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Psychology

PsyD in clinical psychology from Antioch University New England

Pre-doctoral internship at UMass Amherst’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Health

Abby Bliss, PsyD, is a postdoctoral Fellow in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. Bliss has provided psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychological testing in a variety of settings including community mental health and college counseling. While on internship, Dr. Bliss also completed a post-graduate fellowship program through the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis.

Professional Affiliations/Organizational Memberships

Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis

APA Division 39, Section IX (Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility)

The intersection of religion and spirituality and psychology

Fellow in Psychology

Post-doc residency at Berkshire Medical Center

Charles Blomquist, MD, is a Fellow in hospital-based psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies at the Austen Riggs Center.

Fellow in Psychiatry

Post-baccalaureate in pre-medical studies at Bryn Mawr College

DO and MS in academic medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Vivian Chan, MD, is a Fellow in hospital-based psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. Chan completed her psychiatry residency at the Mount Sinai Morningside West Hospital Centers, where she worked in various clinical settings, including an outpatient psychiatric center and intensive outpatient program. She complimented her psychotherapy training with further instruction at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York.

Served as chief resident in final year of residency

Presented nationally at the American Psychiatric Association on promoting the practice and education of psychodynamic psychotherapy in psychiatric residencies

Completed a yearlong AOA Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) program

Completed research in the final two years of residency on developing a predictive model for inpatient psychiatric readmissions utilizing big data

Presented at Grand Rounds on using narrative medicine and existential psychotherapy as frameworks for understanding psychiatry training and treatment

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

Evan Good, PhD, is a fellow in psychology at the Austen Riggs Center.

Evan Good, PhD

PsyD in clinical psychology from Wheaton College

Predoctoral internship and an advanced internship at the Albert & Jessie Danielsen Institute at Boston University

Shirin Kazimov, PsyD, is a postdoctoral Fellow in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. Kazimov has provided psychotherapy and psychological assessments in various settings, including forensic, academic, and community mental health clinics.

Through various diverse experiences, Kazimov has developed a holistic understanding of people’s needs, encompassing not only the biological, psychological, and social aspects but also the spiritual dimensions of human nature.

The theory and practice of relational psychoanalytic therapy, attachment theory, relational spirituality, complex trauma, and grief.

Shirin Kazimov, PsyD, is a fellow in psychology at the Austen Riggs Center.

Shirin Kazimov, PsyD

BS in biochemistry and molecular biology from California Lutheran University

PsyD in clinical psychology from George Fox University

Predoctoral internship at the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital.

David Neal, PsyD, is a postdoctoral Fellow in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. Neal has worked with children, families, and adults in various community and hospital-based settings.

He has written about and presented on practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapy in school-based and primary care settings and on the impact of metacognition on psychological functioning and treatment.

Human development, primitive emotional experiences, and group phenomena

PsyD in clinical psychology from the George Washington University

Predoctoral internship at the Albany Psychology Internship Consortium

madeline river, PsyD, is a postdoctoral Fellow in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies who provides psychotherapy and psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.

Dr. river has provided psychological assessment and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in community mental health clinics, academic medical centers, and psychiatric hospital settings.

While pursuing a doctoral degree in Washington DC, they completed a psychoanalytic fellowship with the Washington-Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. They also served as the event planning assistant for the Contemporary Freudian Society and participated in the CFS psychoanalytic fellowship program for three years.

Through their experiences in psychoanalytic communities both in the United States and in Vienna, Austria, Dr. river has developed an appreciation for the ways in which intrapsychic, familial, institutional, and cultural contexts shape identity and relationships.

madeline river, PsyD, is a fellow in psychology at the Austen Riggs Center.

madeline river, PsyD

PsyD in clinical psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University

Hannah Schmitt, 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 university, outpatient community health, and inpatient hospital settings. Her dissertation used a dynamic systems lens to compare rupture and repair in the therapeutic alliance with body movement synchrony during therapy sessions. Her clinical interests include enactive cognition, gender and sexuality, and somatic and contemplative traditions as they relate to psychodynamic psychotherapy.

BA in history and religious studies from Brown University

Post-baccalaureate in pre-medical studies at Columbia University

DO from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Psychiatry residency at the Institute of Living / Hartford Hospital

Kyle Shepard, DO, is a Fellow in hospital-based psychotherapy and psychoanalytic studies at the Austen Riggs Center.

Before starting at the Austen Riggs Center he worked as an inpatient attending physician at the Institute of Living where he had the pleasure of teaching medical students, psychiatry residents, and psychology trainees.

Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)

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Fellows

Abigail Bliss, PsyD

Charles Blomquist, MD

Vivian Chan, DO, MS

Evan Good, PhD

Shirin Kazimov, PsyD

David Neal, PsyD

madeline river, PsyD

Hannah Schmitt, PsyD

Kyle Shepard, DO

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