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Engaging Loneliness in the Psychotherapy for Psychosis
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The Austen Fox Riggs Library and Archives is a unique resource, providing clinicians, scholars, and researchers with access to specialized psychological texts and medical archives.
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In Evidence: Measurement-based Care Can Guide Clinical Practice in Psychoanalysis
October 6, 2023
Accreditation Manager Steven Ackerman, PhD, and Director of Research Katie Lewis, PhD, talk about measurement-based care in the treatment of patients in a psychoanalytic residential treatment setting.
Educational Events
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) 2025 Annual Meeting
March 2, 2025
David Mintz, MD, and Eric Plakun, MD, present at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT).
David Mintz, MD, and Eric Plakun, MD, present at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT).
Educational Events
Assessing and Understanding Psychosis
March 5, 2025
In this presentation, Dr. Ridenour will describe how to assess psychosis using self-report measures, the TAT, and Rorschach. He will outline how to conceptualize the various aspects of psychosis from a psychodynamic and phenomenological perspective, including struggles with language, reality testing, thought organization, and self-other boundaries.
In this presentation, Dr. Ridenour will describe how to assess psychosis using self-report measures, the TAT, and Rorschach. He will outline how to conceptualize the various aspects of psychosis from a psychodynamic and phenomenological perspective, including struggles with language, reality testing, thought organization, and self-other boundaries.
Educational Events
The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations
March 7, 2025
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, presents "The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations" as part of the Houston Psychoanalytic Society's Online Evening Lecture series.
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, presents "The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations" as part of the Houston Psychoanalytic Society's Online Evening Lecture series.
Educational Events
Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Skin Patient
March 14, 2025
Jorge Claudio Ulnik, MD, PhD, explores the identity and the skin, the self-inflicted lesions, the mimetic moment and the tattoos, the hypothetical role of mirror neurons, the death on the skin, the symbiosis, the skin and the gaze.
Jorge Claudio Ulnik, MD, PhD, explores the identity and the skin, the self-inflicted lesions, the mimetic moment and the tattoos, the hypothetical role of mirror neurons, the death on the skin, the symbiosis, the skin and the gaze.
Educational Events
20th Annual Austen Riggs College Counseling Conference: Peer Support, Community, and Belonging
April 14, 2025
A virtual conference for college mental health clinicians and those supporting students’ mental health.
A virtual conference for college mental health clinicians and those supporting students’ mental health.
Educational Events
The Innate Capacity for Representing Subjective Experience: The Infant’s Mind is Neither Primitive nor Pre-representational
April 25, 2025
In this presentation, Anne Erreich, PhD, cites the prominence of theories which locate serious adult psychopathology in the pre-verbal infant’s inability to formulate or represent traumatic experience.
In this presentation, Anne Erreich, PhD, cites the prominence of theories which locate serious adult psychopathology in the pre-verbal infant’s inability to formulate or represent traumatic experience.
Educational Events
Interpersonal Trauma and the Developmental Roots of Personality Disorders
April 25, 2025
Dr. Clara Mucci presents the three levels of interpersonal traumatizations with all the consequences at the level of attachment styles, interpersonal neurobiology, and affect regulation and personability dynamics up to the point of developing complex PTSD and personality disorders.
Dr. Clara Mucci presents the three levels of interpersonal traumatizations with all the consequences at the level of attachment styles, interpersonal neurobiology, and affect regulation and personability dynamics up to the point of developing complex PTSD and personality disorders.
Conferences
6th Annual Residents' Conference on Working with Complex, Difficult-to-Treat Patients
May 2, 2025
A virtual conference designed specifically for advanced psychiatric residents (PGY3, PGY4, and Fellows).
A virtual conference designed specifically for advanced psychiatric residents (PGY3, PGY4, and Fellows).
Educational Events
The Place From Which We Know: a Response to the “Ontological” Turn in Psychoanalysis
May 16, 2025
Dr. Hannah Wallerstein address the recent shift towards was has been termed an “ontological” approach to psychoanalysis (Ogden 2019), in which experiencing and becoming oneself more fully are seen as the goals of treatment, with the generation of knowledge taking a back seat.
Dr. Hannah Wallerstein address the recent shift towards was has been termed an “ontological” approach to psychoanalysis (Ogden 2019), in which experiencing and becoming oneself more fully are seen as the goals of treatment, with the generation of knowledge taking a back seat.
Special Events
Psychosis Care and Connection: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June 26, 2025
A roundtable retreat hosted by Ellenhorn & Gould Farm with presentations from Ellenhorn, Gould Farm, the Austen Riggs Center, and Windhorse Integrative Mental Health.
A roundtable retreat hosted by Ellenhorn & Gould Farm with presentations from Ellenhorn, Gould Farm, the Austen Riggs Center, and Windhorse Integrative Mental Health.
Resource
In Evidence: Measurement-based Care Can Guide Clinical Practice in Psychoanalysis
October 6, 2023
Accreditation Manager Steven Ackerman, PhD, and Director of Research Katie Lewis, PhD, talk about measurement-based care in the treatment of patients in a psychoanalytic residential treatment setting.
Educational Events
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) 2025 Annual Meeting
March 2, 2025
David Mintz, MD, and Eric Plakun, MD, present at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT).
David Mintz, MD, and Eric Plakun, MD, present at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT).
Educational Events
Assessing and Understanding Psychosis
March 5, 2025
In this presentation, Dr. Ridenour will describe how to assess psychosis using self-report measures, the TAT, and Rorschach. He will outline how to conceptualize the various aspects of psychosis from a psychodynamic and phenomenological perspective, including struggles with language, reality testing, thought organization, and self-other boundaries.
In this presentation, Dr. Ridenour will describe how to assess psychosis using self-report measures, the TAT, and Rorschach. He will outline how to conceptualize the various aspects of psychosis from a psychodynamic and phenomenological perspective, including struggles with language, reality testing, thought organization, and self-other boundaries.
Educational Events
The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations
March 7, 2025
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, presents "The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations" as part of the Houston Psychoanalytic Society's Online Evening Lecture series.
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, presents "The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations" as part of the Houston Psychoanalytic Society's Online Evening Lecture series.
Educational Events
Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Skin Patient
March 14, 2025
Jorge Claudio Ulnik, MD, PhD, explores the identity and the skin, the self-inflicted lesions, the mimetic moment and the tattoos, the hypothetical role of mirror neurons, the death on the skin, the symbiosis, the skin and the gaze.
Jorge Claudio Ulnik, MD, PhD, explores the identity and the skin, the self-inflicted lesions, the mimetic moment and the tattoos, the hypothetical role of mirror neurons, the death on the skin, the symbiosis, the skin and the gaze.
Educational Events
20th Annual Austen Riggs College Counseling Conference: Peer Support, Community, and Belonging
April 14, 2025
A virtual conference for college mental health clinicians and those supporting students’ mental health.
A virtual conference for college mental health clinicians and those supporting students’ mental health.
Educational Events
The Innate Capacity for Representing Subjective Experience: The Infant’s Mind is Neither Primitive nor Pre-representational
April 25, 2025
In this presentation, Anne Erreich, PhD, cites the prominence of theories which locate serious adult psychopathology in the pre-verbal infant’s inability to formulate or represent traumatic experience.
In this presentation, Anne Erreich, PhD, cites the prominence of theories which locate serious adult psychopathology in the pre-verbal infant’s inability to formulate or represent traumatic experience.
Educational Events
Interpersonal Trauma and the Developmental Roots of Personality Disorders
April 25, 2025
Dr. Clara Mucci presents the three levels of interpersonal traumatizations with all the consequences at the level of attachment styles, interpersonal neurobiology, and affect regulation and personability dynamics up to the point of developing complex PTSD and personality disorders.
Dr. Clara Mucci presents the three levels of interpersonal traumatizations with all the consequences at the level of attachment styles, interpersonal neurobiology, and affect regulation and personability dynamics up to the point of developing complex PTSD and personality disorders.
Conferences
6th Annual Residents' Conference on Working with Complex, Difficult-to-Treat Patients
May 2, 2025
A virtual conference designed specifically for advanced psychiatric residents (PGY3, PGY4, and Fellows).
A virtual conference designed specifically for advanced psychiatric residents (PGY3, PGY4, and Fellows).
Educational Events
The Place From Which We Know: a Response to the “Ontological” Turn in Psychoanalysis
May 16, 2025
Dr. Hannah Wallerstein address the recent shift towards was has been termed an “ontological” approach to psychoanalysis (Ogden 2019), in which experiencing and becoming oneself more fully are seen as the goals of treatment, with the generation of knowledge taking a back seat.
Dr. Hannah Wallerstein address the recent shift towards was has been termed an “ontological” approach to psychoanalysis (Ogden 2019), in which experiencing and becoming oneself more fully are seen as the goals of treatment, with the generation of knowledge taking a back seat.
Special Events
Psychosis Care and Connection: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June 26, 2025
A roundtable retreat hosted by Ellenhorn & Gould Farm with presentations from Ellenhorn, Gould Farm, the Austen Riggs Center, and Windhorse Integrative Mental Health.
A roundtable retreat hosted by Ellenhorn & Gould Farm with presentations from Ellenhorn, Gould Farm, the Austen Riggs Center, and Windhorse Integrative Mental Health.
Resource
In Evidence: Measurement-based Care Can Guide Clinical Practice in Psychoanalysis
October 6, 2023
Accreditation Manager Steven Ackerman, PhD, and Director of Research Katie Lewis, PhD, talk about measurement-based care in the treatment of patients in a psychoanalytic residential treatment setting.
Educational Events
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) 2025 Annual Meeting
March 2, 2025
David Mintz, MD, and Eric Plakun, MD, present at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT).
David Mintz, MD, and Eric Plakun, MD, present at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT).
Educational Events
Assessing and Understanding Psychosis
March 5, 2025
In this presentation, Dr. Ridenour will describe how to assess psychosis using self-report measures, the TAT, and Rorschach. He will outline how to conceptualize the various aspects of psychosis from a psychodynamic and phenomenological perspective, including struggles with language, reality testing, thought organization, and self-other boundaries.
In this presentation, Dr. Ridenour will describe how to assess psychosis using self-report measures, the TAT, and Rorschach. He will outline how to conceptualize the various aspects of psychosis from a psychodynamic and phenomenological perspective, including struggles with language, reality testing, thought organization, and self-other boundaries.
Educational Events
The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations
March 7, 2025
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, presents "The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations" as part of the Houston Psychoanalytic Society's Online Evening Lecture series.
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, presents "The Use of Dreams in Creative Psychoanalytic Transformations" as part of the Houston Psychoanalytic Society's Online Evening Lecture series.
Educational Events
Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Skin Patient
March 14, 2025
Jorge Claudio Ulnik, MD, PhD, explores the identity and the skin, the self-inflicted lesions, the mimetic moment and the tattoos, the hypothetical role of mirror neurons, the death on the skin, the symbiosis, the skin and the gaze.
Jorge Claudio Ulnik, MD, PhD, explores the identity and the skin, the self-inflicted lesions, the mimetic moment and the tattoos, the hypothetical role of mirror neurons, the death on the skin, the symbiosis, the skin and the gaze.
Educational Events
20th Annual Austen Riggs College Counseling Conference: Peer Support, Community, and Belonging
April 14, 2025
A virtual conference for college mental health clinicians and those supporting students’ mental health.
A virtual conference for college mental health clinicians and those supporting students’ mental health.
Educational Events
The Innate Capacity for Representing Subjective Experience: The Infant’s Mind is Neither Primitive nor Pre-representational
April 25, 2025
In this presentation, Anne Erreich, PhD, cites the prominence of theories which locate serious adult psychopathology in the pre-verbal infant’s inability to formulate or represent traumatic experience.
In this presentation, Anne Erreich, PhD, cites the prominence of theories which locate serious adult psychopathology in the pre-verbal infant’s inability to formulate or represent traumatic experience.
Educational Events
Interpersonal Trauma and the Developmental Roots of Personality Disorders
April 25, 2025
Dr. Clara Mucci presents the three levels of interpersonal traumatizations with all the consequences at the level of attachment styles, interpersonal neurobiology, and affect regulation and personability dynamics up to the point of developing complex PTSD and personality disorders.
Dr. Clara Mucci presents the three levels of interpersonal traumatizations with all the consequences at the level of attachment styles, interpersonal neurobiology, and affect regulation and personability dynamics up to the point of developing complex PTSD and personality disorders.
Conferences
6th Annual Residents' Conference on Working with Complex, Difficult-to-Treat Patients
May 2, 2025
A virtual conference designed specifically for advanced psychiatric residents (PGY3, PGY4, and Fellows).
A virtual conference designed specifically for advanced psychiatric residents (PGY3, PGY4, and Fellows).
Educational Events
The Place From Which We Know: a Response to the “Ontological” Turn in Psychoanalysis
May 16, 2025
Dr. Hannah Wallerstein address the recent shift towards was has been termed an “ontological” approach to psychoanalysis (Ogden 2019), in which experiencing and becoming oneself more fully are seen as the goals of treatment, with the generation of knowledge taking a back seat.
Dr. Hannah Wallerstein address the recent shift towards was has been termed an “ontological” approach to psychoanalysis (Ogden 2019), in which experiencing and becoming oneself more fully are seen as the goals of treatment, with the generation of knowledge taking a back seat.
Special Events
Psychosis Care and Connection: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June 26, 2025
A roundtable retreat hosted by Ellenhorn & Gould Farm with presentations from Ellenhorn, Gould Farm, the Austen Riggs Center, and Windhorse Integrative Mental Health.
A roundtable retreat hosted by Ellenhorn & Gould Farm with presentations from Ellenhorn, Gould Farm, the Austen Riggs Center, and Windhorse Integrative Mental Health.