Spring 2016 Newsletter - Ackerman Institute for the Family

NEWS UPDATE
Spring 2016
Honoring 24 Years of
Service and Counting:
Marcia Sheinberg
Ackerman Institute for the Family
936 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
News Update
Spring 2016
Our deep gratitude to Marcia Sheinberg for her many
years of service as Director
of Training and Clinical
Services. Marcia made her
largest and most significant
contribution to the field of
family therapy in the area
of relationship trauma.
She greatly influenced the
Externship Training Program
with the development of
the Ackerman Relational
Approach (ARA), a system
that has become the foundation of our clinical work
as it is dynamic, replicable,
and applicable to all clinical areas of family therapy
study.
Marcia will move into a
new role as Senior Fellow
where she will be available
to faculty for clinical and
institutional consultations,
provide trainings and workshops, and continue her
clinical project.
Thank you, Marcia, for your
many contributions to the
Ackerman Institute.
Our Director of Training:
Lisa Lavelle
We are delighted to
announce that as of June
2016, Lisa Lavelle, LCSW,
is our new Director of Training and Clinical Services.
Lisa began her
history at
Ackerman as
an intern
in Ackerman
Institute’s
Social
Work and
Diversity
Program
in 1997
and graduated from
the Externship Program
in 2001. Lisa has been a
member of the Ackerman
Faculty since 2003, serving
as Director of Intake,
Foundations Teacher, Live
Clinical Supervisor, Externship Supervisor, Community Trainer, and former
Co-Director of the Center
for Families and Health.
Additionally, Lisa has been
a lecturer at the Silver
School of Social Work at
NYU, and at the Silberman
School of Social Work at
Hunter College.
Lisa joins the
Ackerman’s
leadership
team working
closely with
the President,
faculty,
trainees, and
administrative
staff to
create and
maintain a culture
that fully embraces
values of inclusion and
collaboration, and
continues the Ackerman
tradition of excellence
in clinical training and
practice.
Congratulations, Lisa, we
welcome you in this position with open arms!
2015 Moving Families Forward Gala
On October 26, 2015,
Ackerman Institute for the
Family celebrated its ninth
annual Moving Families
Forward gala at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New
York City. More than 300
guests made the evening
a great success raising
over $600,000 for the Ackerman Clinic to advance
Advising Director
of Race &
Social Justice:
thandiwe Dee
Watts-Jones
Beginning September 2015,
thandiwe Dee Watts-Jones
began her new position as
the Advising Director on
Race & Social Justice at the
Ackerman Institute. She
serves as consultant/advisor
in the training program
making recommendations
for enhancing diversity, and
integrating the role of
race/racism and other
forms of oppression in the
training and teaching at
Ackerman.
Faculty, trainees, and staff
may consult about race
related issues directly with
thandiwe Dee at [email protected] or at
212-879-4900 ext. 314.
the treatment of children
and families, and further
the training and clinical
research in family therapy.
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Ackerman Institute for the Family
Documentary Screening
and Discussion
Last February, after the screening
of her film, Little White Lie, filmmaker
Tracey Schwartz joined faculty members Evan Imber-Black and Walter
Vega in a panel discussion to explore
the issues of racial identity and family
secrets. More than 60 guests, including faculty, trainees, alumni, staff
and friends attended this enlightening event.
Ackerman Podcasts
Tune in to Ackerman Podcasts. With
approximately 22,000
subscribers, we have
listeners in the Americas, Europe, Asia
and Australia. Listen
to insightful interviews
with Ackerman faculty and visiting mental
health professionals
exploring issues on Family Therapy.
You can find our podcasts at ackerman.podbean.com.
International Training:
Hong Kong
Michele Scheinkman (center) with
the Faculty of the Ackerman Alumni
Institute of Hong Kong
News Update
Spring 2016
page 2
Ackerman Institute for the Family
Introducing Ackerman Institute’s New Board Members
Dan Rocker graduated from the
Externship Program in 2015. Prior to
earning
his MSW
from NYC
in 2010 and
setting up
his private
practice,
Dan had
extensive
experience
in the field
of finance.
Dan brings
his enthusiasm and
volunteer
knowledge to our leadership. September 2015.
Leslie Roberts graduated from the
Externship
Program
in 2015.
Leslie
brings a
great deal
of knowledge
of the
non-profit
field from
her experience as a
volunteer and founder and executive
director of Protected Paws. September 2015.
Debbie Werner,
graduated from
the Externship
in 2013. Social work is a
second career
for Debbie, and
volunteerism
a third career.
She is not only
a board member (December
2014), but she
has taken a
leadership position as the Chair of the Development
Committee, and Co-Chair of Ackerman’s annual gala.
2015 Moving Families Forward Gala, continued from page 1
Guests included members of our
Board of Directors, generous donors,
faculty, alumni, trainees, and their
friends and families.
Moving Families Forward Award; and,
actor and humanitarian, Jimmy Smits,
accepted the Ackerman Leadership
Award.
Former SEC Chairman,
William Donaldson accepted the Ackerman Partner
Award; Author, Jacqueline
Woodson received the
Board members, Martha Fling and Deborah
Werner, co-chaired
the successful evening, with Hugh Hildesley presiding during
the auction, and PIX
11 anchor Tamsen
Fadal serving as the
evening’s mistress of
ceremonies.
page 5
Upcoming Events
This year’s graduating class includes
from left to right: Sippio Smalls (Co-Director), Jennifer Rodriguez, Gregg
Payne, Monique Evans, Alivia Curl,
Laura Lee, Tyrone Carver, and Laurie
Kaplan (Co-Director).
Summer Clinical Practicum
June 6 -June 29, 2016
Congratulations to all!
Pride is For Kids Too
Gender & Family Project’s
Float in the NYC Pride Parade
June 26, 2016
Externship in Emotionally
Focused Couples Therapy
June 21 - 24, 2016
The culmination of this internship completes for each of these students their
degrees from the School of Social
Work at Hunter College, Columbia
University, and New York University.
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Adi Loebl, M.D.
“Bridging the Cap: A Cross
Disciplinary Discussion About
Medicine and Meaning,” Lecture and conversation co-presentation with Sarah Berland,
LCSW, at Mercy College, Dobbs
Ferry NY, May 2016.
Lois Braverman, LCSW
“Genograms, Birth Order and
Family Relationships,” Workshop
at the GenSpring Women’s Retreat, Palm Beach, FL, October
2015.
“Family Therapy with Young
Adults with Serious Mental
Illness,” Keynote address and
workshop at the XXIII Congreso
Mexicano de Psicologia, Cancun, Mexico, October 2015.
“Family Therapy with Young
Adults with Serious Mental
Illness,” Keynote presentation
at the Illinois Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy,
Annual Conference, Johnson,
IA, May 2015.
George Faller, LMFT
We honored Board member,
Alice Netter, with the Ackerman Distinguished Service
Award, for her dedicated
work on the board for more
than 28 years.
Spring 2016
Congratulations to this year’s
Social Work and Diversity Program Interns!
Board Leadership:
Harriet Habert, Managing Director &
Director
of Marketing for
Hollis Park
Partners.
She brings
new energy and
expertise
in the field
of finance
and
marketing.
March
2016.
News Update
Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life’s
Challenges for Positive Change.
Co-Author with Rev. Dr. Heather
Wright. Woodstock, VT: Skylight
Paths Publishing, April 2016.
Michele Scheinkman, LCSW
“A Multicultural Conversation
about Intimacy and Couples
Therapy,” All day case consultation and conceptual conversation in Tokyo, Japan, June, 2015.
“Deconstruction Impasses in
Couple’s Therapy: A Roadmap
for Couples Therapy,” Presentation at the 10th Anniversary
celebration of the Ackerman
Alumni Institute for the Family,
Hong Kong, March 2016.
“Working with the Vulnerability
Cycle and Multi-Level Approach
in Couples Therapy,” Presentation at the Counselling and
Care Centre, Singapore, March
2016.
Children, December 2015.
“Working with Families of Color
Impacted by Domestic Violence: Creating a Safe Space
for Healing,” January 2016.
Keynote Presentation at Culture,
Identity and Domestic Violence:
A Conference for Foster Care
and Preventive Staff sponsored
by The Children’s Aid Society’s
Domestic Violence and Child
Welfare Initiative of the Family
Wellness Program, New York, NY,
May 2016.
Ellen Wachtel, JD, Ph.D.
“The Things They Carried: An
Integrative Approach to
Working with Legacy Issues in
Couple Therapy,” Presentation
at Society for the Exploration
Marcia Sheinberg, LCSW
of Psychotherapy Integration,”
Presentation on Relational
Trauma to the Israeli Association Dublin, Ireland, June 2016.
of Marriage and Family Therapy,
“The Heart of Couple Therapy:
Israel, April 2016.
Knowing What to Do and How
to Do It,” Presentation at the
Fiona True, LCSW
Portuguese Association for Cog“Children and Relational Trauma” Webinars with The Bouverie nitive Psychotherapy, Lisbon,
Portugal, April 2016.
Center, Melbourne, Australia,
May/June 2015.
thandiwe Dee Watt-Jones,
“The Relational Trauma of InPh.D.
cest,” Presentation at the Family
“Social Location,” Webinar for
Institute of Westchester, White
Family Process, November 2015.
Plains, NY, February 2016.
“Invisible Injury Implosions:
“Relational Trauma: Working
How Do We Break the Cycle
Dorimar Morales, LCSW
with Youth in the Criminal Justice
of In-fighting Between/Among
“A Systemic-Relational ApSystem”Presentation at EsperanPeople of Color,” Webinar as
proach to School Counseling,”
za, New York, NY, March 2016.
part of Ken Hardy’s year-long
Presentation to Social Workers of
Workshop on Race, June 2015.
the New Jersey and Connective Walter Vega, LCSW
Divisions of Effective Schools
“Self-Care: Helping with Healthy
Solutions, New Jersey, February Boundaries,” Presentation at
2016.
NYS-TEACH at Advocates for
Personal Best Summer Intensive: Adult Development and
Sensitive Parenting
for At-Risk Families with
Young Children
July 6 - 8, 2016
Bolstering Learning through
Building Social-Emotional
Capacities and Family-School Partnerships
July 11 - 14, 2016
Bright Beginnings Summer
Intensive: Early Child Development and Parenting
Processes
July 18 - 21, 2016
Externship Graduation
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Save the Date
Moving Families Forward
Monday, October 24, 2016
To purchase a table or tickets or to make a contributions contact [email protected]
(914) 579-1000
2016 Graduating Class
Arnie Angerman
Amy Bauman
Miriam Denmark
Mika Kallner
Hope Kelaher
Cassandra Richmond
Yael Schlenger
Tara Starin-Basi
Courtney Stursberg
Graduation on July 20th
Congratulations!
Ackerman Institute for the Family
News Update
page 3
Ackerman Institute’s Sixth Annual Spring Conference
Alumni Lectures
This last academic year, the Alumni
Association featured a series of wellattended lectures with distinguished
presenters and timely subjects of
interest:
Embracing Difference: Creating
Openings for Racial Dialogue in
Couple Therapy. Presented by the
Ackerman Institute’s Multi-Racial
Family Project, Dorimar Morales, Mary
Kim Brewster and Keren Ludwig.
Genograms, Time, Loss, Cutoff
and Reconnection with Monica
McGoldrick.
Talking Race/Racism: Reflections on
Having the Conversation with Aquilla
Frederick and Frank Wells.
New Series:
The Self of the Faculty
Created by Dorimar Morales, the
Self of the Faculty Series (SOF) is an
informal talk that is meant to bring our
community together by blurring the
lines between the personal and the
professional. Guest faculty members
take their colleagues on a journey
about their passions, struggles and
influences in becoming the individuals and professionals they are today.
Evan Imber-Black kicked off the series
last spring, followed by thandiwe Dee
Watts-Jones last fall, with Dorimar
acting as moderator.
Held on Friday, May 13, 2016,
and entitled, Deepening Clinical Practice: Race in Couple
and Family Therapy, the annual conference was an outstanding success. This year’s
groundbreaking conference
reached outside the boundaries of family therapy. The
morning plenary featured the
sociopolitical commentary of
Charles Blow in conversation
with family therapy theorist
and practitioner, thandiwe
Dee Watts-Jones. It was followed by a presentation of the work
of the Multi-Racial Family Project by
Dorimar Morales, Mary Kim Brewster,
and Keren Ludwig. In the afternoon,
renowned Ackerman faculty conducted original workshops on how to
enhance family therapy practice by
bringing the invisible issues of race into
the consulting room.
“Truly quality programming.
Rarely does a single event impress me so deeply.
Today was enough to influence
an entire career.
Thank you, thank you.”
Anna, MFT Student, Mercy College
News from the Centers and Projects
Center for the Developing Child and
Family
Competent Kids, Caring Communities
(CKCC) Has “Aged Down” to Early
Childhood!
Competent Kids, Caring Communities (CKCC), Ackerman Institute’s
social-emotional learning program
for elementary-schools, is about to
roll out its newly-developed, literacy-based early childhood edition. The program is designed to fit
seamlessly and organically into early
childhood settings through providing 30 “read-aloud” picture books.
Ackerman Team
On June 11, 2016, the
Ackerman Team participated in the NYC
Mini 10K in Central
Park to raise crucial
funds in support of the
important work of the
Ackerman Institute for
the Family. Our team
members consisted of
our friends, supporters,
board members, faculty, trainees, and staff.
Spring 2016
Ackerman Team
Members:
Back row L-R: Amanda
Taselaar, Lois Braverman,
Markie Sallick, Debbie
Werner, Raysa Romero,
Melissa Thoen
Front row L-R: Adriana
Londono, Nicole Mak
(not shown are Sanam
Bamshad, Fran Kotkov
and Stasia Parsons)
Each book
focuses on a
particular social-emotional
skill such that,
as a whole,
the program
address all
of the five
Pre-Kindergarten level Social-Emotional
Common
Core Standards: Adaptability; Self-Concept
and Self-Awareness; Self-Regulation;
Relationships with Others; and Accountability.
The stories revolve around the activities and adventures of the seven Garden Friends, metaphorical characters
developed by CKCC’s brilliant founder, the late Dr. Marcia Stern. Marcia’s
hopeful vision for the children of the
world to learn to manage their own
emotions and live peaceably with
one another guided their production
every step of the way!
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Ackerman Institute for the Family
News Update
Spring 2016
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News from the Centers and Projects, continued from page 3
Included with the picture books are
puppets, feelings cards, and visual
aids. Professional development is
provided as well. We are also thrilled
to be creating audio books which will
be available to families, thereby enabling the skills to be utilized and reinforced at home. Our neighbors on
the third floor, Soundtrack Recording
Studio, have generously provided pro
bono studio time and editing services
and their staff is working closely with
CKCC to produce the recordings. In
addition, the entire cast of the on-line
series “That Reminds Me” has volunteered to do the readings, and they
are doing a wonderful job.
CKCC is currently in the process of
recruiting schools and donors for the
upcoming school year. For more
information, contact Dr. Arlean Wells,
CKCC Coordinator: [email protected].
Foster Care and Adoption Project
The Foster Care and Adoption
Project works to create change for
children and families involved in the
foster care system. To that end, we
launched a monthly consultation
group for supervisors and administrators of key foster care agencies
in New York City, such as the Jewish
Board, New Alternatives for Children,
Cardinal McKloskey, Bronx Defenders
and Casa, who altogether, impact
over 365 children in their care. This
year alone the Project trained 298
mental health professionals, agency
workers, lawyers, judges, and referees
working within the foster care system
on our systemic-relational, trauma-informed approach. Training was provided to lawyers and social workers at
Children’s Law Center on the impact
of interpersonal and systemic trauma;
to judges, referees, social workers and
lawyers and two court subcommittees, including the Child Protective
Advisory Committee and the committee on Adoption/TPR’s. The reactions
from these professionals reinforce
our belief that training the front line
service providers on our model is a
powerful way to expand the scope
and reach of our clinical approach.
The Project provided therapy to 8
families with children involved in the
foster care system, and training and
on-going supervision to 4 post-grad-
uate family therapists in a bi-weekly
supervision group. We are delighted
to report the reunification of children
with 2 families as a result of our work.
the fierce demand for educational
services, training 2,900 educational,
health, and mental health professionals.
On June 17, 2016, Catherine Lewis will
provide a city-wide training to forty
judges on ways to include children in
the court hearings that maximize child
agency and minimize further traumatization as per new state legislation
requiring children to be in court for
permanency hearings on child protective cases.
GFP’s third annual benefit, A Night
of A Thousand Genders, was held at
City Winery on April 11, 2016. Alan
Cumming, Andrew Solomon, and
model Geena Rocero, were the hosts
and honorary chairs for the evening.
Evening performers included Javier
Muñoz (Hamilton), Alex Newell (Glee),
and violinist Tona Brown (first openly
trans African American performer at
Carnegie Hall). GFP reached its fundraising goal of $250,000! Apart from
being a financial success, the night
also served as a cherished community
gathering for our project families and
transgender and gender non-conforming community members.
The JUSTICE Project
In its first operational year, the JUSTICE Project has focused its efforts on
outreach, the development of partnerships, and conducting a needs
assessment to learn more about the
structures and policies of the criminal
justice system. The Project will begin a
tele-therapy program this summer at
the New York Initiative for Children of
Incarcerated Parents at The Osborne
Association. Osborne’s tele-visitation
program enables children with a parent residing at select jails to video visit
with their incarcerated parent from
Osborne’s Brooklyn offices.
This tele-therapy program promises
to be the realization of two of the
JUSTICE Project’s key objectives: To
develop innovative clinical practices
and build collaborative relationships
with other organizations serving families directly impacted by involvement
with the criminal justice system. According to Osborne staff and in keeping with our research, no program like
this currently exists for families, one
that provides therapeutic support
that includes a currently incarcerated
family member.
The Justice Project presented its work
and facilitated a workshop at the sixth
annual Ackerman Institute’s Spring
Conference, Deepening Clinical
Practice: Race in Couple and Family
Therapy, on May 13, 2016.
Gender & Family Project
The Gender & Family Project has
grown to meet the overwhelming
need for services sought by the
families of transgender youth and
gender expansive children, and over
the last year, GFP continued to meet
An Ally and member of the GFP community, Leo Pawlika, hosted “Pucks
for Pride,” at the Ice House in Hackensack, NJ. This fundraising event
brought together young members
of the hockey community in eastern
New Jersey to learn more about the
crucial, life-saving work of GFP. Pucks
for Pride raised more than $13,000,
exceeding its initial fundraising goal of
$5,000.
For the second year, GFP joins NYC’s
LGBT Pride Parade on June 26, 2016,
with a float co-sponsored by Bank
of America. GFP’s slogan, Pride is
for Kids, Too, celebrates the beauty
and resilience of gender expansive
children, transgender youth and their
families.
Ackerman Institute for the Family
Documentary Screening
and Discussion
Last February, after the screening
of her film, Little White Lie, filmmaker
Tracey Schwartz joined faculty members Evan Imber-Black and Walter
Vega in a panel discussion to explore
the issues of racial identity and family
secrets. More than 60 guests, including faculty, trainees, alumni, staff
and friends attended this enlightening event.
Ackerman Podcasts
Tune in to Ackerman Podcasts. With
approximately 22,000
subscribers, we have
listeners in the Americas, Europe, Asia
and Australia. Listen
to insightful interviews
with Ackerman faculty and visiting mental
health professionals
exploring issues on Family Therapy.
You can find our podcasts at ackerman.podbean.com.
International Training:
Hong Kong
Michele Scheinkman (center) with
the Faculty of the Ackerman Alumni
Institute of Hong Kong
News Update
Spring 2016
page 2
Ackerman Institute for the Family
Introducing Ackerman Institute’s New Board Members
Dan Rocker graduated from the
Externship Program in 2015. Prior to
earning
his MSW
from NYC
in 2010 and
setting up
his private
practice,
Dan had
extensive
experience
in the field
of finance.
Dan brings
his enthusiasm and
volunteer
knowledge to our leadership. September 2015.
Leslie Roberts graduated from the
Externship
Program
in 2015.
Leslie
brings a
great deal
of knowledge
of the
non-profit
field from
her experience as a
volunteer and founder and executive
director of Protected Paws. September 2015.
Debbie Werner,
graduated from
the Externship
in 2013. Social work is a
second career
for Debbie, and
volunteerism
a third career.
She is not only
a board member (December
2014), but she
has taken a
leadership position as the Chair of the Development
Committee, and Co-Chair of Ackerman’s annual gala.
2015 Moving Families Forward Gala, continued from page 1
Guests included members of our
Board of Directors, generous donors,
faculty, alumni, trainees, and their
friends and families.
Moving Families Forward Award; and,
actor and humanitarian, Jimmy Smits,
accepted the Ackerman Leadership
Award.
Former SEC Chairman,
William Donaldson accepted the Ackerman Partner
Award; Author, Jacqueline
Woodson received the
Board members, Martha Fling and Deborah
Werner, co-chaired
the successful evening, with Hugh Hildesley presiding during
the auction, and PIX
11 anchor Tamsen
Fadal serving as the
evening’s mistress of
ceremonies.
page 5
Upcoming Events
This year’s graduating class includes
from left to right: Sippio Smalls (Co-Director), Jennifer Rodriguez, Gregg
Payne, Monique Evans, Alivia Curl,
Laura Lee, Tyrone Carver, and Laurie
Kaplan (Co-Director).
Summer Clinical Practicum
June 6 -June 29, 2016
Congratulations to all!
Pride is For Kids Too
Gender & Family Project’s
Float in the NYC Pride Parade
June 26, 2016
Externship in Emotionally
Focused Couples Therapy
June 21 - 24, 2016
The culmination of this internship completes for each of these students their
degrees from the School of Social
Work at Hunter College, Columbia
University, and New York University.
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Adi Loebl, M.D.
“Bridging the Cap: A Cross
Disciplinary Discussion About
Medicine and Meaning,” Lecture and conversation co-presentation with Sarah Berland,
LCSW, at Mercy College, Dobbs
Ferry NY, May 2016.
Lois Braverman, LCSW
“Genograms, Birth Order and
Family Relationships,” Workshop
at the GenSpring Women’s Retreat, Palm Beach, FL, October
2015.
“Family Therapy with Young
Adults with Serious Mental
Illness,” Keynote address and
workshop at the XXIII Congreso
Mexicano de Psicologia, Cancun, Mexico, October 2015.
“Family Therapy with Young
Adults with Serious Mental
Illness,” Keynote presentation
at the Illinois Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy,
Annual Conference, Johnson,
IA, May 2015.
George Faller, LMFT
We honored Board member,
Alice Netter, with the Ackerman Distinguished Service
Award, for her dedicated
work on the board for more
than 28 years.
Spring 2016
Congratulations to this year’s
Social Work and Diversity Program Interns!
Board Leadership:
Harriet Habert, Managing Director &
Director
of Marketing for
Hollis Park
Partners.
She brings
new energy and
expertise
in the field
of finance
and
marketing.
March
2016.
News Update
Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life’s
Challenges for Positive Change.
Co-Author with Rev. Dr. Heather
Wright. Woodstock, VT: Skylight
Paths Publishing, April 2016.
Michele Scheinkman, LCSW
“A Multicultural Conversation
about Intimacy and Couples
Therapy,” All day case consultation and conceptual conversation in Tokyo, Japan, June, 2015.
“Deconstruction Impasses in
Couple’s Therapy: A Roadmap
for Couples Therapy,” Presentation at the 10th Anniversary
celebration of the Ackerman
Alumni Institute for the Family,
Hong Kong, March 2016.
“Working with the Vulnerability
Cycle and Multi-Level Approach
in Couples Therapy,” Presentation at the Counselling and
Care Centre, Singapore, March
2016.
Children, December 2015.
“Working with Families of Color
Impacted by Domestic Violence: Creating a Safe Space
for Healing,” January 2016.
Keynote Presentation at Culture,
Identity and Domestic Violence:
A Conference for Foster Care
and Preventive Staff sponsored
by The Children’s Aid Society’s
Domestic Violence and Child
Welfare Initiative of the Family
Wellness Program, New York, NY,
May 2016.
Ellen Wachtel, JD, Ph.D.
“The Things They Carried: An
Integrative Approach to
Working with Legacy Issues in
Couple Therapy,” Presentation
at Society for the Exploration
Marcia Sheinberg, LCSW
of Psychotherapy Integration,”
Presentation on Relational
Trauma to the Israeli Association Dublin, Ireland, June 2016.
of Marriage and Family Therapy,
“The Heart of Couple Therapy:
Israel, April 2016.
Knowing What to Do and How
to Do It,” Presentation at the
Fiona True, LCSW
Portuguese Association for Cog“Children and Relational Trauma” Webinars with The Bouverie nitive Psychotherapy, Lisbon,
Portugal, April 2016.
Center, Melbourne, Australia,
May/June 2015.
thandiwe Dee Watt-Jones,
“The Relational Trauma of InPh.D.
cest,” Presentation at the Family
“Social Location,” Webinar for
Institute of Westchester, White
Family Process, November 2015.
Plains, NY, February 2016.
“Invisible Injury Implosions:
“Relational Trauma: Working
How Do We Break the Cycle
Dorimar Morales, LCSW
with Youth in the Criminal Justice
of In-fighting Between/Among
“A Systemic-Relational ApSystem”Presentation at EsperanPeople of Color,” Webinar as
proach to School Counseling,”
za, New York, NY, March 2016.
part of Ken Hardy’s year-long
Presentation to Social Workers of
Workshop on Race, June 2015.
the New Jersey and Connective Walter Vega, LCSW
Divisions of Effective Schools
“Self-Care: Helping with Healthy
Solutions, New Jersey, February Boundaries,” Presentation at
2016.
NYS-TEACH at Advocates for
Personal Best Summer Intensive: Adult Development and
Sensitive Parenting
for At-Risk Families with
Young Children
July 6 - 8, 2016
Bolstering Learning through
Building Social-Emotional
Capacities and Family-School Partnerships
July 11 - 14, 2016
Bright Beginnings Summer
Intensive: Early Child Development and Parenting
Processes
July 18 - 21, 2016
Externship Graduation
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Save the Date
Moving Families Forward
Monday, October 24, 2016
To purchase a table or tickets or to make a contributions contact [email protected]
(914) 579-1000
2016 Graduating Class
Arnie Angerman
Amy Bauman
Miriam Denmark
Mika Kallner
Hope Kelaher
Cassandra Richmond
Yael Schlenger
Tara Starin-Basi
Courtney Stursberg
Graduation on July 20th
Congratulations!