Cynthia Dyess, M.D.

Dr. Cynthia Dyess offers psychiatric and psychoanalytic care in San Francisco, California. She began practicing medicine in Seattle, Washington, where she operated a private clinic between 1990 and 2008. When Dr. Dyess relocated to San Francisco in 2008, she opened another private practice in the Cow Hollow area of the city. Dr. Cynthia Dyess obtained her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1978, graduating with highest honors. She studied philosophy at Yale University for a year before returning to California to pursue studies in medicine. Dr. Dyess fulfilled her pre-medicine requisites at the University of California, Los Angeles. She then moved back to Connecticut and enrolled in the Yale School of Medicine to complete the requirements for her M.D., which she received in 1986. After completing a surgery and medicine internship at the University of California Hospitals, Dr. Cynthia Dyess moved to Seattle to train in psychiatry at the University of Washington. After fulfilling her psychiatric residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1990, Dr. Cynthia Dyess established her own practice in the city. To further her professional development, she also completed a psychoanalytic training program at the Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis. In 1996, Dr. Dyess accepted a role as an educator at the Northwest Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP), a position she held for the next 12 years. Dr. Cynthia Dyess enjoyed a reputation as a respected teacher and lecturer at the institution. Her courses explored topics surrounding psychoanalysis and human sexuality, gender theory, and many others. She also served as Chair of the Curriculum Committee and as a member of the Progression Committee at NCP. Dr. Cynthia Dyess has held membership in the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study, a nonprofit organization whose members include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses. Northwest Alliance’s mission is to share knowledge and make psychoanalytic information available to individuals throughout the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Cynthia Dyess has also published several works in scholarly and medical journals, such as Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Cancer. In addition, she has contributed to many books dealing with issues surrounding psychiatry and psychoanalysis; for instance, Pamela Cooper-White’s Many Voices: Pastoral Psychotherapy in Relational and Theological Perspectives is just one of many book