Benjamin Ramey, PhD, LPC, PSYC
Dr. Benjamin Ramey is a practicing psychoanalyst of the School of Psychoanalysis of the Forums of the Lacanian Field (IF-SPFLF) and adjunct faculty in the graduate school of psychology at Meridian University. He is a member of the Colorado Analytic Forum and serves on the publishing committee for Cuerno Verde Press, an independent publishing house that produces a clinically focused annual journal and translations from foreign languages of significant books on Lacanian psychoanalysis.
Dr. Ramey operates a private practice in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado where he is available for the offer of psychoanalysis. He has conducted research on the transformation of the subject in psychoanalysis, psychoanalysis and mysticism, and the clinical manifestations of dissociation and memory disturbances. Dr. Ramey’s current research focuses on the intrapsychic mechanisms involved in dissociative pathology, the relation of trauma to the social bond, and human trafficking.
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:
Adjunct Faculty - Graduate School of Psychology at Meridian University
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. (2024) The transformation of the symptom: A multiple case study of psychoanalytic change processes in Lacanian psychoanalysis. [Doctoral Dissertation, Saybrook University].
Selected Presentations:
Ramey, B. (2024). What is the place of the symptom in analytic practice? [Presentation] Wednesdays at the Forum. Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field, Layfette, CO.
Ramey, B. (2025). Disassociation and Dissociative Phenomena: Preliminaries for Lacanian Approach [Presentation] Wednesdays at the Forum. Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field, Layfette, CO.
Ramey, B. (2026) Demystifying Dissociative Identity Disorder [Presentation] Division of Psychotherapy Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mountain Sinai Hospital. New York, NY.
Ramey, B. (2026) The Signifier, the Father, and the Problem of Evil [Presentation] Wednesdays at the Forum. Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field, Layfette, CO.
Ramey, B. (2026) On the Organized Ritual Abuse of Children: Clinical Perspectives from the 1980s to Today. [Presentation] University of Colorado, Department of Political Science. Colorado Springs, CO.
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)
American Psychological Association Division 55 - Society for Prescribing Psychology (https://www.apadivisions.org/division-55)
Colorado Licenses:
Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC.0019714
Psychologist Candidate - PSYC.00016005