The Ackerman Institute

The Ackerman Institute keeps coming up within art therapy talk. I thought I would post a link to their site if anyone was interested in post-grad training in family therapy. Posted is some information from the website followed by a link.

"We are in a dynamic period in the mental health fields, as several professions have recently become licensed in New York State. Ackerman’s clinical programs are particularly well suited to those professionals who have a graduate degree in family therapy, social work, or mental health counseling and are interested in accruing the postgraduate clinical hours required for licensing in these fields. By working under a temporary permit available from the New York State Office of the Professions, clinical work at Ackerman will serve in partial fulfillment of the licensing requirements. Those professionals who are seeking a license in psychology may need to make special arrangements for supervision which can be discussed within our training department. This creates added value to the training opportunities for those students who are currently working toward their licensing requirements.

For all training inquiries, please contact the Training Office at (212) 879-4900, extension 111. Our Dean of Students, Constance Scharf, LCSW, at extension 128, is available to discuss your particular needs and help you select the appropriate program."

"The Ackerman Institute was founded in 1960 as a not-for-profit institution with a two-fold mission:

To develop innovative and effective models of treatment for families in trouble.
To train clinicians how to implement these models.
Since that time, Ackerman has been successful in accomplishing both components of its initial mission. In the process, the Institute has established itself as the premier institution of its kind, with a national and international reputation for excellence in family therapy treatment and training.

During its existence, the Institute has learned how to help families cope with and master many of the toughest problems they face, ranging from major mental disorders, to family violence, to developmental problems in children, to sexual abuse, to family disruptions secondary to divorce, foster care, and so forth.

The Institute has also learned how to train social work, psychology, and psychiatric professionals to work effectively with families, and has sent hundreds of Ackerman-trained clinicians out into the community to staff a host of other service agencies in New York and around the country."

The Ackerman Institute