Psychiatric Bulletin (2005) 29: 479. doi: 10.1192/pb.29.12.479
© 2005 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatric Bulletin (2005) 29: 479
© 2005 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Harold Stewart
Formerly Consultant Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic, London
Henry Rollin
Dr Stewart was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow
and studied medicine at University College Hospital, London; he qualified MB
BS (London) and MRCS, LRCP in 1947.
In 1948 he became a general practitioner in Watford and became interested
in the use of hypnosis in general practice. This led him to train as a
psychoanalyst. He qualified in 1961 becoming a member of the British
Psychoanalytic Society in 1963. In 1965 he became a clinical assistant in the
Department of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, then
consultant psychiatrist at the Paddington Centre for Psychotherapy and finally
consultant psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic until his retirement in
1989. He was elected MRCPsych in 1971 and was elevated to the Fellowship in
1978.
He was a prolific writer, publishing several papers, mainly of
psychoanalytic importance, and two books: Psychic Experience and Problems
of Technique (1992) and Michael Balint, Object Relations Pure and
Applied (1996).
Dr Stewart died on 25 June 2005. He is survived by his wife Joy and three
children.
