Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA
Your Treatment Experience
At the Austen Riggs Center, each patient’s treatment experience is unique. Yet all share the basic principles of our psychodynamic approach to therapy and residential treatment.
Initial Evaluation & Treatment
During these first six weeks at Riggs, you’ll settle in and engage in aspects of the program. You’ll immerse yourself in our therapeutic community, get to know fellow community members, and begin to let yourself be known. For some, this period of six weeks is the entire duration of treatment at Riggs, but most people stay longer.
Inn Residential Programs
Riggs offers a continuum of care serving different levels of developmental needs. Our Inn Residential Programs offer patients an environment resembling a New England historic inn or college campus more than a hospital.
Step-Down Programs
Two renovated historic homes offer a space for further developing self-management, interpersonal ability, and independent living skills, along with the capacity to rejoin the various communities outside Riggs.
Our Programs and Services
Our integrated mental health programs and services are designed with the intent to foster a therapeutic alliance that can ultimately help you come to terms with whatever has been holding you back.
Former Patient Stories
Hear first-hand from Austen Riggs Center Alumni about their experiences before, during, and after treatment at Riggs.
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Getting My Life Back: Liz Jezierski, Austen Riggs Former Patient, 2021
December 16, 2024
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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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.
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