Benjamin Ramey, PhD, LPC

I decided to become a psychoanalyst after I recognized that something is often missed in clinical mental health services offered to those suffering and looking for help. In response, I found a psychoanalyst to speak with and began my own journey. Psychoanalysis is unique in that, to be a psychoanalyst, one must spend time in analysis and bear the experience of encountering one’s own lack. Something of the painful questioning that brings a person to the consulting room, must also be part of the analyst’s story.

Experience

My experience in the mental health field begins with my time spent working in a community agency providing care to individuals in a residential setting in Portland, Oregon. After I moved to Colorado I began work as a clinician in an intensive outpatient clinic for persons with eating disorders. I now operate a private practice and provide psychoanalysis and clinical assessments in downtown Colorado Springs.

Education and Future Projects

I hold a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. My research looks at the transformation of the subject in psychoanalysis. I am actively engaged in the advanced study and practice of psychoanalysis along with a dedicated community of analysts at the Clinical College of Colorado. I regularly write to produce articles and presentations for academic journals and public forums.

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Philosophy — Portland State University
Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology — Saybrook University
Seminars in Lacanian Psychoanalysis — Clinical College of Colorado
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology — Saybrook University

Positions:
Psychoanalyst and sole proprietor - Benjamin Ramey PhD PLLC
Adjunct instructor of psychology - Pikes Peak State College
Publications Committee Member - Cuerno Verde Press

Publications:
Hoffman, L., Ramey, B., & Silveira, D. (2020). Existential therapy, religion, and mindfulness. In K. Vail & C. Routledge (Ed.), The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism. London, UK: Elsevier.

Ramey, B. Fleming, R. (2022) A response to humanistic psychology. Awry. 3(1). https://awryjcp.com/index.php/awry/article/view/48

Ramey, B. (in press) The transformation of the symptom: A multiple case study of psychoanalytic change process in Lacanian psychoanalysis. [Doctoral Dissertation, Saybrook University]

Presentations:
Fleming, R., & Ramey, B. (2020, November 7). On humanistic psychology and revolutionary praxis [Conference Poster]. Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association Conference. Colorado Springs, CO, United States.

Ramey, B. (2021, August 25). A response to humanistic psychology. [Presentation] Wednesdays at the Forum. Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field, Denver, CO, United States.

Ramey, B (2022, May 25). Research in Psychoanalysis. [Presentation] Wednesdays at the Forum. Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field, Denver, CO, United States.

In the Press:
“Does Humanistic Psychology support the capitalist status quo?” in Mad in America Research News https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/06/humanistic-psychology-support-capitalist-status-quo

Memberships:
Colorado Analytic Forum (https://coloradoanalyticforum.org)
School of Psychoanalysis of the Forums of the Lacanian Field (https://www.champlacanien.net)

Licenses:
Professional Counselor - Department of Regulatory Agencies license number: LPC.0019714