapy | 1 CE Credit Hour

🔗 Register now: www.ackerman.org/workshops/

08/27/2025

When neurobiology meets relational ethics, couples can change their story.

Therapists know the cycle well:

Two partners come into the room—hurt, reactive, and emotionally overwhelmed.

Each one is stuck in their own survival response.

Neither can hold space for the other.

They long for connection but are trapped in the very patterns that keep them apart.

This is where the real work begins.

Join Dr. Mona Fishbane, renowned psychologist, author, and pioneer in interpersonal neurobiology for a 3-hour training that integrates neuroscience, family-of-origin insight, and relational ethics into a clear, compassionate framework for couple therapy.

You’ll learn how to:

✅ Identify and map vulnerability cycles

✅ Address the neurobiological factors fueling them

✅ Help partners access emotion regulation and choose intention over reactivity

This workshop is designed for clinicians who want to go deeper and support couples in moving from automatic survival to shared values and intentional love.

🗓️ September 12, 2025

⏰ 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET | 💻 Live on Zoom

🎓 Earn 3 CE Contact Hours

👉 Register Today - https://www.ackerman.org/events/transforming-couple-vulnerability-cycles/?

08/26/2025

This Fall: Trauma, Culture, and Connection in Therapy

We're thrilled to offer a diverse lineup of online workshops designed to deepen your expertise and enhance your practice. From innovative therapeutic techniques to addressing contemporary challenges, there's something for everyone.

Visit www.ackerman.org/workshops for details and registration info. We can't wait to learn and grow together!

08/25/2025

We’ve been making a difference for 65 years… and now we’re 65 days away from our biggest celebration yet! 🎉 Join us at Ackerman's 65th Anniversary Gala and help us honor the past, present, and future of the Institute.

Purchase a ticket or sponsorship: ackerman.org/2025gala

08/21/2025

NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Structural Family Therapy: The Thinking Behind the Technique

Jorge Colapinto, LMFT, explores core SFT values and interventions through a rich case consultation. Learn how to recognize family dynamics and activate relational strengths.

🎥 Available Anytime
🏅 1.5 CE Contact Hours

🔗 RSVP at https://www.ackerman.org/events/structural-family-therapy-the-thinking-behind-the-technique/

08/21/2025

Advance Your Supervisory Practice with Ackerman’s Reflective Clinical Supervisor Short Course

Supervisors today are navigating emotionally complex systems where traditional, solution-driven supervision isn’t enough. Ackerman’s Reflective Clinical Supervisor Short Course (Level 1) offers a transformative approach grounded in reflective practice, cultural humility, and compassion.

Over 10 live online sessions + an individual consultation, you’ll:

Strengthen your reflective and relational capacity as a supervisor

Learn practical tools to foster safe, attuned supervisory spaces

Earn 22 CE contact hours

Course Dates: October 3, 2025 – June 5, 2026
Faculty: Christine Reynolds, LCSW & Brenda Nikelsberg, LCSW
Format: Live online | $1,200

Designed for supervisors, supervisors-in-training, and direct service providers seeking to deepen their clinical leadership.

Learn More 👉 https://www.ackerman.org/events/growing-professionally-clinically-level-1/

08/20/2025

Foundations in Family Therapy is the first level in our Core Curriculum.

This rigorous and energetic course moves you to shift your professional frame from individual to relational, internal to contextual, and disconnectedness to systemic understanding.

Learn more at: https://www.ackerman.org/training/foundations-of-family-therapy/

Application deadline is August 30th!

08/20/2025

Want to learn how to move couples from emotional reactivity to relational repair?
Join us for a powerful workshop with Dr. Mona Fishbane:

"Transforming Couple Vulnerability Cycles: Neurobiology Meets Relational Ethics"
🗓️ Friday, September 12, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET
💻 Live Online | 3 CE Contact Hours

Here’s what you’ll walk away with:

✔ A clear map for identifying and disrupting destructive couple dynamics

✔ A deeper understanding of the neurobiology behind emotional reactivity

✔ Practical tools to help partners co-regulate and act from their best selves, not their default defenses

✔ A fresh framework rooted in relational ethics and values-based change

Whether you’re a couples therapist, social worker, or mental health professional, this 3-hour training will sharpen your clinical skills and give you actionable strategies you can use immediately.

Taught by award-winning psychologist and author Dr. Mona Fishbane, this is a rare chance to learn from one of the leading voices in couple therapy today.

🔗 Register now: https://www.ackerman.org/events/transforming-couple-vulnerability-cycles/

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