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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Harold Grinspoon Underwrites Access to Austen Riggs Center Online Treatment
November 12, 2024
$250,000 matching gift opens the door for emerging adults in MA who cannot afford mental health treatment.
General Articles and Interviews
Where Patients Take Charge of Their Lives When Other Treatments Haven't Worked
May 10, 2024
At Austen Riggs, patients report statistically significant, clinically meaningful improvements in depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive symptoms, and overall symptom severity.
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