Silver Hill Hospital

About

Silver Hill Hospital, established in 1931, is one of the nation's preeminent private psychiatric hospitals, occupying forty-four scenic acres in New Canaan, Connecticut. The hospital has distinguished itself within the psychodynamic tradition through its clinical application of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, a twice-weekly structured psychodynamic treatment grounded in Otto F. Kernberg's object relations model of personality pathology. Silver Hill's Fellowship for the Treatment of Complex Psychiatric Disorders, conducted in partnership with Yale School of Medicine, provides advanced training in psychodynamic approaches to severe mental illness, including psychodynamic conceptualization of substance use disorders and personality pathology within residential settings. The hospital offers three integrated levels of care — inpatient, transitional living, and intensive outpatient — treating anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders including borderline personality disorder, trauma and dissociative disorders, psychotic illnesses, and substance use with co-occurring conditions. Specialized programs serve executives and professionals through The Steward House program. The clinical approach integrates evidence-based psychodynamic methods with complementary therapies including acupuncture, massage, Tai Chi, and yoga. Silver Hill's historic commitment to treating complex psychiatric presentations within a psychoanalytically informed framework places it among the small number of American residential programs where depth-oriented clinical thinking remains structurally embedded in institutional practice.

Depth Orientation

Silver Hill is one of the few residential psychiatric hospitals offering immersive training and clinical delivery of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, a structured psychodynamic treatment derived from Otto Kernberg's object relations model, initially validated for borderline personality pathology. The hospital's fellowship program — affiliated with Yale School of Medicine — provides intensive psychodynamic training including case conferences on psychodynamic approaches to substance use disorders. Grand Rounds and therapeutic community principles ground the clinical culture in psychoanalytic thinking applied to residential settings.

Treatment Modalities

Program Details

Best for

• Borderline personality disorder
• Complex personality pathology
• Treatment-resistant mood disorders
• Substance use with co-occurring psychiatric conditions
• Professionals and executives requiring confidential care

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