Quotes from Leston Havens

An argument can be made that relationship building is the treatment.

The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.

Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.

Cannibalism and slavery are probably the oldest manifestations of human predation and submission. Although both are now discouraged, their continued existence in psychological forms demonstrates that civilization has achieved great success in moving from the concrete and physical to the abstract and psychological, while persisting in the same purposes.

Above all, the clinician must not shake what little faith the patient has in himself.

The first goal is for the clinician to find the patient, and the patient to find the clinician, as both are required for a real alliance.