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Courtney Littlefield is an executive assistant at the Austen Riggs Center.

Courtney Littlefield

Executive Assistant

MLIS from Long Island University-The Palmer School

Alison Lotto, MA, MLIS, is the manager of the Erikson Institute library, archives, and operations at Austen Riggs.

Ms. Lotto was formerly employed by One River Grants in Troy, NY as a researcher and grant writer. Among the places she has worked as an archivist/librarian include: the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Grolier Club, and as an electronic records administrator for Lincoln County, Nebraska.

Alison Lotto, MA, MLIS, is the manager of the Erikson Institute, library, archives, and operations at the Austen Riggs Center.

Alison Lotto, MA, MLIS

Manager of the Erikson Institute Library, Archives, and Operations

BA, Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy from the University of Minnesota

Kristin Lyon, CTRS, RYT-200, is a group facilitator in the 

 for College Students and Emerging Adults in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

As a recreation therapist, Kristin has spent the last 20 years of her career working with individuals to explore the role creativity and play have in caring for one's mental health. Her education and training also allow her to bring an experiential element into the therapeutic process for enhanced exploration and integration of therapeutic concepts as a complement to more traditional forms of talk therapy. 

Kristin is trained in motivational interviewing, CBT-E and sensorimotor psychotherapy, and continues to specialize in trauma treatment. Prior to Riggs, Kristin spent 15 years specializing in eating disorder treatment.

Kristin is also employed by two other behavioral health treatment centers where she facilitates yoga, mindfulness, and meditation groups as well as leads recreation therapy groups, serving adolescents, young adults, and adults enrolled in intensive outpatient programs.

Behavioral Health Specialty Certification, National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification

Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS), National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification

Kristin Lyon is the IOP Group Facilitator at the Austen Riggs Center.

Kristin Lyon

IOP Group Facilitator

Rachel Margolis, RN, is a staff nurse at the Austen Riggs Center.

Rachel Margolis, RN

Staff Nurse

Jim Markham is the woodworking instructor at the Austen Riggs Center.

Jim Markham

Woodworking Instructor

RN from the Charity School of Nursing New Orleans

BA from the University of New Orleans School of Film, Theatre and Communication

Celeste Martin, RN, is the director of nursing at the Austen Riggs Center. She has worked as a psychiatric RN, as a nurse leader and as a supervisor in adult acute psychiatric settings since 2013.

Celeste enjoys being with her family and playing music in her spare time.

Professional Affiliations/Organizational Memberships

Leadership as it relates to system dynamics

Celeste Martin, RN, is a staff nurse at the Austen Riggs Center.

Celeste Martin, RN

Director of Nursing

As the admissions clinician and manager, Nicole May, LICSW, oversees the day-to-day operations of the Admissions department, supervises the admissions clinicians, and facilitates the flow of cases. She is directly involved in the admission of almost all incoming patients via the coordination of clinical referrals, assessment and interviewing of patients, and facilitation of needs with other areas of the institution that lead to admission. As the Human Rights Officer, she is involved in educating, advocating for, and assisting patients and staff in exercising their rights in the treatment environment.


In addition to Ms. May’s roles here at Austen Riggs, she is a licensed therapist in private practice in Massachusetts, focused in reproductive mental health. Her involvement in this practice allows her to both bring a broader knowledge and understanding of issues affecting different populations to her work at Riggs, and also for her to bring parts of the psychodynamic approach to the local community.


Since 2018, Ms. May has been involved in fundraising for and participated in the awareness walk for the local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

Nicole May, LICSW, is the admissions clinician and manager and human rights and privacy officer at the Austen Riggs Center.

Nicole May, LICSW

Admissions Clinician and Manager/Human Rights Officer

Research Fellow at Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis

Resident and postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University

Robert Wood Johnson Fellow and postdoctoral fellow at Yale University School of Medicine 

Linda C. Mayes, MD, is a distinguished faculty member in the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy. 

Trained as a pediatrician, Dr. Mayes’s research focuses on stress-response and regulatory mechanisms in young children at both biological and psychosocial risk. She has especially focused on the impact of prenatal substance use on children’s long-term outcomes. She has made contributions to understanding the mechanisms of effect of prenatal stimulant exposure on the ontogeny of arousal regulatory systems and the relation between dysfunctional emotional regulation and impaired prefrontal cortical function in young children. Dr. Mayes has published widely in the developmental psychology, pediatrics, and child psychiatry literature. 

Given the nature of her work with children at significantly high-risk for developmental impairments from both biological and psychosocial etiologies, Dr. Mayes also focuses on the impact of parenting on the development of arousal and attention regulatory mechanisms in their children, and specifically on how substance abuse impacts reward and stress regulatory systems in new parents. With other colleagues in the Center, she studies how adults transition to parenthood, especially when substance abuse is involved, and the basic neural circuitry of early parent-infant attachment using both neuroimaging and electroencephalographic techniques. She and her colleagues have developed a series of interventions for parents including an intensive home-based program called Minding the Baby.

Dr. Mayes's research programs are multidisciplinary, not only in their blending basic science with clinical interventions but also in the disciplines required including adult and child psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, and neuropsychology.

Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology and Director of the Yale Child Study Center

Distinguished Visiting Professor in psychology at Sewanee: The University of the South

Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from The University of the South (1994)

Linda C. Mayes, MD

Distinguished Faculty in the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy

Michael McCarthy is the Lavender Door Manager

ceramics instructor in the Activities Program at the Austen Riggs Center.

Michael McCarthy

Lavender Door Manager/Ceramics Instructor

Delia McEwan is a mental health specialist at the Austen Riggs Center.

Delia McEwan

Mental Health Specialist

BA in psychology from San José State University

PhD in counseling psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York

Pre-doctoral internship in clinical psychology at the Psychology Internship Consortium affiliated with Albany Medical Center.

Fellowship in psychoanalytic studies at the Austen Riggs Center

Kristin L. McLaughlin, PhD, ABPP, is a staff psychologist who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center. In addition, she serves as the eating disorder specialist, offering consultation to teams and clinicians, providing psychodynamic supervision to the registered dietician, co-facilitating groups for patients, and providing education for staff to integrate understanding of and interventions for disordered eating within a psychodynamic treatment system. Dr. McLaughlin also coordinates the Friday Night Guest Lecture Series through Spring, 2024.

Dr. McLaughlin has provided psychotherapy in a number of settings including community mental health centers, university counseling centers, VA medical centers, a state hospital forensic unit, and hospital inpatient and outpatient psychiatry departments. She has taught undergraduate courses on the Psychology of Social Justice and Cultural Diversity, and taught and supervised students in a Masters in Mental Health Counseling graduate program.

Dr. McLaughlin has published and presented research on cultural trauma, including racial and gender-related trauma and the links between systemic oppression and mental health outcomes, especially in relation to racism and sexism. She currently supervises practicing clinicians in community mental health settings.

Board Certified by the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis

Psychodynamic aspects of cultural oppression, social justice, and identity

The role of insight in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Kristin L. McLaughlin, PhD, ABPP, headshot.

Kristin L. McLaughlin, PhD, ABPP

Staff Psychologist/Eating Disorder Specialist

Rosibel Mejia is a therapeutic community staff member and assistant program manager at the Austen Riggs Center.

Rosibel Mejia is a therapeutic community staff member at the Austen Riggs Center.

Rosibel Mejia

Therapeutic Community Staff/Assistant Program Manager

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