The Ackerman Podcast

Dr. Pauline Boss, PhD stops by to discuss Ambiguous Loss and the Myth of Closure. 

Froma Walsh, PhD stops by to discuss Family Resilience.

Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz stops by to discuss her film 'Little White Lie'.

Martha Edwards PhD stops by to discuss The Parenting Process Model.

Special Episode!  Self of the Faculty Series Talk with thandiwe Dee Watts-Jones PhD.

Sari Cooper LCSW stops by to discuss Sexual Avoidance. 

Aron Janssen MD joins us to discuss the correlation between gender dysphoria and the autism spectrum.

George Faller LMFT joins us to discuss the stigma in mental health.

Judy Grossman DrPH OTR discusses her work on parenting children with special needs.

Mary Kim Brewster PhD discusses how mental illness affects the family.

Froma Walsh PhD stops by to discuss spirituality in the therapy room!

Catherine Lewis LCSW joins us to discuss the Foster Care system.

Brent Atkinson PhD joins us to discuss how to increase our capacity for love!

Dr. Sue Johnson stops by to discuss attachment.

Martha Straus PhD stops by to discuss how she negotiates difficult youths in the therapy room.

Special Episode!  Evan Imber-Black PhD reflects on her career in this Self of the Faculty Series talk.

Evan Imber-Back PhD joins us for #12 to share her thoughts on secrets in the therapy room.

Dan Hughes PhD joins us to discuss his work with children who have experienced trauma and neglect.

thandiwe Dee Watts-Jones, PhD joins us for episode #10!  She shares her thoughts on racial issues in society and the mental health community.

Richard Brown, PhD stops by to discuss the use of breathing techniques as a form of therapy for the masses.

Sex therapist Suzanne Iasenza, PhD joins us to discuss her presentation, Expanding Sexual Frames in Theory and Practice in Couples Therapy.

Couples therapist Michele Scheinkman, LCSW discusses the "Vulnerability Cycle" model used to help couples move beyond their impasses.

William Madsen, PhD, Director of the Family Centered Services Project joins us for episode #6 to discuss enhancing mental health, social services, education and health care agencies with a family-centered philosophy and framework.

In episode #5 Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT, talks about gender non-conforming youths and the Gender and Family Project

Renowned therapist Peggy Papp, LCSW, stops by the Ackerman Podcast to discuss her work with adolescence and their families.

Mona Fishbane, PhD, stops by to talk about her new book, and explains why we do better when we form close connections.

In episode #2, Celia Jaes Falicov, PhD, joins us to discuss her work with Multicultural Couples. 

Welcome to the Ackerman Podcast!  A podcast dedicated to exploring issues in Family Therapy.  In our first episode, Elana Katz, LCSW, LMFT, discusses divorce mediation as an alternative to the traditional judicial separation process.