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Ronald is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Santa Monica, CA – working with individuals, couples, families and groups.

He received his SEP Certificate from the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute in Boulder Colorado. He consulted with and received treatment from Milton H Erickson MD. He personally trained with Ernest Rossi and Steven Gilligan in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy as well as with Daniel P. Brown of the Harvard Medical Cambridge Hospital professional training’s seminars in hypnosis and hypno-analysis. He trained with and was certified by the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute and with Erving and Miriam Polster PhD of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He also received training and supervision in Contemporary Gestalt and Family Therapies, Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Relational and Object Relations Therapies.

He began his coaching career over forty years ago by providing Stress Management, Holistic and Behavioral Medicine training workshops to corporate clients.

He is the originator and Executive Director of the OpenMind Training® Institute, a leading-edge organization, that offers personal and professional training programs in core creativity, mindfulness based, mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and meditation. As a Creativity and Communication Coach, International Clinical Trainer, Executive and Leadership Coach, his unique method combines ancient wisdom teachings with Leadership Coaching and Core Creativity into a comprehensive integrated, behaviorally effective mind-body program.