Cecil R Webster Jr MD
Cecil R Webster Jr MD
Cecil R Webster Jr MD, Webster Clinic founder, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst
CEO, FOUNDER
CHILD, ADOLESCENT, & ADULT PSYCHIATRIST
PSYCHOANALYST
Dr. Webster is focused on developing this clinic into the premier place where people can find the help that fits ALL of them; as such he is not accepting new patients. He has personally recruited and works hand-in-glove with both Drs. Sundus Mari and Jacqueline Buchanan who are well-credentialed, trustworthy, reliable, and with their own complementary styles of in depth treatment. Both are welcoming new patients, with first appointments usually within one to two weeks.
Harvard-trained and board-certified, Dr. Cecil R. Webster Jr is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in Boston’s Back Bay who provides integrated psychotherapy and medication management for patients across the lifespan. A physician-educator at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, he teaches on psychotherapy, culture, and identity, and serves on the Board of Trustees at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute as well as the Board of Editors for Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. For the last ten years, he has co-led the Black Psychiatrists of Boston, an informal community of psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees in New England formed during the Civil Rights Era at Harvard Medical School in the 1960s. Dr. Webster was recently named a Top Black Doctors on a national level.
At Webster Clinic, Dr. Webster’s clinical focus is identity development and complex presentations at the intersection of anxiety, mood, ADHD, trauma, sexuality, gender, and culture. He offers culturally responsive, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC affirming care and has particular expertise in queer parenthood, sexual health, cultural curiosity, sexual and gender diverse youth, and professionals of color, and families navigating migration and intercultural transitions. He most recently wrote the chapter Navigating Racial Minority Status in Clinic Practice in the benchmark psychiatry textbook, Lewis’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and teaches in Harvard Medical School programs such as Psychiatry in 2026. His media appearances include GBH, New York Times, and Harvard Health. He welcomes collaboration with pediatric and specialty teams. He regularly consults with schools, universities, and organizations on race, sexual identity, and minority stress, and he founded Webster Clinic as a non-insurance Boston psychiatry and psychotherapy practice designed for in-depth, continuity-oriented care.
Dr. Webster opened Webster Clinic in 2025 after a dozen years in solo practice. Read why in his founder’s message.
*Dr. Webster’s waitlist is presently closed
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Families and adults often seek out Dr. Webster when there are layered identity questions around race, culture, sexuality, or gender intertwined with anxiety, mood, ADHD, or trauma, especially when they want a Boston psychoanalyst and child psychiatrist who can hold complex psychoanalytic work while also managing medication in one place. He is a particularly good fit for LGBTQIA+ families, queer parents, sexual and gender diverse youth, and professionals of color looking for a culturally attuned, high-accountability therapeutic relationship.
*Waitlist is presently closed
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Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute: General Psychoanalysis
Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Baylor College of Medicine (Chief Resident): Psychiatry
Baylor College of Medicine: MD
Morehouse College: BA
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Camp M, Webster C, Coverdale T, Coverdale J, Rayne R. The Joker: a dark night for depictions of mental illness. Academic Psychiatry 2010; 34:145–149.
Webster C, It Can Get Better. Book Review. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2013; 52(6):657-659.
Webster C, Valentine L, Gabbard G. Film Clubs in Psychiatric Education: the Hidden Curriculum. Academic Psychiatry 2015; 29:601-604.
Ahuja A, Webster C, Gibson N, Brewer A, Toledo S, Russell S. Bullying and Suicide: The Mental Health Crisis of LGBTQ Youth and How You Can Help. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health 2015; 19(2):125-155.
Webster C, Telingator C. LGBT Families. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth. Pediatric Clinics. 2016; 63(6):1107-1119.
Grimes K, Webster C, Coffey S, Hagan G. Integrated Care for Children: A Shared Training Model. Medical Education. 2017; 51: 535-559.
Webster C, “Psychotherapy: AACAP Psychodynamic Faculty Training and Mentorship Initiative” AACAP News. March/April 2018.
Grimes K, Creedon T, Webster C, Coffey S, Hagan G, Chow C. Enhanced Child Psychiatry Access and Engagement via Integrated Care: A Collaborative Practice Model with Pediatrics. Psychiatric Services 2018 Jul 25
Webster C, “Beverly Stoute, MD: Winner of the 2018 AACAP Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Paper Award” AACAP News. November/December 2018.
Webster C, “‘Is it because I’m Black, Dr. Webster?’: Racial Identity Development in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy ” AACAP News. September/October 2019.
Webster C, Telingator C. Cultural Considerations in the United States. In: Van Schalkwyk G, Turban J, Forcier M, editors. Pediatric Gender Identity: Gender-affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth. Cham, Switzerland. 2020.
Webster C. When Lines Get Blurred. In: Kennedy K, Welton R, Yeomans F, editors. Supervising Individual Psychotherapy. Washington. 2023.
Hill K, Qayyum Z, Webster CR Jr. Implications and Considerations of Sexual and Gender Identities in Dynamic Psychotherapies. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2025 Jul;34(3):459-470. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2025.03.007. Epub 2025 Apr 30. PMID: 40516956.
Webster C. Navigating racial minority status in clinical practice. In: van Schalkwyk GI, Volkmar FR, Bloch MH, Stevens HE, Martin A, eds. Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook. 6th ed. Wolters Kluwer; 2026:chap 3.1.
BEST FIT FOR
High functioning professionals with something holding them back
Gender and sexually diverse children and adults
Psychoanalysis
Complex relationship difficulties with early origins