Ronald A. Alexander
OpenMind Training, USA
Biography
Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D. is a licensed psychotherapist, leadership consultant, international clinical trainer, and the author of the widely acclaimed book, Wise Mind, Open Mind. He is the Executive Director of the OpenMind Training® Institute in Santa Monica, a leading edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in integrative mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and mindfulness. His unique method combines ancient wisdom teachings with positive psychology and creative thinking into a comprehensive integrated mind-body program. This system combines techniques that support strategies of personal and clinical excellence and growth. Alexander is a leading pioneer in the fields of Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Psychotherapy, Ericksonian Mind-Body Therapies, Holistic Psychology, Mindfulness, Leadership Coaching, and Integrative and Behavioral Medicine. He is a long time extension faculty member of the U.C.L.A. Departments of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Entertainment and a lecturer in the David Geffen School of Medicine as well as an adjunct faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Pepperdine Universities. He is an associate member of the American Psychological Association, a clinical member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and a Diplomate in professional psychotherapy in the International Academy of Behavioral Medicine and Counseling. Alexander has been teaching clinical training groups for professionals in Mindfulness based Psychotherapy and Ericksonian Mind-Body therapies since 1970. He actively teaches and trains psychotherapists, applying the principles of Mindfulness based integrated psychotherapy in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Russia, Japan, London, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia and Asia
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Abstract : Mindfulness, Stress & Trauma: A New Key to Creating Resiliency