David L. Friedman

Education and Training

  • Undergraduate Education: B.A. in English, New York University, 1970

  • Medical Degree: M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, 1975

  • Additional Degree: Ph.D., Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, 1988

  • Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1975–1978

  • Psychoanalytic Training: Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, 1978–1988

Practice Information

  • Practice Style: Combines psychopharmacology, psychodynamic and analytically oriented therapy, and addiction treatment. Often, all three are necessary in the same case.

  • Theoretical Orientation: Psychoanalytic, with an emphasis on self psychology

  • Patient Types: Individuals, adults

  • Diagnostic Interests: Forensic psychiatry, including disability evaluation and litigation; addiction; long-term psychotherapy

Teaching and Supervision

  • Teaching and Supervision: Resident supervision at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai; Cedars-Sinai supervision continued until 2012

  • Residents Supervised in the Last Five Years: Jessica Jeffrey and Valerie Davis at UCLA; Dan Pimstone at Cedars-Sinai

  • Supervision Availability: By arrangement, Tuesday–Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–noon

Contact Information

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