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Spencer Biel, PsyD, is the director of the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for college students in Massachusetts. 

Clinical Associate Faculty, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis

Director of Remote Access IOP 

BA, Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences (Catholic Studies major, Biology minor)

MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Internship and residency at Brown University (chief resident during 4th year)

Fellowship in psychoanalysis at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

Fellowship in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Austen Riggs Center

Mark Elliot, MD, is a psychiatrist in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. Elliot began his career at Rhode Island Hospital’s Adult Partial Hospitalization Program where he served as Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. He received extensive training and experience in group psychotherapy during these five years and became certified in group psychotherapy by the American Group Psychotherapy Association. During his fifth year at Rhode Island Hospital, he completed a preliminary year as a candidate at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston.

Dr. Elliot then worked for two years on an inpatient unit at Butler Hospital. During this time he continued teaching both medical students and residents.

Dr. Elliot then completed a four year fellowship in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Austen Riggs Center. Throughout his training, he also worked as a doctor-on-call for Providence Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Holyoke, MA.

Dr. Elliot opened a solo private practice in Lenox, MA in July of 2015. In November of 2021, he rejoined the Austen Riggs Center as a member of the Remote Access IOP team where he provides both individual and group treatment.

Certified in group psychotherapy by the American Group Psychotherapy Association

John Carroll scholarship recipient, Georgetown University

National Service Corps Scholar, Georgetown University

Alpert Medical School of Brown University Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award

Brown University Psychiatry General Residency Teaching Award – “PRATTLE”

Brown University Triple Board Residency Teaching Award

Remote Access IOP Psychiatrist 

Fellowship in psychoanalytic studies at the Austen Riggs Center

Jacquelyn Harden, PsyD, is a psychologist in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

Remote Access IOP Psychologist 

Jackie LaBonte, LICSW, is a social worker in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

Remote Access IOP Social Worker

MSW from Smith College School of Social Work

Stacia Langenbahn, LICSW, is a substance use counselor in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center. 

In a previous career, Ms. Langenbahn researched substance use disorders, rape, and sexual assault, as well as HIV/AIDS in the context of public health, communities, and the criminal justice system. She has over 20 years of experience as a clinical social worker, working in inpatient, college counseling, methadone clinic, and community mental health settings.

She enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, swimming, meditation, yoga, reading, and cooking.

The intersection of traumatic experience and the use of substances

Working with people with diagnoses of problematic substance use in the context of other mental health difficulties

Integrating psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral approaches to problematic substance use

Mindfulness as an approach to tolerating difficult feelings and a means of observing the self and developing insight

Exploring and helping cultivate wellness in body, mind, and spirit

Stacia Langenbahn, LICSW, is a substance use counselor in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

Stacia Langenbahn, LICSW

Remote Access IOP Substance Use Counselor

Jessi Nolet began her career at Riggs as the social work assistant and quickly added the role of the administrative assistant to the Medical Director/CEO to her responsibilities. After being promoted to Eric Plakun’s executive assistant in the fall of 2020, Ms. Nolet served on the IOP Planning Committee and was thrilled to be named the IOP Program Coordinator in the spring of 2021. 

Ms. Nolet has experience in real estate, retail management, and sales. In addition, she has worked as a knitter/dyer and held various positions in costume arts. She lives in Stockbridge, MA with her two children and her miniature schnauzer, Frida.

Jessi Nolet is the IOP program coordinator at the Austen Riggs Center.

Jessi Nolet

IOP Program Coordinator

PhD in Clinical Psychology from The Derner School at Adelphi University

Predoctoral Internship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Studies at the Austen Riggs Center

Seth Pitman, PhD, is the Associate Director of the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts as well as a psychologist in the program. 

Dr. Pitman has provided psychodynamic and integrative psychotherapy services at psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, and a university-based clinic, in both individual and group formats. He has also been trained in neuropsychological testing and consultation-liaison psychology services.

Dr. Pitman’s peer-reviewed research articles have focused on the relationship between psychodynamic techniques and therapy outcome, the impact of patient personality factors on the therapeutic process, and trauma. His original research has earned him recognition from APA’s Division 29–Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training.

APA Division 29 – Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

Adelphi University, George Stricker Fellowship Award, 2nd place recipient (2015)

Division 29, Jeffrey E. Barnett Psychotherapy Research Paper Award recipient (2017)

Associate Director of Remote Access IOP 

MD from the University of Maryland Medical School

Psychiatric Residency and Geriatric Psychiatry fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Erin Seery, MD, is a psychiatrist in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

She is a board-certified psychiatrist with active medical licenses in Massachusetts and South Carolina. After completing psychoanalytic fellowship at the Austen Riggs Center, Dr. Seery joined the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina. She practices in a variety of settings within MUSC and was recently named an Associate Program Director of the psychiatry residency program. Dr. Seery teaches psychodynamic psychotherapy and is committed to fostering a patient-centered approach to care by future psychiatrists.

American Psychiatric Association (APA), Psychotherapy Caucus

South Carolina Psychiatric Association, Executive Council - Membership Chair

American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis

Remote Access IOP Psychiatrist

BA from the Great Books program at St. John’s College

MA in psychology and gender studies from Duquesne University

PhD in clinical psychology from Duquesne University

Clinical training from the Psychoanalytic Couple & Family Institute of New England and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center

Amy Taylor, PhD, is a psychologist in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. Taylor is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst. Prior to joining the IOP, Taylor was a staff psychologist in the residential program at Austen Riggs where her roles included psychotherapist, psychotherapy supervisor, team leader and assistant team leader, admissions officer, and group facilitator. Her prior experience also includes working as a therapist and outreach coordinator in college counseling centers and supervising and clinicians training in college counseling and community mental health settings. She maintains a private practice with a focus on treating people who have concerns related to gender, sexuality, and major life transitions.

Dr. Taylor writes, teaches, and engages in qualitative research about gender, sexuality, the body’s relationship to technology, and making psychotherapy and psychoanalytic treatment more inclusive.

Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN) Steering Committee member

American Psychological Association Divisions: 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues); 32 (Humanistic); 39 (Psychoanalysis); 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity)

Amy E. Taylor, PhD, is a Remote Access IOP psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center.

Amy E. Taylor, PhD

Medical internship at Massachusetts General Hospital

Elizabeth Weinberg, MD, is a psychiatrist in the Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program for College Students in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center.

After residency, she joined the full-time faculty at the psychiatry department at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and among other duties, developed and led an intensive outpatient program for the treatment of personality disorders. Following this, she worked at the Menninger Clinic in Houston and then left to focus on her psychiatric and psychoanalytic practice. She joined the staff of Austen Riggs in 2010.

She has lectured and written on the treatment of personality disorders and suicide assessment and intervention.

Board-certified psychiatrist and is certified by the American Psychoanalytic Association in adult psychoanalysis

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

For more information on our residential treatment programs, or answers to any questions, please feel free to contact us. 

Meet Our Team

Remote Access Intensive Outpatient Program

Spencer Biel, PsyD

Mark Elliot, MD

Jacquelyn Harden , PsyD

Jackie LaBonte, LICSW

Stacia Langenbahn, LICSW

Jessi Nolet

Seth Pitman, PhD

Erin Seery, MD

Amy E. Taylor, PhD

Elizabeth Weinberg, MD

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