Activities Staff

Administrative Staff

Finance

Human Resources

Information Technology (IT)

Communications

Admissions Staff

Clinical Social Workers

Erikson Institute Distinguished Faculty

Erikson Institute Staff

Faculty

Leadership

Nursing Staff

Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program

Therapeutic Community Staff

Therapy Staff

Psychology

Post-doc residency at Berkshire Medical Center

Charles Blomquist, MD, is a Fellow in hospital-based psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies at the Austen Riggs Center.

Professional Affiliations/Organizational Memberships

Fellow in Psychiatry

As the medication reconciliation and utilization review nurse, Lisa Bozzuto’s primary role involves obtaining equitable insurance coverage for the patients at the Austen Riggs Center.

Bozzuto serves on both the Conservation Commission and Agriculture and Forestry Commission in Stockbridge, MA.

American Association of Managed Care Nurses

Certification in Managed Care Nurse (CMCN)

Medication Reconciliation and Utilization Review Nurse

Bruce Bradley Gilbert, LMHC, ATR-BC, is a substance use counselor at the Austen Riggs Center.

Substance Use Counselor

Greg Braman is an IT Administrator at the Austen Riggs Center.

IT Administrator

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Corrine Broderick is the medical records administrator at the Austen Riggs Center.

Broderick is responsible for overseeing patient medical records. In this role, she ensures accurate and timely documentation necessary for accreditation. She manages all releases of information, maintains databases, and facilitates the ARC Medical Records Committee.

Broderick is a certified cardio-kickboxing and spinning instructor.

Medical Records Administrator

John Brosnan is a mental health specialist at the Austen Riggs Center.

Mental Health Specialist

Theresa Brosnan is a therapeutic community staff member and program manager at the Austen Riggs Center.

Therapeutic Community Staff Member/Program Manager

BA in psychology from the College of Wooster

MSW from Westfield State University (to be completed spring 2022)

Fiona Brown is the research assistant and measurement-informed care clinical assistant at the Austen Riggs Center.

Professional Affiliations/Organization Memberships

Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology

Research Assistant/Measurement-Informed Care Clinical Assistant

BEd in technology education from Queen’s University

BFA in furniture design from Sheridan College of Art & Design

Steve Butler is a woodworking instructor in the Activities Program at the Austen Riggs Center.

Butler has taught high school, elementary, and college students, all of which has prepared him for his role at Riggs.

Previously he was the department head of the wood studio at Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ. He taught woodworking workshops and created the curriculum for other workshops. In addition, he hired guest instructors and developed programs for summer workshops, curated exhibitions, and exhibited work.

He was the department head of the wood studio at the Worcester Center for Crafts, where he ran the wood studio, taught classes, developed programs for other classes, and hired part time and continuing ed faculty.

Butler produces and hosts a PBS woodworking television show titled 

Certificate of Apprenticeship/qualification

Woodworking Instructor

Post-baccalaureate in pre-medical studies at Bryn Mawr College

DO and MS in academic medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Vivian Chan, MD, is a Fellow in hospital-based psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies at the Austen Riggs Center.

Chan completed her psychiatry residency at the Mount Sinai Morningside West Hospital Centers, where she worked in various clinical settings, including an outpatient psychiatric center and intensive outpatient program. She complimented her psychotherapy training with further instruction at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York.

Served as chief resident in final year of residency

Presented nationally at the American Psychiatric Association on promoting the practice and education of psychodynamic psychotherapy in psychiatric residencies

Completed a yearlong AOA Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) program

Completed research in the final two years of residency on developing a predictive model for inpatient psychiatric readmissions utilizing big data

Presented at Grand Rounds on using narrative medicine and existential psychotherapy as frameworks for understanding psychiatry training and treatment

MA and PhD in clinical psychology at Michigan State University

Predoctoral internship at the Michigan State University Counseling Center

Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, is a staff psychologist, team leader, supervisor, and member of the therapy staff at the Austen Riggs Center.

During her predoctoral internship, she was part of the Multi-Ethnic Counseling Center Alliance (MECCA) and has continued to promote dialogues across difference in her roles as (former) president of Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association, (current) co-chair of APCS and international coordinator of the Psychoanalytic Track at UDEM. Her writing, teaching, supervision, and consultations have focused on encouraging the development of future generations of clinicians and on promoting higher standards of practice in the field.

A poet and artist herself, Charles has worked extensively with artists, writers, and musicians. She has a special interest in the creative process and is continues to investigate factors that facilitate and inhibit creativity. She also has a particular interest in the intergenerational transmission of trauma and its relationship to psychosis. She is actively engaged in mentoring, creating professional opportunities, creating opportunities for dialogue, and promoting community involvement for those in the helping professions, including her consultation work with 

 in Sydney, Australia, and with counseling centers and residential treatment centers in this country.

International Coordinator, Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)

Member, Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS)

Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School

Training Analyst with the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council and the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis

 and is a member of the editorial boards of numerous psychoanalytic journals

Co-Chair of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS)

Winner of the American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis (ABAPsa) Book Prize for 2020 in the Applied Category for her book co-edited with Jill Bellinson, PhD, entitled 

The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education: Psychoanalytic, Attachment, and Developmental Perspectives

Creativity, psychosis, resilience, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma

Team Leader/Staff Psychologist

Predoctoral internship at Utah State Hospital

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic Studies at the Austen Riggs Center

Heather Churchill, PhD, is the associate director of the Therapeutic Community Program, the director of health and wellness, and a staff psychologist who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.

During her graduate training, she was a teaching assistant for several classes, including History and Systems of Psychology, as well as Cognitive and Projective Assessment. Also during her graduate training, she completed the New York Society Fellowship program, as well as the Couple and Family Fellowship program at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. During her internship at Utah State Hospital, she received intensive training in dialectical behavioral therapy and provided individual, group, and family therapy, as well as psychological assessments.

Churchill is a certified group relations consultant with the AK Rice Institute and former president of the Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems, a non-profit whose mission is to further the understanding of groups dynamics and social systems.

University Fellowship Award for academic and scholarly achievement from George Washington University

The overlap between psychodynamic psychotherapy and other psychotherapies, such as dialectical behavioral therapy, as well as how integrating components of a psychodynamic approach may improve the quality of care in non-dynamic intensive treatment milieus.

Director of Health and Wellness/Associate Director of the Therapeutic Community Program

Meet the Austen Riggs staff of therapists, nurses, administrators, and other healthcare professionals who work as a team on behalf of our patients. 

Staff Directory of Therapists and Teams | Austen Riggs

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Meet Our Team

Charles Blomquist, MD

Lisa Bozzuto, MEd, RN

Bruce Bradley Gilbert, LMHC, ATR-BC

Greg Braman

Corinne Broderick

John Brosnan

Theresa Brosnan

Fiona Brown

Steve Butler, BEd, BFA

Vivian Chan, DO, MS

Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP

Heather Churchill, PsyD

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