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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 

 for College Students and Emerging Adults in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center. Dr. Seery serves as the psychiatry consultant within the IOP, but also intermittently provides psychotherapy and group therapy. She is a board-certified psychiatrist with active medical licenses in Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina. She is committed to understanding patients across the lifespan and the unique challenges at particular developmental timepoints. She completed general psychiatry residency and a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina, and then pursued a 4-year advanced psychoanalytic fellowship at the Austen Riggs Center residential program where she worked with emerging adults and those in other life stages in intensive psychodynamic individual psychotherapy, group and family therapy modalities and in concert with psychiatric prescribing.

Following her psychoanalytic fellowship, Dr. Seery joined the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina. She practices in a variety of settings from the adult and child psychiatric emergency rooms to supervising the outpatient senior resident clinic.She serves as the Associate Program Director and Associate Psychotherapy Director of the general psychiatry residency program. She has received numerous awards for her teaching of psychiatry trainees.

Dr. Seery is also involved in advocacy, recently named a Trustee with the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP) (2023-2026) and will be the incoming president of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association (2024-2025). She writes and presents on topics of Personality Based prescribing, psychotherapeutic interventions in acute settings, the use of countertransference in inpatient settings, and psychodynamic considerations of brain stimulation.

American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP) Trustee (2023-2026)

South Carolina Psychiatric Association President (2024-2025)

American Psychiatric Association (APA), Psychotherapy Caucus

South Carolina Psychiatric Association, Executive Council - Membership Chair

American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis

Online Intensive Outpatient Program

Online IOP Psychiatrist

PhD in Clinical Psychology from The Derner School at Adelphi University

Predoctoral Internship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Seth Pitman, PhD, is the Associate Director of the 

 for College Students and Emerging Adults in Massachusetts at the Austen Riggs Center. In addition to providing individual therapy and leading groups, Dr. Pitman designed and manages the IOP's measurement-based care initiative, an evidence-based practice of using systematic and routine assessment to inform treatment decisions and engage patients in their care.

Dr. Pitman is passionate about integrating clinical research and practice to improve treatment outcomes and foster communication within the field of mental healthcare. He is committed to translating what we know works best for patients to policymakers and organizations that have a hand in guiding resources and helping improve access to quality care for all, including those from economically, racially, and gender diverse backgrounds.

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

Society of Personality Assessment (SPA), Martin Mayman Award (2021)

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

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

Associate Director of Online IOP 

Unpacking the Loneliness Epidemic in Young Adults

 
Part 2: Therapeutic Solutions & Community Building


Sponsored by The Dorm & the Austen Riggs Center

Part two of this collaborative virtual CE event sponsored by The Dorm and the Austen Riggs Center explores clinical approaches to addressing concerns of loneliness and belonging in young adult populations, including the intersection of social issues such as access and barriers to care as key factors in young adults' experiences of loneliness. A moderated panel discussion featuring 

, explores developmentally based interventions for loneliness reduction. 

Identify at least one clinical approach to addressing concerns of loneliness 

Restate one fundamental factor of satisfying personal relationships 

Describe ways to enhance emotional connection with others 

Describe strategies to reduce social isolation

View Part 1: Young Adults and Social Connectedness

Clinical Perspectives

In part two of this Dorm and Riggs collaborative CE event, Drs. Erin Seery and Seth Pitman explore clinical approaches to addressing concerns of loneliness and belonging in young adult populations.

Unpacking the Loneliness Epidemic in Young Adults | The Dorm & Austen Riggs Center - Part 2

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