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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
Treating Psychosis Today: A Lacanian Perspective - Stijn Vanheule, PhD (Recorded self study)
This presentation first explores key concepts from Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory of psychosis, highlighting its role as one of several ways humans navigate existential dilemmas such as sexu
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Online live
Trauma, Identity, and Development - Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP (Webinar live online)
  • Grand Rounds
2025 Grand Rounds Series 
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Online live
The AI Pharmakon in Psychoanalytic Care: Ambivalence, Augmentation, and Psychoanalytic Futures - Todd Essig, PhD (Webinar live online)
  • Grand Rounds
2025 Grand Rounds Series 
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Online live
Sun, Soil and Rain: Research on Patient Growth in Psychotherapy - Brin Grenyer, PhD (Webinar live online) (Sheila Hafter Gray Memorial Lecture)
  • Friday Night Guest Lecture Series
2025-26 Friday Night Guest Lecture Series - Sheila Hafter Gray Memorial Lecture
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation
Working Clinically with Overwhelm: The Cost and Growth-Inducing Possibilities of Undoing the Self - Avgi Saketopoulou, PsyD (Webinar live online)
2025-26 Friday Night Guest Lecture Series Continuing Education information to follow
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The Pseudo-Self - Gila Ashtor, PhD, LP (Webinar live online)
2025-26 Friday Night Guest Lecture Series 
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation

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