Benjamin Ramey, PhD, LPC, PSYC
Dr. Benjamin Ramey is a practicing psychoanalyst of the School of Psychoanalysis of the Forums of the Lacanian Field and member of the faculty in the graduate school of psychology and Meridian University. He is a graduate of Saybrook University where he completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in existential-humanistic psychology. 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 important books in Lacanian psychoanalysis.
Dr. Ramey operates a private practice in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado where he is available for the offer of psychoanalysis. His doctoral and professional research focuses on the transformation of the subject in psychoanalysis, the study of mystic sayings, and the clinical manifestations of dissociation and memory disturbances. He has published and presented papers on topics of contemporary clinical interest such as the importance of case study research to the clinic and the ethical import of a clinical approach which takes as its foundation the singular speech of the subject and the confounding formations of the unconscious.
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
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:
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 (2022, May 25). Research in Psychoanalysis. [Presentation] Wednesdays at the Forum. Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field, Denver, CO, United States.
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, United States.
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, 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)
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