David E. Bresler, Ph.D., L.Ac., is a health psychologist and board-certified acupuncturist who formerly served as the founder and director of the UCLA Pain Control Unit, and as a faculty member in the Departments of Anesthesiology, Gnathology and Occlusion, and Psychology in the UCLA Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences.

He has authored over 100 publications, including the book, Free Yourself From Pain, and was the recipient of the Janet Travell Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pain Management. Currently, Dr. Bresler is the Executive Director of The Bresler Center, Visiting Associate Professor of Anesthesiology in the UCLA School of Medicine and President of the Academy for Guided Imagery. In October 2000, Dr. Bresler was named to the White House Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.