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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.

08/20/2025

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/

08/19/2025

SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP - Back to Connection: Four Dimensions of Hope for Couple Interventions After Exposure to Trauma

Dr. Ron Nasim introduces a multidimensional model to help couples reconnect and heal after trauma. This workshop is ideal for clinicians working in war-affected or trauma-impacted settings.

📅 Date: Friday, September 19
📍 Location: Online
⏰ Time: 10AM – 1PM

🔗 Register now: https://www.ackerman.org/events/back-to-connection-four-dimensions-of-hope-for-couple-interventions-after-exposure-to-trauma/

08/18/2025

Apply by August 30th to be part of the Faith-Based Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program.

This program is for faith leaders or aspiring faith leaders.

Meets Online over the span of 10 weeks each for 4 courses, beginning in September 2025.

Learn more at https://www.ackerman.org/training/faith-based-therapy-certificate/

08/16/2025

Wherever you are this fall, in the office, at home, or in between clients, Ackerman makes it easy to earn CE credits while deepening your clinical skills. With live online and on-demand options, you can learn from renowned faculty without missing a beat.

https://www.ackerman.org/training/workshops/

08/15/2025

Ackerman’s Fall Live & On-Demand Workshops: Learn from the Experts

This fall, elevate your clinical skills with interactive, skill-building workshops led by leading voices in family therapy. Whether you work with couples, families, or diverse relationship structures, our lineup offers fresh insights, practical tools, and CE credits, all from the comfort of your home or office.

🖥️ Live Online Workshops

Transforming Couple Vulnerability Cycles: Neurobiology Meets Relational Ethics

📅 Friday, September 12, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET | 3 CE Hours | Presenter: Mona Fishbane, PhD

Help couples move beyond cycles of blame and defensiveness by addressing neurobiological roots and relational ethics—transforming reactivity into intentional, values-based connection.

Register today -> https://www.ackerman.org/events/transforming-couple-vulnerability-cycles/

Back to Connection: Four Dimensions of Hope for Couple Interventions After Trauma

📅 Friday, September 19, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET | 3 CE Hours | Presenter: Ron Nasim, PhD

Learn a multidimensional framework to guide couples impacted by trauma in rebuilding safety, communication, and connection.

Register today -> https://www.ackerman.org/events/back-to-connection-four-dimensions-of-hope-for-couple-interventions-after-exposure-to-trauma/

Polyamorous Families with Children: Condensed Lifecourse

📅 Friday, October 17, 2025 | 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. ET | 3 CE Hours | Presenter: Eli Sheff, PhD

Draw on 25+ years of research to better support diverse family structures—from child-rearing to long-term resilience.

Register today -> https://www.ackerman.org/events/polyamorous-families-with-children-condensed-lifecourse/

💻 Can’t Join Live?

Browse Ackerman’s On-Demand Learning Library for CE-eligible workshops anytime, anywhere—taught by leading experts in family therapy.

🔗 Explore Workshops & Register https://www.ackerman.org/training/workshops/

08/15/2025

The 2025-26 Academic Calendar for Training Programs is live!

The academic calendar lists the important dates for Core Curriculum and Certificate trainees.

View the calendar at: https://www.ackerman.org/training/academic-calendar/

08/13/2025

🎉 Join us as we celebrate 65 years of strengthening families and building community.

🗓 Mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening of connection, inspiration, and celebration.

For more information, visit ackerman.org/2025gala

08/12/2025

⭐ Space is still available for our in-person & online Foundations of Family Therapy

Immerse yourself in the evolution of family therapy, exploring its historical roots with a critical lens and gaining exposure to Ackerman’s own distinctive contribution—the Ackerman Relational Approach, a values-based, amalgam integrated framework for working with couples and families.

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

08/11/2025

Multi-Day Training Opportunity!

Deepen your EFT practice with this hands-on, small-group training led by Elana Katz and George Faller. Designed for clinicians who have completed the EFT Externship, this course focuses on assessment, cycle de-escalation, withdrawer re-engagement, and pursuer softening.

📅 October 30–31, November 13–14, December 11–12, 2025, January 8–9, 2026

📍 Live Online | 🏅 48 CE Contact Hours

🔗 Register now at https://www.ackerman.org/events/eft-core-skills-training-2026/

08/06/2025

Transforming Couple Vulnerability Cycles: Neurobiology Meets Relational Ethics

Led by Dr. Mona Fishbane, this workshop explores how survival-based emotional cycles affect couple dynamics—and how to transform them through neurobiology, relational ethics, and self-regulation.

🗓️ September 12
⏰ 10:00 AM–1:00 PM ET
💻 Live Online
🏅 3 CE Contact Hours

08/05/2025

Our online certificate program in s*x therapy training covers a wide variety of topics that include assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment planning.

Meets on Wednesdays evenings for the Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer quarters. Classes begin in September.

Learn more at: https://www.ackerman.org/training/s*x-therapy/

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