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Education & Training
The Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center provides extensive psychoanalytic education and clinical training for professionals in all stages of their careers. These offerings include our Fellowship, the Elective in Psychodynamic Psychiatry, the Erikson Scholar Program, and dozens of live and on-demand continuing education and continuing medical education courses.
CE/CME Courses
We present a broad array of live and on-demand continuing education (CE) / continuing medical education (CME) courses for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health professionals, the majority of which are provided without charge.
Fellowship
Expand your expertise through the Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship in Hospital-Based Psychotherapy for psychiatrists and psychologists.
Elective in Psychodynamic Psychiatry
The Elective in Psychodynamic Psychiatry is designed to provide students of psychiatry (including both medical students and psychiatric residents) with psychodynamic perspectives that complement the medical model that is dominant in mainstream psychiatric approaches to major psychiatric illness.
Erikson Scholar Program
The Erikson Scholar-in-Residence Program creates and maintains an exchange of ideas between academicians and clinicians to explore interactions between the internal and external worlds. This interdisciplinary program enriches our understanding of each, which often has application to larger societal problems.
News
Lessons for Life: Ron Auerbacher, Austen Riggs Former Patient 1965-1967
December 12, 2024
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.
News
The Impact of Suicide Loss on Clinicians and Healthcare Organizations: Research, Responses, and Support Strategies
December 4, 2024
Dr. Jane G. Tillman explores the emotional and professional consequences of suicide loss—particularly in institutional settings where a patient dies by suicide.
Clinical Perspectives