Henry Emmons, M.D.

Henry Emmons, MD., is a consultant to seven Twin Cities area college counseling centers, as well as several other organizations, and is a popular workshop presenter. He is a past recipient of a Bush Medical Fellowship, which funded a sabbatical to study natural mindfulness therapies in the practice of psychiatry. He has created adult education programs through the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing, including "A Year of Living Mindfully" and "The Inner Life of Healers: Programs of Renewal for Health Professionals." Dr. Emmons developed the Resilience Training Program at the Institute for Health and Healing at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in January, 2007. This unique program integrates nutrition, exercise and an eight week group teaching skills in the "psychology of mindfulness" to improve outcomes in the treatment of depression.

His essay "Insights on the Inner Life of Healers" was included in the book Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer (Jossey-Bass, 2005). His first book, The Chemistry of Joy: A Three Step Program for Overcoming Depression through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom, was published by Simon and Schuster in January of 2006.

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