Fellowship Training

The Austen Riggs Center is committed to the education of future generations of psychiatrists and psychologists in the skills and values of psychodynamic psychotherapy. To accomplish this part of its mission, Riggs offers post-graduate Fellowships in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Psychiatrists and psychologists participate equally in the Fellowship, though in differentiated roles.

The Fellowship is two years in duration. Upon successful completion of the first two years of training, Fellows may be invited to continue for two years of an Advanced Fellowship in which to deepen their learning and develop areas of specialization.

For Psychiatric Fellows, the prerequisite is training through the PG-III level at an ACGME approved psychiatric residency. Psychiatrists may begin their Fellowship at Riggs as early as the PG-IV year in the ACGME accredited Residency/Fellowship program. Prerequisites for the Psychology Fellowship are a doctoral degree in psychology and a year's clinical internship, both of which must be from APA approved programs.

The Fellowship includes a generous compensation and benefits package, including support for the first two years of a personal psychoanalysis.

For more information on the Psychiatry Fellowship Program, contact David Mintz, M.D., Director of Residency Training, at (413) 931-5315. Interested Psychologists should contact John Muller, Ph.D., Director of Training, at (413) 931-5250.