I am a board certified psychiatrist with thirty years experience treating depression, anxiety and psychiatric illness. My theoretical orientation is developmental and object relational. Let me explain what I mean by that. We learn about relationships through the people who care for us and live with us when we are young. We turn these experiences into conscious and unconscious memories which set expectations for our future relationships. When we follow these expectations automatically, we create misunderstandings and frustrate ourselves and the people we are in relationships with. Becoming self aware helps us to “rewire” our brains so that new possibilities in thought, feeling and action become possible, This is the work of psychotherapy.