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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
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
  • Enduring
Relating Racially: Shifting Between We, They, and I Senses of Self - Michelle Stephens, LP, PhD (Recorded self-study)
Psychoanalysts and psychotherapists are currently showing considerable interest in, and concern over, the relevance of different forms of racism to psychological suffering and to the development 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
Conspiracies? The "Paranoid Style" Revisited, in Psychoanalytic Thought, History, and Political Life - Daniel Pick, PhD (Recorded self-...
Dr. Daniel Pick reflects on psychoanalytic thought about paranoia and considers its relevance to the exploration of mass phenomena, past and present.
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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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