Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

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 both the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute as well as with Erving and Miriam Polster Ph.D. of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He was trained and supervised 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 formerly Chairman of the Psychology Department and Director of Clinical Training at Ryokan College, 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 the wisdom teachings of the East and Western psychotherapeutic methods. He has been practicing, studying, and teaching, meditation, holistic psychology and Mind-Body healing methods since 1970.

He has traveled extensively in Nepal, Bali, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India, living and studying the Mind-Body healing process. 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.

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. His new book, Wise Mind, Open Mind: Finding Purpose and Meaning in Times of Crisis, Loss & Change is available from New Harbinger Publications. For more information about Dr. Alexander, visit www.ronaldalexander.com.