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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 

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

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, LCSW, 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

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, Nolet served on the IOP Planning Committee and was thrilled to be named the IOP Program Coordinator in the spring of 2021. 

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.

IOP Program Coordinator/Assistant to the Medical Director/CEO

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. 

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.

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, 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. 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.

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.

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)

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, LCSW

Jessi Nolet

Seth Pitman, PhD

Erin Seery, MD

Amy E. Taylor, PhD

Elizabeth Weinberg, MD

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