Austen Riggs Center·Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Fellows will learn to work with disturbances in patients’ interpersonal and treatment contexts while developing leadership and consulting skills. The program prepares fellows to work effectively with patients with complex psychiatric difficulties and contribute to the body of knowledge about disturbed development and its treatment.
The Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship
Expand your expertise through the Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship.
We offer an Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship for both psychiatrists (post-residency), and psychologists (postdoctoral). Psychiatrists are also eligible to apply for a two-year Fellowship. Psychology Fellows are eligible for licensure after completion of the first 24 months of the postdoctoral Fellowship.
Our psychoanalytic training program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Psychoanalytic Education (ACPEinc). This program is part of the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center. Our training includes a systems perspective, emphasizing individual development across the lifespan from within familial and cultural contexts. Fellows learn to work with disturbances in patients’ interpersonal and treatment contexts that reflect and illuminate patients’ intrapsychic struggles, fostering a more integrative approach while developing leadership skills and consulting skills.
We accept applicants for psychiatrists year round, and psychologists starting late summer/early fall for the 2027 program.
Satisfactory completion of the first two years of the Austen Riggs Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship in Psychotherapy meets postdoctoral supervised practice requirements for licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Psychology Fellows.
Fellows are evaluated annually by supervisors (written and oral report) and throughout the academic year by individual instructors (written report).
Our psychoanalytic training program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Psychoanalytic Education (ACPEinc).
*As a 501(c)(3) time worked in the fellowship qualifies as time worked towards the PSLF loan forgiveness program.
Compensation: Psychology Fellow Year 1- $62,250 annual Psychiatry Fellow Year 1- $97,155 annual
Both Fellowships are eligible for up to $40,000 reimbursement for analysis.
Psychiatry applicants must have completed a psychiatric residency and provide three letters of recommendation along with a personal statement. Psychology fellows must have completed a postdoctoral fellowship and are eligible for licensure after 24 months.
Market context
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