Candidate Bio
Debra Myers, M.D.
Debra J. Myers, MD is a physician specializing in individual therapy and analytic psychotherapy, and maintains a private practice in Torrance, California. With over twenty-five years experience as an internist, lung specialist (pulmonologist) and specialist in sleep disorders medicine, Dr. Myers is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. She is obtaining additional training at the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles specializing in psychoanalysis and analytic psychotherapy. She is currently a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. Among her areas of expertise are psychotherapy for chronic physical illnesses, chronic pain, insomnia and other sleep disorders. She has a special interest in problems with career transitions, burn out treatment and prevention and issues of midlife and aging.
AREAS OF SPECIALTY
- Psychotherapy for Chronic Physical Illnesses
- Chronic Pain
- Insomnia and other Sleep Disorders
- Career Transition Problems
- Burn Out Treatment and Prevention
- Midlife and Issues of Aging
EDUCATION
California Medical License #G39266
- Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, Sleep Disorders
- Undergraduate Degree: Stanford University
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Graduate Program: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis
- Residency: Internal Medicine – Stanford University Hospitals
- Fellowship: Pulmonary/Critical Care - University of California San Francisco Hospitals
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