Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA
Adding to its cadre of clinical training programs, the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center has launched a new nine-month, fully online IOP psychodynamic psychotherapy training certificate program for Massachusetts-licensed, doctoral-level mental health professionals beginning in March of 2025.
Participants in the certificate program receive a stipend of $3900 and can expect to:
- Increase their professional and clinical expertise in helping patients negotiate developmental tasks of young adulthood
- Develop the ability to make psychodynamic formulations and to use these formulations to frame the task of intensive short-term therapy
- Experience and learn the benefits of working within a psychodynamic team approach
In addition, unlike programs offered by psychoanalytic institutes, participants do not need to find their own patients; rather, they are provided with patients who are already enrolled in the Riggs Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA.
“The psychodynamic team approach we apply in an online space provides a unique environment for doctoral-level mental health professionals to deepen their clinical knowledge and add additional tools to their toolbox,” said Online IOP Training Director Jacquelyn Harden, PsyD
The program features five hours a week of psychotherapy training and didactics related to treating a young adult population using a developmental and psychodynamic team approach. Participants carry a caseload of one patient enrolled in the Online IOP whom they see twice weekly for a minimum of six weeks (and up to several months).
Participants receive weekly individual supervision from a doctoral-level licensed staff clinician on the Online IOP team, join one 50-minute team meeting per week, and attend a weekly course seminar taught by Austen Riggs Center staff. In addition, participants present their work with their patients at case conferences, utilizing supervision support to formulate the case and present the therapy work.
All meetings are conducted over Zoom. Seminars take place on Monday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Eastern). Team meetings are on Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. and patients are seen on Tuesdays and Fridays at a mutually workable time. Supervision times are determined by the participant and their supervisor.
As an added benefit, participants are eligible to receive continuing education credits from the seminars and a program certificate. Participants may also elect to attend group supervision on Fridays at 9:30 a.m. and have access to the Austen Riggs Center online library.
Trainee applicant requirements:
- Must be a doctoral-level clinician licensed in Massachusetts
- Must have malpractice insurance
- Must have an interest in psychodynamic psychotherapy, young adult populations, and a team approach to treatment
Initially, this training will be limited to three participants per nine-month cycle. Click here to learn more and apply. Applications are due by December 20, 2024.
Other training programs offered by the Erikson Institute include:
- Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and Fellowship in Hospital-Based Psychotherapy
- Elective in Psychodynamic Psychiatry
- Psychodynamic Research Mentorship Program
- Practicum Internship for Smith College School for Social Work MSW students
- Undergraduate Internships
The Erikson Institute also offers free virtual CE/CME live and enduring courses.
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