Sponsored by the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center in collaboration with the TriTown Health Department.

. This is a free in-person community forum that asks, 

What can we learn from our experiences during the pandemic? 

Outdoor Shrine of the Marian Fathers (at Eden Hill, Stockbridge)

Isolation, anxiety, depression, despair, grief, and anger have filled our days over the past two years, as our society has struggled through the pandemic and tried to figure out how to manage it. Health care workers, seniors, students, teachers, parents, restaurant owners, business people, families, and town officials–many have felt alone with uncertainty, turmoil, and confusion, both about events in our individual lives and about changing governmental responses. Some have even discovered new aspects of resilience, of family and community engagement. This Community Forum is an opportunity to hear from each other, to learn from the range of our experiences as fellow citizens, and to bring us back together as a community as the pandemic wanes.

, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Director of the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy at: 

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Grappling with Covid-19: What can we learn from our experiences during the pandemic? 

A free community forum sponsored by the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center in collaboration with the TriTown Health Department.

Registration Now Open!
4.0 CE/CME Credits

The pandemic and social upheaval of the past years have strained systems of care and the relationships between marginalized communities and the institutions that provide education, physical and mental healthcare, and other social services. Understanding sources of rupture, alienation, and disconnection are essential to begin the repair work that will provide access to care and understanding of the diverse challenges faced by children and families during this time.

This year’s Riggs-Yale Virtual Conference on Developmental Psychopathology, Family Process, and Social Context will include:

Speakers working in the community as mental health ambassadors

Systems issues around workforce shortages of professionals and paraprofessionals

Cultural humility in work with diverse groups

Ways to improve outreach and engagement with children and families

This conference is generously underwritten by the John Leopold Weil and Geraldine Rickard Weil Memorial Charitable Foundation.

Conferences

Riggs-Yale Virtual Conference: Repairing Trust and Rebuilding Relationships with All Members of the Community 

Register today for our annual Riggs-Yale Conference (virtual this year)–July 23, 2022. This year's topic is: 

Repairing Trust and Rebuilding Relationships with All Members of the Community

. Life transitions give us an opportunity to find new meaning. At the same time, they can be stressful and hard to deal with, especially in the context of the destabilizing forces of COVID-19. What are you doing to manage the emotional and practical challenges of transitions in your life? What more can Austen Riggs do to support patients as they transition away from Riggs?

This year, former patients, staff, and Board members are invited to attend the reunion either in-person or virtually. On Friday, July 29, we will welcome attendees with events in the afternoon and evening. The highlight on Saturday, July 30, is the panel presentation, which will be a hybrid event for all attendees. Following this event will be small group discussions on topics related to transitions. The Reunion ends on Sunday afternoon, with a closing address by Medical Director/CEO Eric M. Plakun, MD, who will talk about the state of the Austen Riggs Center.

The deadline to register for in-person participation was June 10th. Remote participation is still open.

Remote attendees will have a chance to say hello to each other and review the weekend schedule of online events and activities.

The State of the Austen Riggs Center: A Presentation by Eric M. Plakun, MD, Medical Director/CEO

 at the tent on campus. Check in to receive your welcome packet, have some refreshments, and socialize.

 hybrid event for all Reunion attendees 3:30-5:00 p.m. Small Group meetings on topics related to transitions

Alumni Events

2022 Austen Riggs Alumni Reunion: Managing Life Transitions

Former patients, staff, and Board members are invited to register for the 2022 Austen Riggs Alumni Reunion to learn from each other as we try to understand and cope with the stresses of life’s transitions.

$40 with 7.5 CE/CME credits; FREE without CE/CME credit

How does moral injury occur and what steps can we take to understand and repair the damage it does to individuals and institutions?

Hear from experienced scholars and clinicians at this year’s Erikson Institute Fall Conference as we examine moral injury and repair related to:

Moral injury happens at the intersection of the individual, the institution, and society. Often it leaves a lasting wound to the psyche and the soul that is suffused with the experience of perpetration and betrayal.

First associated with war and military practices, we now know moral injury occurs in other social catastrophes such as the pandemic, the lasting destructive damage of the institution of slavery in the United States, and in various institutional contexts including healthcare, governance, and education.

The growing prevalence of moral injury calls for changes at the level of the community that require cultivating moral practices in leadership and policy.

Participants can expect to come away from this conference with a better understanding of moral injury in multiple contexts and practical actions they can take to aid in efforts at repair.

2022 Virtual Fall Conference - Moral Injury: Individual and Collective Trauma, and Its Repair

Register now for our annual Fall Conference - October 14-15, 2022. This year's topic is 

Moral Injury: Individual and Collective Trauma, and Its Repair. 

Explore a wide range of psychotherapy conferences, lectures, workshops, and educational events with Riggs clinicians, as well as online CE/CME courses. 

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For answers to any questions about events, conferences, or CME courses, please feel free to contact us.

In addition to wide ranges of published articles, interviews, and other materials featuring the work of Riggs clinicians, our Resource Center houses video excerpts and select full presentations from past academic conferences and educational events.

An important part of the Erikson Institute's educational mission is providing online continuing education and continuing medical education courses with an emphasis on psychodynamic psychotherapy. Certificates and CE/CME credits are availabile for those with an MD, PhD, or PsyD, and for social workers.

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