Rebuilding Trust in Institutions: Bridging Generational Insights (Webinar live online)

September 19, 2025 to September 20, 2025

Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center 2025 Virtual Fall Conference

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The Austen Riggs Center invites you to join an interdisciplinary conference, "Rebuilding Trust in Institutions: Bridging Generational Insights.” This gathering expands Erik Erikson’s foundational insights on basic trust and mistrust, extending them into today's complex social and institutional landscapes.

We are living through a moment where institutions responsible for our social wellbeing—education, government, and healthcare—face unprecedented scrutiny and skepticism. At the Austen Riggs Center we are invested in the study of relationships between individuals, families, groups, and social institutions; many of our patients grapple profoundly with intergenerational mistrust across these different domains and communities. Understanding these multidetermined dynamics requires an approach that integrates individual psychology with historical, cultural, and social dimensions.

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.

For a full schedule, visit: www.austenriggs.org/events/2025-fall-conference

 

 

Course summary
Course opens: 
05/21/2025
Course expires: 
09/19/2026
Event starts: 
09/19/2025 - 6:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
09/20/2025 - 4:30pm EDT
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Presenters:

  • Chloe Campbell, PhD | Deputy Director, Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London
  • Carly Lingenfelter, PhD | Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Angela Coombs Mumuni, MD | Associate Medical Director, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services; Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Medria Connolly, PhD | Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice
  • Retired Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson | U.S. Air Force
  • Michael Roth, PhD | President, Wesleyan University
  • Steven Rathje, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU; Incoming Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Nic Westrate, PhD | Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Christina Wusinich, MS | Doctoral Student, Counseling Psychology, NYU

Moderators: 

  • Daniel Knauss, PsyD | Director of Training, Austen Riggs Center 
  • Katie Lewis, PhD | Director of Research, Austen Riggs Center
  • Edward Shapiro, MD | Medical Director/CEO, Austen Riggs Center
  • Jane Tillman, PhD | Evelyn Stefansson Nef Director of the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy, Austen Riggs Center

Austen Riggs Center Inc. adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. All those at Austen Riggs Center involved in the planning of this activity, including the presenter(s) listed above, report they have no relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company*.

The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Austen Riggs Center.

 

* An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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