Austen Riggs Center

The Austen Riggs Center is a prestigious non-profit psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1919, the center specializes in the intensive, long-term psychotherapeutic treatment of adults with complex, treatment-resistant mental illnesses. It is internationally recognized for its 'therapeutic community' model and its emphasis on psychoanalytic psychotherapy, where patients are treated as active partners in their own care within an open, non-locked setting. Beyond clinical services, the center operates the Erikson Institute for Education and Research, which conducts significant clinical research and provides advanced training for mental health professionals.