David Bresler, PhD, LAc, is the president and co-founder of the Academy for Guided Imagery in Malibu, California, and president of The Bresler Center for Mind/Body Medicine in Los Angeles. He is the former founder and executive director of the UCLA Pain Control Unit and Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA School of Medicine; and former White House Commissioner on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. Dr. Bresler is the author of Free Yourself From Pain, Break Your Smoking Habit With Guided Imagery, and numerous other books, workbooks, articles, and scientific publications.