Edward R Shapiro MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center

25 Main StreetAusten Riggs CenterStockbridge, MA 01262
Phone+1 413-446-3331

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Summary

Dr. Edward Shapiro is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst based in Stockbridge, MA, specializing in intensive psychotherapy, family therapy, organizational consultation, and personality disorders. He completed his medical education at Harvard Medical School and holds degrees in Anthropology from Stanford University and Russian Language and Literature from Yale College. Dr. Shapiro has been affiliated with the Austen Riggs Center as a Distinguished Faculty member and Medical Director from 1991-21011 and from 2025-2026,and serves as a consultant at McLean Hospital. His academic contributions include roles at institutions such as Yale, Harvard, and Tufts, among others. He has published extensively, with works featured in journals like Psychiatry and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has received awards in research, teaching, and writing and the Outstanding Psychiatrist for the Advancement of the Profession Award from the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society.

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Dr. Shapiro’s recent book focuses on the psychology of active citizenship. www.edwardrshapiro.com

Education & Training

Massachusetts Mental Health Center Residency, 1968 - 1972
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1968
Stanford UniversityM.A, Anthropology, 1966
Yale CollegeA.B, Russian Language and Literature, 1962

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1969 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2007-2014
Adam Corneel Lecture and Visiting Professorship McLean Hospital, 2005, 2012
“Top Doctor” in US News & World Report 2011

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Management vs. interpretation: teaching residents to listen.
Edward R. Shapiro
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2012-03-01
Psychoanalytic institutions and treatment resistance: commentary on Kafka.
Edward R. Shapiro
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 2011-05-23
9 citations
A View From Riggs: Treatment Resistance and Patient Authority—XII. Examined Living: A Psychodynamic Treatment System
Edward R. Shapiro
The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 2009-01-01

Journal Articles

“Why do I have to do this?”: institutions, integrity, and citizenship. 21, 197–211. doi: 10.33212/osd.v21n2.2021.197
Edward R. Shapiro, Organizational and Social Dynamics, 2021
The effect of social changes on the doctor-patient relationship.
Shapiro, ER, Organizational and Social Dynamics
The changing role of the CEO.
Shapiro, ER, Organizational and Social Dynamics

Books/Book Chapters

Task: a transcendent notion.
Chapter: The character of wisdom: essays in honor of A.W. Carr
Shapiro, EREditors: Percey M.Ashgate Press, London
Finding a Place to Stand: Developing Self-Reflective Institutions, Leaders, and Citizens
Edward R. ShapiroPhoenix, Bichester2020
The Inner World in the Outer World: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Edited bookEditors: Shapiro, ER.Yale University Press, New Haven1997