Dr. Benjamin Ramey

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.

Psychoanalytic treatment allows one to gain experience with thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that often go unnoticed but have a large impact on daily life. Psychoanalysis offers a space where you can speak openly without inhibition, without censor. Unlike typical social environments that are ruled by judgment and social norms, psychoanalytic space is where saying whatever comes to mind is acceptable and encouraged. Over the course of treatment, symptoms may abate and become less distressing as you begin to resolve internal conflicts, reduce attachments to destructive habits, and open up to new possibilities.

Beginning psychoanalytic treatment involves a dedication to frequent and regular sessions. This ongoing commitment, supported by a psychoanalyst, helps individuals confront parts of themselves that inhibit living a satisfied and fulfilling life.