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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

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Rebuilding Trust in Institutions: Bridging Generational Insights (Webinar live online) 09/19/2025 - 6:30pm EDT to 09/20/2025 - 4:30pm 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
Meaning-Based Harm from Medications: Clinical and Ethical Implications - David Mintz, MD (Webinar live online) 07/25/2025 - 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Recent courses

  • Enduring
2023 Fall Conference Part 3: Psychodynamic Technique in Pharmacotherapy (Recorded)
Part 3 of a 4-part series featuring recordings from the Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center's 2023 Virtual Fall Conference: Losing Our Mind and Finding It: Re-Integrat
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    • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 2.00 APA
    • 2.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 2.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
2023 Fall Conference Part 2: Meaning and Medication (Recorded)
Part 2 of a 4-part series featuring recordings from the Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center's 2023 Virtual Fall Conference: Losing Our Mind and Finding It: Re-Integrat
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    • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 2.00 APA
    • 2.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 2.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
2023 Fall Conference Part 1: Thinking About Mental Illness (Recorded)
  • Conference
Part 1 of a 4-part series featuring recordings from the Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center's 2023 Virtual Fall Conference: Losing Our Mind and Finding It: Re-Integrat
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    • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 3.00 APA
    • 3.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 3.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Webinar live
The Mourning Process and Its Importance in Mental Illness: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification - Dr. Rachel...
  • Grand Rounds
2024-25 Grand Round SeriesContinuing Education information to follow
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
What Is the First Story and the Last Story, and Are They the Only Stories: Intersectionality in the Assessment Encounter - Ksera Dyette, PsyD (...
  • Biopsychosocial
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Since 2020, “The Summer of Racial Reckoning,” professionals across fields and industries began to pay laser-like attention to issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
The Complex Psychology of Being Adopted: What Clinicians Need to Know - Linda Mayers, PhD, and Doris Bertocci, LCSW (Recorded)
  • Biopsychosocial
The adoption and mental health fields have viewed adoption as being only about children. Adopted adolescents are a more recent afterthought, with adults nowhere on the radar.
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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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