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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
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
Working Clinically with Overwhelm: The Cost and Growth-Inducing Possibilities of Undoing the Self - Avgi Saketopoulou, PsyD (Webinar live online) 03/13/2026 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EDT
Becoming Raced-Psychic Consequences of Transgenerational Racial Trauma - Dionne R. Powell, MD (Webinar live online) (Yasmin Roberts Memorial Lecture) 04/10/2026 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EDT
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Recent courses

  • Enduring
Core Emotions in Psychosis (Course 1 of 2) - Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP (Recorded self study)
Course 1 of 2 Course 2: Techniques in the Psychotherapy for Psychosis
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    • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 2.00 APA
    • 2.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 2.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Integrating Care: Combining Medications and Psychotherapy (5 of 5) - David L. Mintz, MD (Recorded self study)
Course 5 of 5 - The Art of Pharmacotherapy: Enhancing Outcomes by Integrating Patient-Centered, Psychodynamically-Informed Perspectives
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Patients with Persistent Somatic Symptoms or Functional Somatic Symptoms: An Integrative Psychodynamic Treatment Approach - Patrick Luyten, PhD (...
Patients presenting with persisting somatic symptoms or functional somatic symptoms constitute a very large subset of patients seen in routine healthcare.
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Depth and Data: Using Measurement-Based Care to Deepen Understanding of Patient Experiences - Seth Pitman, PhD, ABPP, and Steven Ackerman, PhD, MBA,...
The purpose of this talk is to explore how to effectively integrate Measurement-Based Care (MBC) into psychodynamic practice settings, focusing on how it can impact treatment outcomes and enhance p
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm’s Fight Against Fascism and Racism - Roger Frie, PhD, PsyD, RPsych (Recorded self-study)
  • Friday Night Guest Lecture Series
What does it mean to be both a social critic and a practicing psychotherapist? In view of the social and political crises we face, this is surely one of our profession’s most pressing challenges.
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Roundtable #6: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in the Second Half of Life - Moderated by Jane G. Tillman, PhD, ABPP (Recorded self-study)
Part of the 2024 Virtual Roundtabl
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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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