Description: Robert S. Emmons M.D. has maintained a private psychiatry practice in Burlington Vermont since 1989. He focuses on psychoanalytic and family thearpy.
My psychotherapy focuses on teaching patients experientially to use their unconscious minds to regulate their emotions, improve their relationships, and to find motivation and purpose.
Anxiety is a useful signal that a problem needs to be solved, even if the real issue is not the one that appears at the surface of your mind. Psychotherapy can train your mind to interpret the signals accurately, so that problems can be addressed realistically.
If you are conditioned to believe that you cannot live your life for yourself, disappointment can lead to depression. When you are freed up to express your true self, depression can be replaced by personal initiative.