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Anne
Ziff, M.S., M.A., is a New York and Connecticut-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
with private practices in Manhattan and in Westport CT; she is an American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Approved Supervisor
and
clinical member. An Assistant
Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, she teaches and supervises
residents in Marriage and Family Therapy
theory
and practice. Ziff is certified as an Understanding-based Mediator and as an Advanced
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce Mental Health
Worker by the CT Council for Divorce Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution,
and certified in Object Relations by the Washington School of Psychiatry. She is
also a certified Group Psychotherapist.
Her book, "Marrying
Well: the Clinician's Guide to Premarital Counseling,"
will be published by Norton in late 2009. In addition to her
private practice, Anne Ziff often leads groups
and workshops or speaks at public meetings and conferences on topics including:
- Recognizing and Negotiating the Premarital Stage You're In
- How to "Marry
Well"
- How is our Couple Changing Now that We're Parents?
- Baby's First Year
in the Family
- How to Protect Feelings and Acts of
Love
- The Empty Nest Marriage
- Menopause: a Gateway
- Is this Anxiety or Depression, and
What do I Do Now?
Highlights of her career:
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Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, The Mount Sinai Medical Center |
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Participant and presenter at the Mt. Sinai Hospital Group and Family
Therapy weekly conference. |
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Participated in the Understanding-based Mediation Training Program, an
intensive presented by the Center for Mediation in Law. |
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Participant in a delegation of senior American marriage and family
therapists visiting the People's Republic of China to engage in bilateral
exchanges with professional counterparts in Beijing, Guilin, Shanghai, and
Hong Kong, under the auspices of People to People Ambassador Program in
conjunction with Beijing Normal University. |
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Representative for the American Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy in meetings of the National Inter-Disciplinary Conference of
Attorneys and Mental Health practitioners, a committee of the Academy for
Matrimonial Attorneys. Served as mental health co-chair for two years. |
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Founding chairperson of CT Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's
"Take a Lawyer to Lunch" committee, dedicated to increasing communication
and understanding between attorneys and therapists, to provide mutual
respect, and ultimately reduce the acrimony between spouses involved in
divorce proceedings in order to benefit the children of these families. |
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Teacher, writer, and editor in NY, MN, and NJ. |
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Education
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MS, University of Bridgeport (family therapy) |
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MA, Hunter College (communications) |
Certificates
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Advanced and Basic trainings in Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce
Practice, presented by the Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation and Family
Dispute Resolution (CCDM) in association with The Vancouver Group. |
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American Group Therapy Association: Certified Group Psychotherapist |
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American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy: Approved supervisor |
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Washington School of Psychiatry (Object Relations) |
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NY Institute for Psychosynthesis |
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