Austen Riggs Center | Residential Psychiatric Treatment | Stockbridge, MA
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Austen Riggs Center | Residential Psychiatric Treatment | Stockbridge, MA
Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA & VT
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About
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Treatment
The Riggs Difference
What We Treat
Who We Treat
Is Residential Treatment Right For Your Loved One
Your Treatment Experience
Initial Evaluation & Treatment
Inn Residential Programs
Step-Down Programs
Programs & Services
Patient Outcomes & Results
Admission
Treatment Cost
Admissions Process
Admissions Checklist
Former Patient Stories and Reviews
Frequently Asked Questions
Refer a Patient
Online Information Series - Prospective Patients & Families
Online Information Series - Referring Clinicians
About
Mission & Vision
History & Facts
The Campus Experience
Our Team
Careers
Give to Riggs
Board of Trustees
Nursery School
Education & Research
Erikson Institute
Education & Training
Continuing Education Courses
Fellowship
Elective In Psychodynamic Psychiatry
Erikson Scholar Program
Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy
Undergraduate Internships
Research
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Psychodynamic Research Mentorship Program
Resources
Library/Archives
Meaning Matters Community
Events
News
Contact Us
Intensive Outpatient Program
Frequently Asked Questions - IOP
Hope Through Engagement
For Prospective Patients
Is Riggs Right for Me?
For Clinicians
To Refer a Patient, Call 800.517.4447
For Families
Is Residential Treatment Right For Your Loved One?
Nestled in the Berkshires, the Austen Riggs Center is a unique residential mental health treatment center. Here in our open setting in western Massachusetts, you’ll find the space and support you need to understand your problems, find your voice, and make your way forward.
Learn About Us
Online Information Series: Understanding the Austen Riggs Center Treatment Approach
Join an upcoming online information session to see if Riggs is the right fit for you, a family member, or your patient. Sessions are offered from 5:00-5:50 p.m. (Eastern) on multiple dates throughout the year.
For Prospective Patients & Families
Choosing a residential psychiatric treatment program is a meaningful and often complex decision. These free online sessions are designed for individuals and families who are trying to figure out if residential treatment is the right choice. Our Director of Admissions and Director of Psychological Testing will walk you through how Austen Riggs works, who it tends to help most, and what the process of getting evaluated looks like.
There's no pressure and no commitment. Just an opportunity to learn more and ask what's on your mind.
Learn more and register for an upcoming session.
For Referring Clinicians
These sessions are designed specifically for clinicians and referral partners who want a clearer picture of what Austen Riggs offers, which patients tend to be the best fit, and how the admissions and evaluation process works.
If you're working with someone whose treatment has plateaued, become cyclical, or hasn't held across multiple levels of care, this is a practical opportunity to explore whether a Riggs referral makes clinical sense.
Learn more and register for an online information session.
Our Approach to Your Treatment
We are a psychiatric residential treatment facility with a different approach: We treat the person, not just the diagnosis. Our caring experts work with you to illuminate the stories behind your symptoms. Time, space, and support for reflection can lead you to better understand yourself and your relationships, enabling you to address a range of issues and build a more satisfying life.
Depression & Depressive Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Psychotic Disorders Including Schizophrenia
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Suicide & Suicidal Ideation
Self-Harm
Substance Use*
Learn More
*Although we don’t offer treatment to people whose substance use disorder (SUD) is active or primary, many of those struggling with mental disorders have co-occurring SUDs.
Former Patient Stories
“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.” ~Andrea
Testimonials
Admission Process
We focus on understanding the psychological dilemmas that underlie symptomatic behavior so that people can increasingly take charge of their lives.
Learn More About Admission
Speak With Admissions
From first contact to consultation, follow the steps in our admission process.
Contact Admissions
800.517.4447
Patient Outcomes & Results
94%
of discharged patients were satisfied with their individual psychotherapy
I attended a recent reunion and felt so proud to be able to bring my family, a family which itself was unthinkable before my time at Riggs. There can be life on the other side of a grueling process."
-
Peter G.
Patient Outcomes
96%
of discharged patients developed a clearer understanding about their difficulties
When I came to Riggs, after 40 hospitalizations, I was dying. The intensive psychotherapy was painful, difficult, and extraordinary. The therapeutic community let me see my problematic behavior reflected in my peers. I found my best self at Riggs."
-
Polly Schlitz, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
88%
of discharged patients developed a greater ability to talk openly and honestly
Austen Riggs saved my life or, more accurately, gave me my life. When I went to Riggs, at age 18, I felt recognized for the first time ever in my life. . . . I am enormously grateful for the discoveries I made while I was there."
-
PHILIP CARLSON, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
I look at Riggs as the place that broke my fall. I discovered my competency and I found my voice. I started by expressing my anger about almost everything. But this expression opened many doors for me. From there, I broke the downward spiral."
-
CJ, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
94%
of discharged patients were satisfied with their individual psychotherapy
I attended a recent reunion and felt so proud to be able to bring my family, a family which itself was unthinkable before my time at Riggs. There can be life on the other side of a grueling process."
-
Peter G.
Patient Outcomes
96%
of discharged patients developed a clearer understanding about their difficulties
When I came to Riggs, after 40 hospitalizations, I was dying. The intensive psychotherapy was painful, difficult, and extraordinary. The therapeutic community let me see my problematic behavior reflected in my peers. I found my best self at Riggs."
-
Polly Schlitz, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
88%
of discharged patients developed a greater ability to talk openly and honestly
Austen Riggs saved my life or, more accurately, gave me my life. When I went to Riggs, at age 18, I felt recognized for the first time ever in my life. . . . I am enormously grateful for the discoveries I made while I was there."
-
PHILIP CARLSON, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
I look at Riggs as the place that broke my fall. I discovered my competency and I found my voice. I started by expressing my anger about almost everything. But this expression opened many doors for me. From there, I broke the downward spiral."
-
CJ, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
94%
of discharged patients were satisfied with their individual psychotherapy
I attended a recent reunion and felt so proud to be able to bring my family, a family which itself was unthinkable before my time at Riggs. There can be life on the other side of a grueling process."
-
Peter G.
Patient Outcomes
96%
of discharged patients developed a clearer understanding about their difficulties
When I came to Riggs, after 40 hospitalizations, I was dying. The intensive psychotherapy was painful, difficult, and extraordinary. The therapeutic community let me see my problematic behavior reflected in my peers. I found my best self at Riggs."
-
Polly Schlitz, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
88%
of discharged patients developed a greater ability to talk openly and honestly
Austen Riggs saved my life or, more accurately, gave me my life. When I went to Riggs, at age 18, I felt recognized for the first time ever in my life. . . . I am enormously grateful for the discoveries I made while I was there."
-
PHILIP CARLSON, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
I look at Riggs as the place that broke my fall. I discovered my competency and I found my voice. I started by expressing my anger about almost everything. But this expression opened many doors for me. From there, I broke the downward spiral."
-
CJ, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
Fresh Insights, Research and Expertise
Our Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy is about the advancement of knowledge. We offer an Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship for both psychiatrists and psychologists. Staff publish clinical research and scholarship, our faculty present and teach around the world, and we offer national and international professional education. Outreach and advocacy are also important aspects of the Erikson Institute.
Learn More
Upcoming Events
Conferences
Drs. Marilyn Charles & Hannah Schmitt Present at Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology Annual Conference
April
22
,
2026
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, and Hannah Schmitt, PsyD, will present at the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Conference in New York City.
Special Events
Everything You Wanted to Know (And More!) About the Austen Riggs Fellowship for Psychiatrists and Psychologists – A Virtual Open House
April
22
,
2026
Join us for a virtual open house to learn more about our unique and exceptional Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship.
Educational Events
Race, Fear, and the American Way
April
24
,
2026
Dr. Moore considers the framework of fear and racialization as conceived in the historic work of Frantz Fanon through the work of Afro Futurists who offer language and framing for holding sites of possibility in the Black imaginary in the midst of oppressive conditions of the present.
Special Events
Leading from Experience: Finding Your Negative Capability
May
1
,
2026
This workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ ability to exercise leadership in a broad range of work roles through finding one's negative capability and taking up a consultative stance.
Special Events
Dislocated Presences: Technology, the Psyche, and the Meaning of Virtual Space
May
9
,
2026
This roundtable (with in-person and virtual attendance options) examines how digital technologies are reshaping psychic life within the context of place and its disembodied absence.
Educational Events
Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach
May
15
,
2026
Dr. Hadas Pade presents about inequitable access to psychological assessments and advocates for a multi-tiered, population health approach using broader providers and earlier, more accessible screenings.
Educational Events
Matrix, Environment, Atmosphere: How Mother Became a Medium
June
5
,
2026
Whereas autism and autistic states have been extensively elaborated in their relationship to digital media, this talk by Dr. Hannah Zeavin attends to attributed maternal causes of “emotionally disturbed,” queer, and neurodivergent children.
Educational Events
Xenophobia, War, and the Problem of Social Disorder: Keynote of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group
June
13
,
2026
Dr. Markri will speak about how different psychological models, especially psychoanalytic theories of projection, help explain xenophobia and its persistence. Drawing on Freud and Einstein’s exchange “Why War?”, he will explore how social conditions and collective fears contribute to rising ethnonationalism and projected hatred today.
Conferences
Psychosis Care and Connection 2026: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June
25
,
2026
A roundtable retreat with the aim of fostering dialogue, sharing approaches to working with psychosis, and nurturing community.
Educational Events
Links Between Childhood Trauma, Psychosis, the Bayesian Predictive Processing Model of Brain Function, Transference, and the Mind Conceived as a Self-Organizing System
July
17
,
2026
Dr. Michael Garrett's presentation will describe how psychotic symptoms can be understood as meaningful expressions of a psychotic person’s past history and current state of mind, manifestations of a person’s subjective world that provide invaluable guides to a person's emotional ailments.
Educational Events
Resolving Therapeutic Dilemmas in Suicidal Clients Using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
July
24
,
2026
Dr. Robert J. Gregory, will share principles and techniques grounded in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy theory, research, and extensive front-line experience to shed light on complex cases and common therapeutic dilemmas, offering a path forward for both therapists and clients.
Educational Events
Out of Sight, Still in Mind: Intersession Processes and Suicidal Ideation in Psychodynamic Treatment
September
4
,
2026
Dr. Mareike Ernst introduces the concept of intersession processes—patients’ thoughts, feelings, fantasies, and internalized experiences of therapy and therapist between sessions—and examines their relevance from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective.
Conferences
Drs. Marilyn Charles & Hannah Schmitt Present at Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology Annual Conference
April
22
,
2026
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, and Hannah Schmitt, PsyD, will present at the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Conference in New York City.
Special Events
Everything You Wanted to Know (And More!) About the Austen Riggs Fellowship for Psychiatrists and Psychologists – A Virtual Open House
April
22
,
2026
Join us for a virtual open house to learn more about our unique and exceptional Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship.
Educational Events
Race, Fear, and the American Way
April
24
,
2026
Dr. Moore considers the framework of fear and racialization as conceived in the historic work of Frantz Fanon through the work of Afro Futurists who offer language and framing for holding sites of possibility in the Black imaginary in the midst of oppressive conditions of the present.
Special Events
Leading from Experience: Finding Your Negative Capability
May
1
,
2026
This workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ ability to exercise leadership in a broad range of work roles through finding one's negative capability and taking up a consultative stance.
Special Events
Dislocated Presences: Technology, the Psyche, and the Meaning of Virtual Space
May
9
,
2026
This roundtable (with in-person and virtual attendance options) examines how digital technologies are reshaping psychic life within the context of place and its disembodied absence.
Educational Events
Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach
May
15
,
2026
Dr. Hadas Pade presents about inequitable access to psychological assessments and advocates for a multi-tiered, population health approach using broader providers and earlier, more accessible screenings.
Educational Events
Matrix, Environment, Atmosphere: How Mother Became a Medium
June
5
,
2026
Whereas autism and autistic states have been extensively elaborated in their relationship to digital media, this talk by Dr. Hannah Zeavin attends to attributed maternal causes of “emotionally disturbed,” queer, and neurodivergent children.
Educational Events
Xenophobia, War, and the Problem of Social Disorder: Keynote of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group
June
13
,
2026
Dr. Markri will speak about how different psychological models, especially psychoanalytic theories of projection, help explain xenophobia and its persistence. Drawing on Freud and Einstein’s exchange “Why War?”, he will explore how social conditions and collective fears contribute to rising ethnonationalism and projected hatred today.
Conferences
Psychosis Care and Connection 2026: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June
25
,
2026
A roundtable retreat with the aim of fostering dialogue, sharing approaches to working with psychosis, and nurturing community.
Educational Events
Links Between Childhood Trauma, Psychosis, the Bayesian Predictive Processing Model of Brain Function, Transference, and the Mind Conceived as a Self-Organizing System
July
17
,
2026
Dr. Michael Garrett's presentation will describe how psychotic symptoms can be understood as meaningful expressions of a psychotic person’s past history and current state of mind, manifestations of a person’s subjective world that provide invaluable guides to a person's emotional ailments.
Educational Events
Resolving Therapeutic Dilemmas in Suicidal Clients Using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
July
24
,
2026
Dr. Robert J. Gregory, will share principles and techniques grounded in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy theory, research, and extensive front-line experience to shed light on complex cases and common therapeutic dilemmas, offering a path forward for both therapists and clients.
Educational Events
Out of Sight, Still in Mind: Intersession Processes and Suicidal Ideation in Psychodynamic Treatment
September
4
,
2026
Dr. Mareike Ernst introduces the concept of intersession processes—patients’ thoughts, feelings, fantasies, and internalized experiences of therapy and therapist between sessions—and examines their relevance from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective.
Conferences
Drs. Marilyn Charles & Hannah Schmitt Present at Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology Annual Conference
April
22
,
2026
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, and Hannah Schmitt, PsyD, will present at the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Conference in New York City.
Special Events
Everything You Wanted to Know (And More!) About the Austen Riggs Fellowship for Psychiatrists and Psychologists – A Virtual Open House
April
22
,
2026
Join us for a virtual open house to learn more about our unique and exceptional Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship.
Educational Events
Race, Fear, and the American Way
April
24
,
2026
Dr. Moore considers the framework of fear and racialization as conceived in the historic work of Frantz Fanon through the work of Afro Futurists who offer language and framing for holding sites of possibility in the Black imaginary in the midst of oppressive conditions of the present.
Special Events
Leading from Experience: Finding Your Negative Capability
May
1
,
2026
This workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ ability to exercise leadership in a broad range of work roles through finding one's negative capability and taking up a consultative stance.
Special Events
Dislocated Presences: Technology, the Psyche, and the Meaning of Virtual Space
May
9
,
2026
This roundtable (with in-person and virtual attendance options) examines how digital technologies are reshaping psychic life within the context of place and its disembodied absence.
Educational Events
Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach
May
15
,
2026
Dr. Hadas Pade presents about inequitable access to psychological assessments and advocates for a multi-tiered, population health approach using broader providers and earlier, more accessible screenings.
Educational Events
Matrix, Environment, Atmosphere: How Mother Became a Medium
June
5
,
2026
Whereas autism and autistic states have been extensively elaborated in their relationship to digital media, this talk by Dr. Hannah Zeavin attends to attributed maternal causes of “emotionally disturbed,” queer, and neurodivergent children.
Educational Events
Xenophobia, War, and the Problem of Social Disorder: Keynote of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group
June
13
,
2026
Dr. Markri will speak about how different psychological models, especially psychoanalytic theories of projection, help explain xenophobia and its persistence. Drawing on Freud and Einstein’s exchange “Why War?”, he will explore how social conditions and collective fears contribute to rising ethnonationalism and projected hatred today.
Conferences
Psychosis Care and Connection 2026: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June
25
,
2026
A roundtable retreat with the aim of fostering dialogue, sharing approaches to working with psychosis, and nurturing community.
Educational Events
Links Between Childhood Trauma, Psychosis, the Bayesian Predictive Processing Model of Brain Function, Transference, and the Mind Conceived as a Self-Organizing System
July
17
,
2026
Dr. Michael Garrett's presentation will describe how psychotic symptoms can be understood as meaningful expressions of a psychotic person’s past history and current state of mind, manifestations of a person’s subjective world that provide invaluable guides to a person's emotional ailments.
Educational Events
Resolving Therapeutic Dilemmas in Suicidal Clients Using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
July
24
,
2026
Dr. Robert J. Gregory, will share principles and techniques grounded in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy theory, research, and extensive front-line experience to shed light on complex cases and common therapeutic dilemmas, offering a path forward for both therapists and clients.
Educational Events
Out of Sight, Still in Mind: Intersession Processes and Suicidal Ideation in Psychodynamic Treatment
September
4
,
2026
Dr. Mareike Ernst introduces the concept of intersession processes—patients’ thoughts, feelings, fantasies, and internalized experiences of therapy and therapist between sessions—and examines their relevance from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective.
Accreditation
The Austen Riggs Center is accredited by the
Joint Commission
and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH). The Center’s Continuing Medical Education Program is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society, according to the standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The Austen Riggs Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Austen Riggs Center, #1344, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Read the
full accreditation statement
.
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The Riggs Difference
What We Treat
Who We Treat
Your Treatment Experience
Patient Outcomes & Results
Admission
Treatment Cost
Admission Process
Admission Checklist
Speak With Admissions
About
Mission & Vision
History & Facts
The Campus Experience
Our Team
Careers
Give To Riggs
Education and Research
Erikson Institute
Education & Training
Research
Events
News
Contact Us
Remote IOP
Donate
Nursery School
25 Main Street, PO Box 962
Stockbridge, MA 01262
Admission Calls
:
800.517.4447
All Other Calls
:
413.298.5511
info@austenriggs.net
Treatment
Admission
About
Education and Research
Events
News
Contact Us
Remote IOP
Donate
Nursery School
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Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA & VT
Learn More
Contact Admissions
Treatment
Admission
About
Education & Research
Events
News
Contact Us
Intensive Outpatient Program
800.517.4447
Donate
Continuing Education
Continuing Education
800.517.4447
Donate
Treatment
The Riggs Difference
What We Treat
Who We Treat
Is Residential Treatment Right For Your Loved One
Your Treatment Experience
Initial Evaluation & Treatment
Inn Residential Programs
Step-Down Programs
Programs & Services
Patient Outcomes & Results
Admission
Treatment Cost
Admissions Process
Admissions Checklist
Former Patient Stories and Reviews
Frequently Asked Questions
Refer a Patient
Online Information Series - Prospective Patients & Families
Online Information Series - Referring Clinicians
About
Mission & Vision
History & Facts
The Campus Experience
Our Team
Careers
Give to Riggs
Board of Trustees
Nursery School
Education & Research
Erikson Institute
Education & Training
Continuing Education Courses
Fellowship
Elective In Psychodynamic Psychiatry
Erikson Scholar Program
Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy
Undergraduate Internships
Research
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Psychodynamic Research Mentorship Program
Resources
Library/Archives
Meaning Matters Community
Events
News
Contact Us
Intensive Outpatient Program
Frequently Asked Questions - IOP
Hope Through Engagement
For Prospective Patients
Is Riggs Right for Me?
For Clinicians
To Refer a Patient, Call 800.517.4447
For Families
Is Residential Treatment Right For Your Loved One?
Nestled in the Berkshires, the Austen Riggs Center is a unique residential mental health treatment center. Here in our open setting in western Massachusetts, you’ll find the space and support you need to understand your problems, find your voice, and make your way forward.
Learn About Us
Online Information Series: Understanding the Austen Riggs Center Treatment Approach
Join an upcoming online information session to see if Riggs is the right fit for you, a family member, or your patient. Sessions are offered from 5:00-5:50 p.m. (Eastern) on multiple dates throughout the year.
For Prospective Patients & Families
Choosing a residential psychiatric treatment program is a meaningful and often complex decision. These free online sessions are designed for individuals and families who are trying to figure out if residential treatment is the right choice. Our Director of Admissions and Director of Psychological Testing will walk you through how Austen Riggs works, who it tends to help most, and what the process of getting evaluated looks like.
There's no pressure and no commitment. Just an opportunity to learn more and ask what's on your mind.
Learn more and register for an upcoming session.
For Referring Clinicians
These sessions are designed specifically for clinicians and referral partners who want a clearer picture of what Austen Riggs offers, which patients tend to be the best fit, and how the admissions and evaluation process works.
If you're working with someone whose treatment has plateaued, become cyclical, or hasn't held across multiple levels of care, this is a practical opportunity to explore whether a Riggs referral makes clinical sense.
Learn more and register for an online information session.
Our Approach to Your Treatment
We are a psychiatric residential treatment facility with a different approach: We treat the person, not just the diagnosis. Our caring experts work with you to illuminate the stories behind your symptoms. Time, space, and support for reflection can lead you to better understand yourself and your relationships, enabling you to address a range of issues and build a more satisfying life.
Depression & Depressive Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Psychotic Disorders Including Schizophrenia
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Suicide & Suicidal Ideation
Self-Harm
Substance Use*
Learn More
*Although we don’t offer treatment to people whose substance use disorder (SUD) is active or primary, many of those struggling with mental disorders have co-occurring SUDs.
Former Patient Stories
“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.” ~Andrea
Testimonials
Admission Process
We focus on understanding the psychological dilemmas that underlie symptomatic behavior so that people can increasingly take charge of their lives.
Learn More About Admission
Speak With Admissions
From first contact to consultation, follow the steps in our admission process.
Contact Admissions
800.517.4447
Patient Outcomes & Results
94%
of discharged patients were satisfied with their individual psychotherapy
I attended a recent reunion and felt so proud to be able to bring my family, a family which itself was unthinkable before my time at Riggs. There can be life on the other side of a grueling process."
-
Peter G.
Patient Outcomes
96%
of discharged patients developed a clearer understanding about their difficulties
When I came to Riggs, after 40 hospitalizations, I was dying. The intensive psychotherapy was painful, difficult, and extraordinary. The therapeutic community let me see my problematic behavior reflected in my peers. I found my best self at Riggs."
-
Polly Schlitz, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
88%
of discharged patients developed a greater ability to talk openly and honestly
Austen Riggs saved my life or, more accurately, gave me my life. When I went to Riggs, at age 18, I felt recognized for the first time ever in my life. . . . I am enormously grateful for the discoveries I made while I was there."
-
PHILIP CARLSON, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
I look at Riggs as the place that broke my fall. I discovered my competency and I found my voice. I started by expressing my anger about almost everything. But this expression opened many doors for me. From there, I broke the downward spiral."
-
CJ, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
94%
of discharged patients were satisfied with their individual psychotherapy
I attended a recent reunion and felt so proud to be able to bring my family, a family which itself was unthinkable before my time at Riggs. There can be life on the other side of a grueling process."
-
Peter G.
Patient Outcomes
96%
of discharged patients developed a clearer understanding about their difficulties
When I came to Riggs, after 40 hospitalizations, I was dying. The intensive psychotherapy was painful, difficult, and extraordinary. The therapeutic community let me see my problematic behavior reflected in my peers. I found my best self at Riggs."
-
Polly Schlitz, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
88%
of discharged patients developed a greater ability to talk openly and honestly
Austen Riggs saved my life or, more accurately, gave me my life. When I went to Riggs, at age 18, I felt recognized for the first time ever in my life. . . . I am enormously grateful for the discoveries I made while I was there."
-
PHILIP CARLSON, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
I look at Riggs as the place that broke my fall. I discovered my competency and I found my voice. I started by expressing my anger about almost everything. But this expression opened many doors for me. From there, I broke the downward spiral."
-
CJ, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
94%
of discharged patients were satisfied with their individual psychotherapy
I attended a recent reunion and felt so proud to be able to bring my family, a family which itself was unthinkable before my time at Riggs. There can be life on the other side of a grueling process."
-
Peter G.
Patient Outcomes
96%
of discharged patients developed a clearer understanding about their difficulties
When I came to Riggs, after 40 hospitalizations, I was dying. The intensive psychotherapy was painful, difficult, and extraordinary. The therapeutic community let me see my problematic behavior reflected in my peers. I found my best self at Riggs."
-
Polly Schlitz, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
88%
of discharged patients developed a greater ability to talk openly and honestly
Austen Riggs saved my life or, more accurately, gave me my life. When I went to Riggs, at age 18, I felt recognized for the first time ever in my life. . . . I am enormously grateful for the discoveries I made while I was there."
-
PHILIP CARLSON, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
I look at Riggs as the place that broke my fall. I discovered my competency and I found my voice. I started by expressing my anger about almost everything. But this expression opened many doors for me. From there, I broke the downward spiral."
-
CJ, Former Patient
Patient Outcomes
Fresh Insights, Research and Expertise
Our Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy is about the advancement of knowledge. We offer an Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship for both psychiatrists and psychologists. Staff publish clinical research and scholarship, our faculty present and teach around the world, and we offer national and international professional education. Outreach and advocacy are also important aspects of the Erikson Institute.
Learn More
Upcoming Events
Conferences
Drs. Marilyn Charles & Hannah Schmitt Present at Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology Annual Conference
April
22
,
2026
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, and Hannah Schmitt, PsyD, will present at the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Conference in New York City.
Special Events
Everything You Wanted to Know (And More!) About the Austen Riggs Fellowship for Psychiatrists and Psychologists – A Virtual Open House
April
22
,
2026
Join us for a virtual open house to learn more about our unique and exceptional Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship.
Educational Events
Race, Fear, and the American Way
April
24
,
2026
Dr. Moore considers the framework of fear and racialization as conceived in the historic work of Frantz Fanon through the work of Afro Futurists who offer language and framing for holding sites of possibility in the Black imaginary in the midst of oppressive conditions of the present.
Special Events
Leading from Experience: Finding Your Negative Capability
May
1
,
2026
This workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ ability to exercise leadership in a broad range of work roles through finding one's negative capability and taking up a consultative stance.
Special Events
Dislocated Presences: Technology, the Psyche, and the Meaning of Virtual Space
May
9
,
2026
This roundtable (with in-person and virtual attendance options) examines how digital technologies are reshaping psychic life within the context of place and its disembodied absence.
Educational Events
Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach
May
15
,
2026
Dr. Hadas Pade presents about inequitable access to psychological assessments and advocates for a multi-tiered, population health approach using broader providers and earlier, more accessible screenings.
Educational Events
Matrix, Environment, Atmosphere: How Mother Became a Medium
June
5
,
2026
Whereas autism and autistic states have been extensively elaborated in their relationship to digital media, this talk by Dr. Hannah Zeavin attends to attributed maternal causes of “emotionally disturbed,” queer, and neurodivergent children.
Educational Events
Xenophobia, War, and the Problem of Social Disorder: Keynote of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group
June
13
,
2026
Dr. Markri will speak about how different psychological models, especially psychoanalytic theories of projection, help explain xenophobia and its persistence. Drawing on Freud and Einstein’s exchange “Why War?”, he will explore how social conditions and collective fears contribute to rising ethnonationalism and projected hatred today.
Conferences
Psychosis Care and Connection 2026: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June
25
,
2026
A roundtable retreat with the aim of fostering dialogue, sharing approaches to working with psychosis, and nurturing community.
Educational Events
Links Between Childhood Trauma, Psychosis, the Bayesian Predictive Processing Model of Brain Function, Transference, and the Mind Conceived as a Self-Organizing System
July
17
,
2026
Dr. Michael Garrett's presentation will describe how psychotic symptoms can be understood as meaningful expressions of a psychotic person’s past history and current state of mind, manifestations of a person’s subjective world that provide invaluable guides to a person's emotional ailments.
Educational Events
Resolving Therapeutic Dilemmas in Suicidal Clients Using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
July
24
,
2026
Dr. Robert J. Gregory, will share principles and techniques grounded in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy theory, research, and extensive front-line experience to shed light on complex cases and common therapeutic dilemmas, offering a path forward for both therapists and clients.
Educational Events
Out of Sight, Still in Mind: Intersession Processes and Suicidal Ideation in Psychodynamic Treatment
September
4
,
2026
Dr. Mareike Ernst introduces the concept of intersession processes—patients’ thoughts, feelings, fantasies, and internalized experiences of therapy and therapist between sessions—and examines their relevance from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective.
Conferences
Drs. Marilyn Charles & Hannah Schmitt Present at Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology Annual Conference
April
22
,
2026
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, and Hannah Schmitt, PsyD, will present at the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Conference in New York City.
Special Events
Everything You Wanted to Know (And More!) About the Austen Riggs Fellowship for Psychiatrists and Psychologists – A Virtual Open House
April
22
,
2026
Join us for a virtual open house to learn more about our unique and exceptional Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship.
Educational Events
Race, Fear, and the American Way
April
24
,
2026
Dr. Moore considers the framework of fear and racialization as conceived in the historic work of Frantz Fanon through the work of Afro Futurists who offer language and framing for holding sites of possibility in the Black imaginary in the midst of oppressive conditions of the present.
Special Events
Leading from Experience: Finding Your Negative Capability
May
1
,
2026
This workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ ability to exercise leadership in a broad range of work roles through finding one's negative capability and taking up a consultative stance.
Special Events
Dislocated Presences: Technology, the Psyche, and the Meaning of Virtual Space
May
9
,
2026
This roundtable (with in-person and virtual attendance options) examines how digital technologies are reshaping psychic life within the context of place and its disembodied absence.
Educational Events
Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach
May
15
,
2026
Dr. Hadas Pade presents about inequitable access to psychological assessments and advocates for a multi-tiered, population health approach using broader providers and earlier, more accessible screenings.
Educational Events
Matrix, Environment, Atmosphere: How Mother Became a Medium
June
5
,
2026
Whereas autism and autistic states have been extensively elaborated in their relationship to digital media, this talk by Dr. Hannah Zeavin attends to attributed maternal causes of “emotionally disturbed,” queer, and neurodivergent children.
Educational Events
Xenophobia, War, and the Problem of Social Disorder: Keynote of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group
June
13
,
2026
Dr. Markri will speak about how different psychological models, especially psychoanalytic theories of projection, help explain xenophobia and its persistence. Drawing on Freud and Einstein’s exchange “Why War?”, he will explore how social conditions and collective fears contribute to rising ethnonationalism and projected hatred today.
Conferences
Psychosis Care and Connection 2026: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June
25
,
2026
A roundtable retreat with the aim of fostering dialogue, sharing approaches to working with psychosis, and nurturing community.
Educational Events
Links Between Childhood Trauma, Psychosis, the Bayesian Predictive Processing Model of Brain Function, Transference, and the Mind Conceived as a Self-Organizing System
July
17
,
2026
Dr. Michael Garrett's presentation will describe how psychotic symptoms can be understood as meaningful expressions of a psychotic person’s past history and current state of mind, manifestations of a person’s subjective world that provide invaluable guides to a person's emotional ailments.
Educational Events
Resolving Therapeutic Dilemmas in Suicidal Clients Using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
July
24
,
2026
Dr. Robert J. Gregory, will share principles and techniques grounded in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy theory, research, and extensive front-line experience to shed light on complex cases and common therapeutic dilemmas, offering a path forward for both therapists and clients.
Educational Events
Out of Sight, Still in Mind: Intersession Processes and Suicidal Ideation in Psychodynamic Treatment
September
4
,
2026
Dr. Mareike Ernst introduces the concept of intersession processes—patients’ thoughts, feelings, fantasies, and internalized experiences of therapy and therapist between sessions—and examines their relevance from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective.
Conferences
Drs. Marilyn Charles & Hannah Schmitt Present at Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology Annual Conference
April
22
,
2026
Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, and Hannah Schmitt, PsyD, will present at the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Conference in New York City.
Special Events
Everything You Wanted to Know (And More!) About the Austen Riggs Fellowship for Psychiatrists and Psychologists – A Virtual Open House
April
22
,
2026
Join us for a virtual open house to learn more about our unique and exceptional Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship.
Educational Events
Race, Fear, and the American Way
April
24
,
2026
Dr. Moore considers the framework of fear and racialization as conceived in the historic work of Frantz Fanon through the work of Afro Futurists who offer language and framing for holding sites of possibility in the Black imaginary in the midst of oppressive conditions of the present.
Special Events
Leading from Experience: Finding Your Negative Capability
May
1
,
2026
This workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ ability to exercise leadership in a broad range of work roles through finding one's negative capability and taking up a consultative stance.
Special Events
Dislocated Presences: Technology, the Psyche, and the Meaning of Virtual Space
May
9
,
2026
This roundtable (with in-person and virtual attendance options) examines how digital technologies are reshaping psychic life within the context of place and its disembodied absence.
Educational Events
Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach
May
15
,
2026
Dr. Hadas Pade presents about inequitable access to psychological assessments and advocates for a multi-tiered, population health approach using broader providers and earlier, more accessible screenings.
Educational Events
Matrix, Environment, Atmosphere: How Mother Became a Medium
June
5
,
2026
Whereas autism and autistic states have been extensively elaborated in their relationship to digital media, this talk by Dr. Hannah Zeavin attends to attributed maternal causes of “emotionally disturbed,” queer, and neurodivergent children.
Educational Events
Xenophobia, War, and the Problem of Social Disorder: Keynote of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group
June
13
,
2026
Dr. Markri will speak about how different psychological models, especially psychoanalytic theories of projection, help explain xenophobia and its persistence. Drawing on Freud and Einstein’s exchange “Why War?”, he will explore how social conditions and collective fears contribute to rising ethnonationalism and projected hatred today.
Conferences
Psychosis Care and Connection 2026: A Retreat on Humanistic Approaches
June
25
,
2026
A roundtable retreat with the aim of fostering dialogue, sharing approaches to working with psychosis, and nurturing community.
Educational Events
Links Between Childhood Trauma, Psychosis, the Bayesian Predictive Processing Model of Brain Function, Transference, and the Mind Conceived as a Self-Organizing System
July
17
,
2026
Dr. Michael Garrett's presentation will describe how psychotic symptoms can be understood as meaningful expressions of a psychotic person’s past history and current state of mind, manifestations of a person’s subjective world that provide invaluable guides to a person's emotional ailments.
Educational Events
Resolving Therapeutic Dilemmas in Suicidal Clients Using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
July
24
,
2026
Dr. Robert J. Gregory, will share principles and techniques grounded in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy theory, research, and extensive front-line experience to shed light on complex cases and common therapeutic dilemmas, offering a path forward for both therapists and clients.
Educational Events
Out of Sight, Still in Mind: Intersession Processes and Suicidal Ideation in Psychodynamic Treatment
September
4
,
2026
Dr. Mareike Ernst introduces the concept of intersession processes—patients’ thoughts, feelings, fantasies, and internalized experiences of therapy and therapist between sessions—and examines their relevance from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective.
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