ABOUT DR. ALEXANDER

Clinical Psychotherapy Bio

Ronald A. Alexander, PhD is a leading Somatic Mind-Body psychotherapist in private practice in Santa Monica, CA, teacher of meditation, executive and leadership coach, communication and creativity consultant to the entertainment industry. He is a seminar leader and conducts training's for professionals nationally and internationally in Somatic Mind-Body Healing Therapies, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Meditation and Psychotherapy. He personally trained with Milton Erickson, 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 hypno-analysis. He was trained and certified by the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute as well as with Erving and Miriam Polster PhD of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He also received training and supervision in psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Relational and Object Relations Therapies. He is an associate member of the American Psychological Association and a clinical member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Dr. Alexander was Chairman of the Psychology Department and Director of Clinical Training at Ryokan College. He is now is a member of the adjunct Graduate Faculty in Psychology at Pepperdine University and Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, Cottonwood Treatment Centers London, England and is a long time workshop leader at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. He is the originator of the OpenMind Training®, a Mind-Body healing system that integrates ancient wisdom teachings with psychotherapeutic methods. He has been practicing, studying, and teaching meditation, holistic psychology and Mind-Body healing methods since 1970. During his studies of the Mind-Body healing process Alexander traveled extensively in Nepal, Bali, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India where he was ordained as a lay Zen Buddhist. His yoga and meditation studies include Tibetan Buddhism, Vipassana, Zen, Vedic (non dual), Kundalini, as well as Hatha and Ashtanga yoga’s.

Dr. Alexander conducts ongoing groups and seminars and is available for individual consultation in these areas. He consults and teaches Mindful Zen and the Art of Leadership (East-West approach to leadership training) for small family-owned businesses, and the television, music and film industries as well as privately coaches organizations, executives and entrepreneurs.