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Donna Plankey is the accounts receivable & insurance billing coordinator at the Austen Riggs Center.

Donna Plankey

Accounts Receivable & Insurance Billing Coordinator

Dylan Quinn is a Therapeutic Community staff member and an assistant program manager at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dylan Quinn

Therapeutic Community Staff Member

BA from University Without Walls at UMass Amherst

MSW from Boston College School of Social Work

Molly Reider, LICSW, is a clinical social worker at the Austen Riggs Center.

Mx. Reider has clinical social work experience in the adult inpatient setting and community mental health working with children, youth, and families.

Professional Affiliations/Organizational Memberships

Member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

Member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)

Certificate in Neuroscience and Social Work from Boston College School of Social Work

The use of games and play to encourage social learning and the integration of neuroscience into social work practice

Molly Reider, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker

BS in psychology from the University of Texas

PsyD in clinical psychology from George Washington University

Predoctoral internship at Pathways Community Health in Missouri

Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Studies at the Austen Riggs Center

Board Certified by the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis

Jeremy M. Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, is the director of admissions, assistant team leader, and a staff psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center. He is also the chair of the Erikson Scholar Search Committee.

He has written and presented on schizophrenia, paranoia, personality disorders, and psychological testing.

Psychotherapeutic treatment of individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders with a particular focus in understanding how targeting mentalization (i.e. how people think about self and other) can be an important focus for recovery. In addition, he has conducted psychological assessment research on personality disorders and psychosis

Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, is the director of admissions  at the Austen Riggs Center.

Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP

Director of Admissions/Assistant Team Leader

Amy Rider is a mental health specialist at the Austen Riggs Center.

Amy Rider

Mental Health Specialist

BA in operations management from the University of Massachusetts

MS in project management from Boston University

Marketing and Communications at San Ignacio De Loyola University–Lima Peru

Nestor Riva, MSPM, PMP, CSL, is the director of facilities at the Austen Riggs Center and is responsible for directing the execution of critical capital projects. He provides leadership to the facilities department and oversees the functioning of all buildings and systems including maintenance, housekeeping, and contractors. Mr. Riva is appointed by the medical director/CEO as the safety manager of the Center. In addition, he is chair of the Environment of Care Committee and responsible for compliance with the Joint Commission, federal, state, local and other regulatory agencies.

Mr. Riva is a strategic operations and project management professional with many years of combined experience in facilities operations, project management, construction and leadership. He has expertise in multiple industries, and has led and managed multiple priorities and critical projects from inception to completion.

Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute

Construction Supervisor License (CSL) in the state of Massachusetts

Nester Riva, MSPM, PMP, CSL

Director of Facilities

Adrian Riva is the kitchen assistant/prep cook at the Austen Riggs Center.

Adrian Riva

Kitchen Assistant/Prep Cook

BS in Psychology from University of Pittsburgh

Alena Roberson is a nursing and therapeutic community program administrative assistant at the Austen Riggs Center.

Alena Roberson

Nursing and TCP Administrative Assistant 

Vincent Roppolo is a Therapeutic Community staff member at the Austen Riggs Center.

BA in psychology with a minor in anthropology from the University of Vermont

MA in psychology from New York University

PhD in clinical psychology with a health emphasis from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University

Nina Rose, PhD, is a postdoctoral Fellow in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. Rose completed her clinical internship at the Brooklyn VA Medical Center, where she specialized in individual and group psychotherapy for veterans with serious mental illness and military sexual trauma. Her earlier training includes work as a therapist at the Pratt Institute of Art and Brooklyn College, which influenced her psychodynamic orientation and integration of the arts into her clinical work. Dr. Rose also has experience working in acute inpatient rehabilitation with patients recovering from brain and spinal cord injuries at Mount Sinai Hospital and in pediatric psycho-oncology at Westchester Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. These settings cultivated a systemic, trauma-informed lens on how medical illness, identity, and relational context interact.

Clinically, Dr. Rose works from a trauma-informed, psychodynamic, and relational stance, guided by the premise that meaningful change emerges through authentic engagement, sustained curiosity, and careful attention to the therapeutic frame. She draws on philosophy and the arts to enrich the work and pays close attention to dynamics of power and authority.

These experiences directly inform her work with patients at Riggs. Dr. Rose relies on a strong therapeutic alliance as the foundation for exploration and change and actively thinks with patients about their difficulties on both an individual and systems level, considering the family, institutional, and cultural contexts that shape their lives. Within the open setting, Dr. Rose collaborates with patients to cultivate autonomy, deepen self-understanding, and engage more fully in relationships and community life, often encouraging the use of imagination and creativity as powerful resources for healing and self-exploration.

Outside of Riggs, Dr. Rose shares her research on therapeutic alliance and mindfulness-based interventions at national conferences and publishes on relational and systemic processes in psychotherapy. She also volunteers at the Brooklyn Book Festival, reflecting her passion for literature and supporting creativity and community engagement.

American Psychological Association Division 29,38, 39

Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training

Graduate stipend and merit scholarship, Yeshiva University

“Best Poster,” North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders

Structural Assessment of Social Behavior (SASB)

Nina Rose, PhD

Fellow in Psychology

BA in psychology from Southern Illinois University

MSW from the University of North Carolina

David Rosenthal, LICSW, is a clinical social worker at the Austen Riggs Center. He provides direct patient care, family consultation, and family therapy.

Mr. Rosenthal has 28 years of clinical social work experience working at Bennington College, the Brien Center, and most recently at Berkshire Medical Center.

Former associate professor of psychology at Southern Vermont College

David Rosenthal, LICSW, is a clinical social worker at the Austen Riggs Center.

David Rosenthal, LICSW

MSW, Smith College School for Social Work

Christine Rowghani, LICSW, is a clinical social worker at the Austen Riggs Center.

Their previous work experience includes providing psychotherapy at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York City and working on a residential interdisciplinary care team at Gould Farm in the Berkshires. They also have experience in school-based and adult inpatient psychiatric settings.

American Psychological Association (APA) Division 39, Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology

APA Division 39 Scholar, Multicultural Concerns Committee

Christine Rowghani, LICSW

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

Donna Plankey

Dylan Quinn

Molly Reider, LICSW

Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP

Amy Rider

Nestor Riva, MSPM, PMP, CSL

Adrian Riva

Alena Roberson

Vincent Roppolo

Nina Rose, PhD

David Rosenthal, LICSW

Christine Rowghani, LICSW

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