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The Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center is pleased to provide online continuing education (CE) / continuing medical education (CME). CE/CME credit is provided through video/audio courses with an emphasis on biopsychosocial, psychodynamic and systems approaches to treatment. CME/CE certificates are provided upon completion. Credit is available for those with an MD, DO, PhD, PsyD, and social workers at this time. All mental health professionals and students are welcome to experience course offerings and can be provided with a certificate of completion. As a registered member of this educational platform, your courses and transcripts are available on demand. REGISTER to have access to courses. Check back to see new course offerings and thank you for browsing.

We are committed to making quality, free psychodynamic continuing education available as part of our mission despite the considerable costs. If you enjoy our free educational programming and have the means, please consider making a donation. 

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To learn more about the Austen Riggs Center, contact Director of Referral Relations Dave Werbeck:

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Upcoming Virtual Live Events

Title Dates
Therapeutic Assessment: Using Psychological Testing as Brief Therapy - Stephen E. Finn, PhD (Webinar live online) 12/19/2025 - 12:50pm to 1:50pm EST
IOP Seminar - Psychodynamic Case Formulation - Instructor Mark Elliot, M.D. 12/01/2025 - 5:00pm EST to 01/05/2026 - 6:00pm EST
The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany's Twentieth Century - Dagmar Herzog, PhD (Webinar live on-line) 01/09/2026 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EST
“A Fantasy I Didn’t Know I Had”: Sexual Fantasy as Turning-point in a Psychoanalytic Treatment - Derek Hook, PhD (Webinar live online) 01/16/2026 - 12:50pm to 1:50pm EST
A Decolonial Approach to Case Formulation: Pragmatic Applications for Therapeutic and Political Action - Daniel José Gaztambide, PsyD (Webinar live... 02/06/2026 - 12:50pm to 1:50pm EST
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Recent courses

  • Enduring
Working with the Bodily Unconscious: Somatic Narration as a Method to Anchor the Working-Through in the Body-Self - Dr. Sebastian Leikert (Recorded)
  • Psychoanalysis
Severely disturbed patients often show bodily symptoms relating to unrepresented states.
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, and the Process of Change: Integrating Insights from Neurobiology, Clinical Research, and Psychoanalytic Work - Marina...
  • Biopsychosocial
In the last two decades, psychedelics have re-emerged as promising novel agents for treatment of a broad range of mental health conditions including depression, PTSD, substance use disorders, end-o
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Roundtable #1 - Loneliness and the Human Need for Connection Across the Lifespan - Moderated by Katie Lewis, PhD (Recorded)
  • Biopsychosocial
Part of
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Roundtable 2024
  • Webinar live
Roundtable #6: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in the Second Half of Life - Moderated by Jane G. Tillman, PhD, ABPP (Live Webinar)
  • Biopsychosocial
Part of
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
When the Patient Isn't Getting Better - Eric M. Plakun, MD, DLFAPA, FACPsych (Recorded)
All clinicians face the problem of working with patients whose treatments are not going well and who are not making progress.
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Listening to Patients: What We Can Learn from Memoir about Ethics and Therapy - Elliot L. Jurist, PhD, PhD (Recorded)
  • Grand Rounds
Memoirs provide a window into the actual experience of patients in psychotherapy, and they are also a useful way to look closely at the work of therapists, in particular, their ethical conduct.
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation

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