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James L. Sacksteder, MD
Senior Erikson Scholar
James L. Sacksteder, MD
Senior Erikson Scholar
Education
- MD from Northwestern University Medical School
- Psychiatric residency at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Fellowship and Advanced Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Austen Riggs Center
James L. Sacksteder, MD, is a Senior Erikson Scholar in the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center.
Dr. Sacksteder served as the Medical Director/CEO at the Austen Riggs Center. He was also a lecturer at Smith College School of Social Work for over twenty years. A board-certified psychiatrist, he has been a dedicated clinician whose commitment to the Austen Riggs Center spans nearly four decades.
Dr. Sacksteder has written over twenty articles and book chapters on the treatment of anorexia nervosa, long-term psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy of severely disturbed patients, narcissism, object relations theory, and ego psychology. He is co-editor of Attachment and the Therapeutic Process with Daniel P. Schwartz, MD, and Yoshiharu Akabane, MD: (International University Press, 1987).
Organizational Affiliations
- American Psychiatric Association (APA)
- American Medical Association (AMA)