Thomas Anthony Harris

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Thomas Anthony Harris (April 18, 1910 – May 4, 1995)

I'm OK, You're OK (1967).[2] The book was a bestseller and its name became a cliché
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]

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