The Riggs Difference: Where Understanding Leads to Recovery
Ashley Hassinger, PsyD
Fellow in Psychology
Ashley Hassinger, PsyD
Fellow in Psychology
Education
- BA in psychology from The Pennsylvania State University
- BA in business management from The Pennsylvania State University
- MA in applied psychological sciences from Pacific University
- PsyD in clinical psychology from Pacific University
Ashley Hassinger, PsyD, is a postdoctoral Fellow in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.
Before starting at Riggs, she trained in outpatient community mental health, community-based intensive outpatient, and inpatient hospital settings. Her dissertation examined the similarities and differences between complex PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Dissociative Identity Disorder in order to propose an alteration to the current diagnostic system that better reflects these findings.
Research/Clinical Interests
- Personality structures and organizations
- Psychodynamic diagnostic systems
- Influence of childhood trauma on the development of personality and meaning making