The Bresler Center was established in 1989 by Dr. David Bresler, the founder and former Executive Director of the UCLA Pain Control Unit. Dr. Bresler was one of the first American scientists to seriously investigate and validate complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) during his tenure as Associate Clinical Professor in the UCLA Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and the UCLA Department of Psychology.
As aresult, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association for Pain Management and was appointed by President Clinton as a White House Commissioner on CAM Health Care Policy. For more information about Dr. Bresler, please click here.
Dr, Bresler provides state-of-the-art patient care utilizing a variety of mind/body medicine approaches, including psychotherapy, EMDR, CBT, interactive guided imagery℠, and relaxation training. He works closely with patients and their families, and has outstanding success in helping people with chronic pain, addiction, trauma, anxiety and stress, depression, and chronic fatigue.
Dr. Bresler is an outstanding diagnostician and with his vast experience in evaluating a wide variety of pain and stress related symptoms, he is often able to diagnose and treat unusual problems that other health care practitioners have not been able to identify. He also writes books, conducts clinical research and teaches a variety of courses for both health care professionals and the public.
