BS in psychology from the University of Texas

PsyD in clinical psychology from George Washington University

Predoctoral internship at Pathways Community Health in Missouri

Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Studies at the Austen Riggs Center

Board Certified by the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis

Jeremy M. Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, is the director of psychological testing, associate director of admissions, and a staff psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center. He is also the chair of the Erikson Scholar Search Committee.

He has written and presented on schizophrenia, paranoia, personality disorders, and psychological testing.

Professional Affiliations/Organizational Memberships

Psychotherapeutic treatment of individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders with a particular focus in understanding how targeting mentalization (i.e. how people think about self and other) can be an important focus for recovery. In addition, he has conducted psychological assessment research on personality disorders and psychosis

Leadership

Administrative Staff

Admissions Staff

Therapy Staff

Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, is the associate director of admissions and the director of psychological testing at the Austen Riggs Center.

Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP

Associate Director of Admissions/Director of Psychological Testing

, co-authored (with: M., Hamm J. A., Leonhardt, B. L., & Buck, B.) "Engaging Loneliness in the Psychotherapy for Psychosis" in 

"Psychotherapy can be a key intervention to reduce the loneliness that people with psychosis often experience. It may be a crucial first step to build enough trust that may allow people with severe mental illness to then access group and community supports that may enable them to integrate into the wider community."

Professional Publications

Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, and colleagues review existing empirical and scholarly literature on loneliness in psychosis and outline four key practice elements.

Engaging Loneliness in the Psychotherapy for Psychosis

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