Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA & VT
Education & Research
Through the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy, the Austen Riggs Center advances psychoanalytic education, clinical training, research, and advocacy. Our programs bring together clinicians, researchers, educators, and scholars to deepen understanding of mental health and advance psychodynamic approaches to psychiatric care.
Erikson Institute
The Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center offers psychoanalytic education, supports and conducts research, and undertakes community engagement. The Institute helps clinicians, educators, researchers, and scholars understand and respond to problems individuals, groups, and society face.
Fellowship
The Erikson Institute offers an Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship for psychiatrists and psychologists seeking advanced clinical training in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
Course
Resolving Therapeutic Dilemmas in Suicidal Clients Using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
August 13, 2026
Free CE/CME course with Robert J. Gregory, MD
Course
The AI Pharmakon in Psychoanalytic Care: Ambivalence, Augmentation, and Psychoanalytic Futures
January 14, 2026
Free CE/CME course with Todd Essig, PhD
Course
Therapeutic Assessment: Using Psychological Testing as Brief Therapy
January 14, 2026
Free CE/CME course with Stephen E. Finn, PhD
Library and Archives
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.
Riggs Resources
The Austen Riggs Center provides clinicians, researchers, scholars, and members of the general public with free access to a large array of articles, videos, courses, and other resources related to mental health care.