Boston Globe obituary for the noted 86-year old psychiatrist who was my first and greatest mentor in my field: “Psychiatrist, professor, and writer, Dr. Havens examined patients and the therapeutic process itself in a series of books and a career that spanned decades, as he taught and influenced succeeding generations of Harvard Medical School students.” Havens’ presence was really the reason I came to train at the department of psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital, where he was principal psychiatrist, although I wish I had been wiser when supervised by him, so as not to have squandered the privilege of exposure to his erudition.To understand some of his fiercely idiosyncratic and humanistic approach to those he treated, a good place to start is simply a list of his major book titles: Making Contact. Coming to Life. A Safe Place. Learning to be Human. R.I.P. Leston Havens
Boston Globe obituary for the noted 86-year old psychiatrist who was my first and greatest mentor in my field: “Psychiatrist, professor, and writer, Dr. Havens examined patients and the therapeutic process itself in a series of books and a career that spanned decades, as he taught and influenced succeeding generations of Harvard Medical School students.” Havens’ presence was really the reason I came to train at the department of psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital, where he was principal psychiatrist, although I wish I had been wiser when supervised by him, so as not to have squandered the privilege of exposure to his erudition.To understand some of his fiercely idiosyncratic and humanistic approach to those he treated, a good place to start is simply a list of his major book titles: Making Contact. Coming to Life. A Safe Place. Learning to be Human. 