E. Graham Howe | |
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| Born | Eric Graham Howe 3 February 1897 London, England |
| Died | 8 June 1975 (aged 78) |
| Education | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School (MBBS, DPM)[2] |
| Known for | Eastern philosophy and psychotherapy[1] |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Bethlem Royal Hospital Tavistock Clinic St Thomas' Hospital West Herts Hospital |
Eric Graham Howe (3 February 1897 – 8 June 1975) was a British psychiatrist notable for his early, interdisciplinary approach to psychotherapy in the 1930s, featuring elements of psychodynamic psychology, existential phenomenology, Eastern philosophy and Christian spirituality. After serving in World War I, he became interested in Sigmund Freud and decided to study psychiatry. Following medical school, he worked at the Tavistock Clinic in the 1920s and 1930s, and established the Open Way Clinic in the 1950s, later renamed the Langham Clinic. Towards the end of his life, he was known as a practicing Druid. He was the author of more than a dozen books and was influential among a number of writers and psychiatrists, including Israel Regardie, Jean Lucey Pratt, Alan Watts, Henry Miller, and R.D. Laing.