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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
Treating Psychosis Today: A Lacanian Perspective - Stijn Vanheule, PhD (Webinar live online) 06/13/2025 - 12:50pm to 1:50pm EDT
Did Strachey Falsely Scientize Freud? with Professor Mark Solms, Keynote of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group (Webinar live... 06/20/2025 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm EDT
Meaning-Based Harm from Medications: Clinical and Ethical Implications - David Mintz, MD (Webinar live online) 07/25/2025 - 12:50pm to 1:50pm EDT
The Paternal Function in Anorexia Nervosa - Tom Wooldridge, PsyD, ABPP, FIPA, CEDS-C (Webinar live online) 09/12/2025 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EDT
Rebuilding Trust in Institutions: Bridging Generational Insights (Webinar live online) 09/19/2025 - 6:30pm EDT to 09/20/2025 - 4:30pm EDT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Recent courses

  • Enduring
“Where It Was, There I Must Come to Be:” A Psychoanalytic Take on Gender Today - Hannah Wallerstein, PhD (Recorded)
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
In the last two decades gender has exploded as a concept—new gender identifications have proliferated, as have new forms of embodiment and possible technological interventions.
4.75
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Recovering a Self in Psychosis - Larry Davidson PhD (Recorded)
  • Biopsychosocial
This presentation, entitled “Recovering a Self in Psychosis,” is based on the findings of over 30 years of qualitative studies involving persons with serious mental illnesses who have described the
5
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Nursing
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Dynamics of Race, Culture, and Sociopolitical Context in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD (Recorded)
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
This presentation will provide a theoretical framework that integrates cultural competence as a core emphasis of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
5
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation

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