Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA
Former Patient Stories
A Life Reclaimed: Andrea Madden, Austen Riggs Former Patient, 2015-2016
It was a 180-degree change from the girl who was lying on the couch in the same clothes for two weeks because the thought of walking three feet to go take a shower was exhausting. I am not that person anymore.
Austen Riggs Saved My Life and Helped Me Create a Life I Wanted to Live
With the perspective of someone who has been "on both sides of the couch," I have strong feelings about my treatment then, and for what continues to pass as "treatment as usual" in the majority of contemporary treatment settings.
Lessons for Life: Ron Auerbacher, Austen Riggs Former Patient 1965-1967
The 1960s was a time of social upheaval for millions of people. One of them was Ron Auerbacher, who wrestled with deep anxiety and depression, while struggling to understand his emerging identity as a young, gay man. At a point of dire stress in his life, Riggs marked a key step at the beginning of a decades-long journey to successfully understand himself and his place in a community.
Getting My Life Back: Liz Jezierski, Austen Riggs Former Patient, 2021
In the depths of the pandemic, things could not have been harder for someone struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Anxious, depressed, unable to leave the house, Liz Jezierski felt life was not worth living. But through hard work and perseverance during her seven months at Riggs, “I got my life back and I got it back better.”
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Admission Process
If other treatments haven’t worked, Riggs may be right for you. Unlike some other psychiatric hospitals in Massachusetts or elsewhere, our relational, patient-centered treatment approach addresses underlying issues, not just symptoms.
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From first contact to consultation, follow the steps in our admission process.
People We Treat
At Riggs, we welcome adults (age 18 and up) from across the country and around the world who seek a self-directed behavioral treatment approach to help them return to a more satisfying life. Our intensive residential treatment is for people who are not in acute crisis, but for whom outpatient treatment just isn’t enough.