For 40 years, the Ackerman Institute for the Family has helped families through therapeutic interventions. Ackerman remains a leading national presence in helping families meet the challenges of our complex society. One of the first training institutions in the United States committed to promoting family functioning and family mental health, Ackerman is dedicated to helping all families at all stages of family life. Through its dynamic interaction of research, treatment, and training, Ackerman's work positively affects generations of families, and mental health care professionals as well as influences community service agencies and other health care facilities. The Ackerman faculty conducts research projects on issues such as urgent family crises, depression and gender.
Research also evolves into new insights about family dynamics and methods of treatment.
Seminal findings are incorporated immediately into Ackerman's training programs. These findings are disseminated to health care professionals in the New York metropolitan area, nationally, and internationally through lectures, videotapes, articles and publications. Treatment Faculty and externs at the Ackerman Clinic see more than 14,000 client contacts annually. Families of varied ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds are treated at the clinic. Thousands of families are also served by health professionals trained by Ackerman faculty who are on staff at school, hospitals, family courts, and community centers.