Austen Riggs Center

09/11/2025

Our 2025-26 Virtual Friday Night Guest Lecture Series begins tomorrow night. The link to register is in the comments.

09/09/2025

At Riggs, we are attentive to aspects of a person’s personality; we try to learn about how someone’s personality style developed within a particular familial and sociocultural context, the way it serves a person and how it gets in the way of living a life of flourishing, which is fundamentally related to how someone handles distress.

Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, clarifies what personality is and how we think about it at Austen Riggs.

09/04/2025

What does it mean to "recover" from mental health challenges?

Learn the difference between objective and subjective recovery in mental health. Discover how the Austen Riggs Center supports lasting, personalized healing through psychotherapy and a person-centered treatment model.

09/03/2025

Designed with a flexible schedule to meet the demands of young adult life, the Riggs IOP offers:
- 3 hours of groups, 2-3 days/week*
- Individual psychotherapy with doctoral-level therapists
- Medication management and consultation
- Family therapy
- Partnership with other mental health resources (including school counseling centers).
Learn more by clicking on the link in the comments.

08/29/2025

We are proud to co-host this local event. The early registration discount for CMEs is available until September 1st.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The 2025 annual Berkshire County Su***de Prevention Conference has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct 7, hosted by Berkshire Medical Center, the Berkshire Coalition for...

08/28/2025

7.5 free CE/CME credits! This conference convenes clinicians, scholars, and community leaders to explore critical questions about trust and mistrust, particularly as experienced differently across generations. Through a thoughtful blend of panels, interactive breakout sessions, and a reflective plenary, participants will delve deeply into the psychological, historical, ethical, and social factors influencing institutional credibility. Register at education.austenriggs.org/FallConference-2025.

08/27/2025

People often come to Riggs when they're facing questions like: “Who am I?” or “How did I become this version of myself?” Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, explores how we think about the diversity and complexity of identity at Riggs.

Social, personal, narrative, psychiatric—identity is complex. At Riggs, we explore every dimension to help individuals understand their past, present, and future.

08/22/2025

We asked Clinical Social Worker, Molly Reider, LICSW, what their most memorable experience is working at Riggs.

We're hiring a clinical social worker. Learn more at https://www.austenriggs.org/about/careers.

08/22/2025

How do we know investing in residential treatment at Austen Riggs will have an impact? Edward R. Shapiro, MD, answers that question.

08/21/2025

Patients keep the same treatment team as they step down to lower levels of care, including day treatment. This continuity allows people to develop deepening treatment relationships where they are seen, heard, and understood as they move to more independent living situations.
Learn more at https://www.austenriggs.org/our-treatment/patient-experience.

08/20/2025

Registration is open for the annual su***de prevention conference. Please note:

Registration is required for this event.
There is a fee for this event which includes light breakfast and lunch.
Early Bird Pricing (registration before 9/1): $20 general attendance; $70 attendance with CEUs
Regular Pricing (registration 9/1 and after): $35 general attendance; $85 attendance with CEUs
To receive CEUs attendance for the entire event is required as is signing in and signing out of the event.
Please use the link below to register:https://lnkd.in/ei7ZXgfk

Turning Awareness into Action Registration, Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

08/20/2025

Shame is a powerful emotion that often prevents people from seeking help or acknowledging their problems. In this presentation, shame will be discussed in th...