Two Part CE Event: Unpacking the Loneliness Epidemic in Young Adults (The Dorm & Austen Riggs Center)

PhD in clinical psychology from the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University

Pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Albany Medical Center

Katie C. Lewis, PhD, is the director of research and medical staff member at the Austen Riggs Center. Her research focuses on examining personality processes in adults diagnosed with complex psychopathology as they relate to suicidal and self-destructive behaviors. Her research has been supported by the Robert Wallerstein Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Research (San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis), a Young Investigator Grant through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, an Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant through the NIMH, and the APF/Division 39 Marsha McCary Grant for Psychoanalytic Research.

She has published and presented on a wide range of topics including suicide and self-harming behaviors, personality psychopathology and assessment, and the ethics of confidentiality in clinical writing. Dr. Lewis is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York and Massachusetts and operates a small private psychotherapy practice in addition to her work at Austen Riggs.

Professional Affiliations/Organizational Memberships

Former graduate student representative on the Ethics Board of Division 39

Former Fellow of the American Psychoanalytic Association (ApsaA)

Former Fellow, Psychoanalytic Research Training Program, Yale University School of Medicine

Founding member of the College of Research Fellows at APsaA

Board of the Society for Personality Assessment Representative at Large (2023-2026)

Fellowship Committee member, American Psychoanalytic Association

Consulting editor and special section editor (Clinical Applications and Case Studies) for the 

American Association of Suicidology Professional Poster Award (2019)

PPRS Stuart Hauser Memorial Poster Award (2014)

Long Island University's Dissertation Award (2014)

Suicide, personality disorders, ecological momentary assessment, psychic pain, personality assessment

Leadership

Erikson Institute Staff

Katie Lewis, PhD, is the director of research at the Austen Riggs Center.

Katie Lewis, PhD

Director of Research

Unpacking the Loneliness Epidemic in Young Adults

 
Part 1: Young Adults and Social Connectedness


Sponsored by The Dorm & the Austen Riggs Center

In part one of this collaborative CE event sponsored by The Dorm and the Austen Riggs Center, Dr. Katie Lewis reviews the rise of loneliness as a public health crisis, focusing on young adults 18-30. This presentation reviews persistent loneliness symptoms as a contributor to mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. 

Explain how culture and psychological development are key factors in healthy attachment

Describe at least one way that loneliness impacts mental health

View Part 2: Therapeutic Solutions & Community Building

Clinical Perspectives

In part one of this Dorm and Riggs collaborative CE event, Dr. Katie Lewis reviews the rise of loneliness as a public health crisis, focusing on young adults 18-30. 

Unpacking the Loneliness Epidemic in Young Adults | The Dorm & Austen Riggs Center - Part 1

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