NYC - ACBS

ACBS Greater New York Metropolitan Region, Inc

Affiliated 2010

www.nycacbs.com

CURRENT BOARD

Mike Femenella, PhD; President

Laura Silberstein, PsyD; President Elect

Don Marks, PhD; Secretary-Treasurer

Jonathan Kaplan, PhD; 1st Member at large

Heddie Tinker, LMHC; 2nd Member at large & Event Committee Chair

CHAPTER CO-FOUNDERS AND PRESIDENTS EMERITI:

Mark Sisti, PhD: Past President

Yosef Gurevitch, LCSW; Past President

Dennis Tirch, PhD; Past President

Mission/Objectives

Foster the development of functional contextual behavioral science and practice within greater NY metropolitan region so as to alleviate human suffering and advance human well-being. 

Description of Membership

Members of the association shall be persons who are interested in the advancement of functional contextual science and practice. The types of memberships shall be professional, student, and affiliate. 

Chapter Activities

The association may hold periodic meetings for the transaction of business and presentations regarding developments in contextual behavioral science, application, and the advancement of human welfare.  The association may engage in activities designed to accomplish its purposes, including:

• Maintain an open monthly study & practice group with rotating facilitators; contact Brian Pilecki pilecki@gmail.com (NYC study & practice link)
• Promote and encourage a variety of mutual ACT peer supervison groups (please contact us about joining these groups)
• Affiliate, coordinate & sponsor NYC regional and interstate chapters & affiliates with startup and mutual ventures (e.g., NY, NJ, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Long Island)
• Newsletters, virtual bulletin board, journals, and other publications
• Maintaining websites (www.nycacbs.com), social media (NYC-ACBS Facebook Group),  ACBS-NYC yahoo group
• Promoting ACT, CBS & RFT professional & public education 

If you are in NYC on the third Thursday of the month, please do stop into to our ACT open study group (see below link for more details)

Contact: nycacbs@gmail.com

website: www.nycacbs.com

AFFILIATES:
METRO AREA REGIONAL NYC-ACBS AFFILIATES:

Connecticut:

If you are an ACBS member living or working in Connecticut, you may also wish to join the ACT-CT Yahoo Group (an email listserv). For questions about the group, or to request to be added, please send an email to actct-owner@yahoogroups.com with your name, preferred email address, and organizational affiliation.

New Jersey: North Jersey Central Affiliate

If you are an ACBS member living or working in NJ and are looking for local ACBS community consider joining, "The North Central Affiliate of ACBS". For questions about the group or to request to be added, please send an email to drrobh@hotmail.com with your name, preferred email address, and organizational affiliation.

Buffalo, NY

If you are an ACBS member living or working in Buffalo and are looking for local ACBS community consider joining, "The Buffalo Affiliate of ACBS". For more information, please go to: https://contextualscience.org/usa_buffalo_ny_affiliate_of_acbs