The Riggs Difference: Where Understanding Leads to Recovery
The Austen Riggs Center is proud to be one of the sponsors for Yellowbrick’s 19th Annual Conference
Hybrid – Attend Online or In Person
Friday, December 5, 2025
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Central Time)
Friday, December 5, 2025
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Central Time)
1560 Sherman Ave.
3rd Floor Auditorium
Evanston, IL
3rd Floor Auditorium
Evanston, IL
From conference organizers:
Liftoff! is a call to action for mental health professionals to shift the paradigm—from pathologizing stagnation to cultivating launch readiness. This year’s conference explores how clinicians, family systems, and treatment programs can better equip emerging adults to thrive, not just survive, in the transition to adulthood.
Featured Speakers:
- Jesse Viner, MD, Founder, CEO and Chief Medical Officer at Yellowbrick
- David Baron, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor at Rosalind Franklin University/The Chicago Medical School
- Pete Myers, PsyD, Director of Group and Therapeutic Community Services at Yellowbrick
- Bryn Jessup, PhD, Director of Family Services & Systems at Yellowbrick
- Taylor Parks, MSOT, OTR/L, QMHP, Occupational Therapist at Yellowbrick
- Roger Pottenat, MD, Medical Director of McLean’s 3East Residential DBT Programs and Founder & Director at Boston Precision Neurotherapeutics
- Kerry Horrell, PhD, Inpatient Services Coordinator and a staff psychologist at The Menninger Clinic and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine
- Spencer Biel, PsyD, Director of the Austen Riggs Center Online Intensive Outpatient Program for college students and emerging adults in Massachusetts
- Molly Pachan, PhD, Staff Psychologist at the Lindner Center of HOPE in the adult residential program
Sponsors