Ronald Arthur Alexander

Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D., MFT, SEP, is a psychotherapist, Leadership Coach, SEP (Somatic Experiencing (R)Practitioner) and clinical trainer in the fields of Somatic Trauma Healing Therapies, Mindfulness Meditation, Transformational Leadership and Core Creativity. As the Executive Director of the OpenMind Training Institute, he draws upon his extensive background as an early pioneer in Holistic Health, Behavioral Medicine, Positive and Somatic Psychology, Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Self Psychology, Ericksonian Mind-Body Healing therapies and the Eastern Wisdom Traditions. Clinical Psychotherapy Bio Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D., MFT, SEP, a psychotherapist, leadership coach and clinical trainer is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of California and Colorado (CA Lic. #MFC7707 & CO Lic. #253). He is a seminar leader and conducts training’s for professionals nationally and internationally in Mindfulness-Based Mind-Body Therapies, Somatic Experiencing Therapies, Gestalt Therapy, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Mindfulness Meditation and Psychotherapy. He received his certificate of training as a SEP ( somatic experiencing practitioner ) from the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute from Boulder Colorado, He consulted with and received treatment from Milton H Erickson MD. He also personally trained with Ernest Rossi, and Steven Gilligan in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy as well as with Daniel P. Brown of the Harvard Medical Cambridge Hospital professional training’s seminars in hypnosis and hypnoanalysis. He was trained and certified by the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute and with Erving and Miriam Polster Ph.D. of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He also received training and supervision in Somatic Experiencing Therapies, Contemporary Gestalt and Family Therapies, Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Relational and Object Relations Therapies. He is a lifetime associate member of the American Psychological Association and a clinical member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.