Thomas Anthony Harris
Thomas Anthony Harris (April 18, 1910 – May 4, 1995) during the 1970s.
Career
Harris received his Bachelor of Science degree from the
USS Haven (AH-12). Harris ultimately became Chief of the Psychiatry Branch of the Navy, and ended his service as a Commander in 1954.[2]
Following his retirement, Harris became Chief of the Department of Institutions in Washington state. During this time, he played a critical role in defusing a riot at the maximum security prison in Walla Walla. However, he soon grew tired of bureaucratic work, and opened a private psychiatric practice in
Sacramento, CA
in 1956.
Harris was a long-time friend and associate of
group therapy and TA in preference to traditional psychoanalysis, for which he was trained by Harry Stack Sullivan
.
Publications
During 1985, Harris published Staying OK, a sequel to I'm OK, You're OK, written with his wife, the journalist and lecturer Amy Bjork Harris (born 1929).[3]
See also
Sources
- ^ California Deaths, 1940 - 1997
- ^ a b c THOMAS A. HARRIS Psychiatrist and Author, obituary in The Washington Post, May 7, 1995
- ^ Keeping the Adult in Control by John Leo in Time, May 27, 1985