David Wexler Portola Valley

Based in Portola Valley, California, Dr. David Wexler leverages years of extensive professional experience toward his role as the owner of his private psychopharmacology practice. Possessing a background in consultation/liaison psychiatry, Dr. David Wexler works closely with patients, therapists, and other medical specialists to create a comprehensive and effective treatment plan for each patient.

Recognized among patients and health care practitioners alike for his expertise in psychopharmacotherapy, Dr. David Wexler is recognized on the Best Doctors 2010 Bay Area list and was given the Patients' Choice Award for 2008 and 2009.

Dr. David Wexler has served as Adjunct Clinical Instructor in Stanford University's Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences while maintaining his private practice. Dr. David Wexler was previously Director of Consultation/Liaison Services at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego and then at Kaiser Medical Center Santa Clara. Dr. David Wexler's experience also includes work in emergency psychiatry and in-patient psychiatry. Finally, he directed a Psychopharmacology Clinic while affiliated with Boston University in the mid-1990s.

Dr. David Wexler works closely with other physicians managing co-occurring pain and depression/anxiety. He has taken several hundred women through pregnancy in the context of psychiatric conditions and need for pharmacotherapy during pregnancy and lactation.

Dr. David Wexler completed his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology (with informal minor in Foreign Languages) from Harvard University. He completed residency at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center.

David B. Wexler, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Diego, specializing in the treatment of relationships in conflict. He is the Executive Director of the non-profit Relationship Training Institute, which provides education and treatment internationally for relationship development and the prevention and treatment of relationship violence. He has also served as the Clinical and Administrative Supervisor for the NIMH-sponsored research study of domestic violence in the Navy from 1991 through 1996, and again from 2001 to 2006.

Dr. Wexler is the author of five books and many articles and book chapters, including:
When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship
Is He Depressed or What?:
What to Do When the Man You Love is Moody, Irritable, and Withdrawn.

Men In Therapy: New Approaches for Effective Treatment

The Adolescent Self: Strategies for Self-management, Self-soothing, and Self-esteem in Adolescents.

He has been featured on the Dr. Phil show and the TODAY show, in the Washington Post, "O" magazine, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Men's Health, and on dozens of radio and TV programs throughout North America to help educate the public about relationships in conflict and how to resolve them.

Based on 25 years of experience in the field of domestic violence, Dr. Wexler has also authored a treatment manual with accompanying workbooks entitled STOP Domestic Violence: Innovative Skills, Techniques, Options, and Plans for Better Relationships. He has trained thousands of community professionals, military personnel, and law enforcement officials through extensive training seminars on the The STOP Program model throughout the world. The California Psychological Association has also designated Dr. Wexler as a Master Lecturer and he received the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology award at their annual convention in 2003.

Dr. Wexler recently received the prestigious award of Practitioner of the Year from the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, a division of the American Psychological Association.

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Adult Psychiatry/Psychopharmacology

Diplomat, Adult Psychiatry American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Best Doctors 2010 Bay Area, Patients' Choice Award: 2008, 2009

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