Lauren K. Havel, MD

Dr. Havel is passionate about providing evidence-based, patient-focused treatment to children and adolescents. She brings a wide range of clinical experience and expertise to her current role at Texas Children’s Hospital. A native Houstonian, she studied psychology at Yale, received her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed her psychiatry residency and fellowship at Columbia and New York Presbyterian Hospital. After graduation, she sought out additional training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Alongside her clinical work, Dr. Havel currently serves as the medical director for the BCM hub of the Texas Child Psychiatry Access Network, which provides behavioral health consultation to pediatricians and primary care providers

Personal Statement

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Clinical Interests

Dr. Havel specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Research interests

Academically, Dr. Havel’s work has focused on psychotherapy education and training.

Bryant VA, Yerramsetti A, Jack CA, Havel L, Williams L. Report from the field: A model of behavioral health integration with pediatric providers. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, [in press].

Lenet AE, Holoshitz Y, Havel LK, Cabaniss DL. Beyond Informed Consent: Talking to Patients about Therapeutic Action. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 2018 Oct 1;71(2):51-54. Epub 2018 Jul 17. PMID: 30016128.

Blumenshine P, Lenet AE, Havel LK, Arbuckle MR, Cabaniss DL. Thinking Outside of Outpatient: Underutilized Settings for Psychotherapy Education. Academic Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;41(1):16-19. epub 2016 June 9. PMID: 27283018

Havel LK, Powell SD, Cabaniss DL, Arbuckle MR. Smart Phones, Smart Feedback: Using Mobile Devices to Collect In-the-Moment Feedback. Academic Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;41(1):76-80. epub 2016 May 9. PMID: 27160895

Cabaniss DL, Havel LK, Berger S, Deo A, Arbuckle, M. The Microprocess Moment: a tool for evaluating skill in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Academic Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;41(1):51-54. epub 2015 December 8. PMID: 26646408

Book Chapter

Havel LK “Psychosis” in Cabaniss DL and Holoshitz Y. Different Patients, Different Therapies: Optimizing Treatment using Differential Psychotherapeutics. New York: WW Norton, 2019.