2005-2006

Supervisor: Fran Ackerman, M.S.W.

Dates: Beginning Sunday, November 13, 2005 for 20 weeks

Time: 8:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Tuition: $650

Group size is limited. An interview with Fran Ackerman is required prior to admission to this program.  

Externship at the Family Institute is a one-year, 40-hour, postgraduate program of clinical training intended to provide practitioners with the opportunity for intensive, small group, professional development in Couple’s Counseling and Family Therapy.

As a member of a therapeutic team, externs actively observe the ongoing work of a senior family therapist, through a one-way mirror. Participants engage in therapeutic planning during pre-and post-session case conferences and learn relevant theoretical concepts from a seasoned practitioner through didactic and video presentations. In addition, externs learn how therapeutic planning and judgment are actualized in clinical work.  The training experience is both live and dynamic as externs are taught to conceptualize and intervene as couples and family therapists involved in the challenges and complexities of ongoing therapeutic work.

Fran Ackerman is a former faculty member of the Ackerman Institute in NY. She is on the faculty of The Hebrew University's School of Social Work, is a clinical supervisor at the Family Institute of Neve Yerushalayim, and has a private practice in Jerusalem.

Externship at the Family Institute is a one-year, 40-hour, postgraduate program of clinical training intended to provide practitioners with the opportunity for intensive, small group, professional development in Couple’s Counseling and Family Therapy.

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