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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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Love with the Death Drive - Todd McGowan, PhD (Webinar live online) 10/23/2026 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EDT
A Disorder of Diffusion: Contemporary Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder - Alexander Kriss, PhD (Webinar live online) 10/30/2026 - 12:50pm to 1:50pm EDT
Enactments of Cultural and Professional Beliefs, Values, and Biases in Therapy: Negotiating Difference, Power, and the Therapeutic Relationship... 11/13/2026 - 12:50pm to 1:50pm EST
Mentalizing: Cause, Correlate and Mechanism of Change in Personality Pathology - Carla Sharp, PhD (Webinar live online) 11/20/2026 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EST
Interpretation and the Elaborative Function - Neal Vorus, PhD (Webinar live online) 01/08/2027 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Recent courses

  • Enduring
The Science of the Art of Psychopharmacology: An Introduction to the (Other) Evidence Base (2 of 5) - David L. Mintz, MD (Recorded)
Course 2 of 5 - The Art of Pharmacotherapy: Enhancing Outcomes by Integrating Patient-Centered, Psychodynamically-Informed Perspectives
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Thinking About Prescribing: Psychodynamically-Informed, Patient-Centered Approaches to Pharmacotherapy (1 of 5) - David L. Mintz, MD (Recorded)
Course 1 of 5 - The Art of Pharmacotherapy: Enhancing Outcomes by Integrating Patient-Centered, Psychodynamically-Informed Perspectives
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach - Hadas Pade, PsyD (Recorded self-study)
This session highlights the need to address the current inequitable access to psychological assessment services by acknowledging and embracing different levels of assessment versus a more tradition
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Conference / meeting
  • Hybrid
2026 Fall Conference - Hope in Hard Times: Building Community (Webinar live online or in-person)
  • Systems of Care
  • Conference
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
In-person attendance: $250; limited to 50 people at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, MA
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    • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 6.00 APA
    • 6.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 6.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
2026 Riggs Yale Conference "Mentalizing Across Contexts" (Part 2 of 2) (Recorded self-study)
A recording of a virtual conference presented by the Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center, Yale Child Study Center, and the Anna Freud Centre
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    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 APA
    • 1.50 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.50 Contact Hours/ Participation
  • Enduring
Empathy and Understanding: In History, Psychotherapy, and Our Contemporary World - Thomas Kohut, PhD (Recorded)
  • Biopsychosocial
This forum uses Thomas Kohut’s recent book, Empathy and the Historical Understanding of the Human Past (Routledge, 2020), as a springboard for an interdisciplinary discussion of empathy an
4.5
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 APA
    • 1.00 ASWB-ACE
    • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation

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