Ramon Aleman
Ramon Aleman
Tyrone Square – St. Petersburg Office
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern
As a therapist, I am committed to walking alongside my clients and providing a safe container to transform wounds into healing, wholeness, and wisdom. Rather than just treating symptoms, my approach is to help clients dive deep within themselves and strive toward being better humans overall. I believe my gift lies in my grounding presence and loving gentleness – I have been described as a “gentle warrior.”
My therapeutic approach is person-centered and experiential. I am a trained EMDR therapist, a certified yoga teacher, and trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy. I have worked with a wide variety of clients and concerns, specifically with trauma, suicide prevention, and intimate partner violence. I am also enrolled in a training program emphasizing the intersection between psychology and spirituality.
Ramon’s specialties include:
- Trauma/PTSD
- Young Adults
- Grief and Loss
- Life Transitions
- Spirituality
- Inner Child Work
- Addictions
- Suicide Prevention
- College Students
- Men’s Work
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Relationships
My journey in becoming your therapist
As a child (and now), I was gifted with sensitivity, empathy, and the ability to make others feel comfortable and understood. This innate propensity inspired curiosity in humans, suffering, and the mind/heart from a young age. However, it wasn’t until my descent into depression at the age of 20 that I decided being a therapist was my calling.
Through my therapeutic work and journey into darkness, I solidified my desire to become a therapist and bring the same healing I found to others while integrating my continued journey of seeking wisdom and spirituality. My path has led me to explore various forms of meditation and contemplation, attend yoga school in India, journey on a Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, sit in a Lakota sweat lodge, and immerse myself in the philosophies of Buddhism, Hinduism, Stoicism, and Platonism.
As a clinician, my worldview and therapeutic style have been heavily influenced by Carl Jung, Carl Rogers, and Fritz Perls and integrate modalities such as Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. All these experiences and explorations have reinforced my path and shaped me into the person I am today. My most sincere desire is to walk with my clients as a gentle guide on their journey and bring forth their innate capability to discover strength, meaning, and transcendence within their suffering, as I continue to find those within myself.
Outside my role as a therapist, you can catch me reading, watching movies, exercising, and spending time in nature. I grew up in Miami as a Cuban-American, so I often play dominoes (my favorite game) with my friends and family. My father worked on a charter boat when I was growing up, so I fished from a young age and adore the ocean. Yet, my greatest passion is adventure travel! I’ve worked as a musher in Alaska, traveled across Mongolia on horseback, and backpacked through East Africa.
- He’s been charged by a bull shark, elephant, and bison and survived to tell the tale!
- He’s performed fire-blowing at music festivals!
- He’s ridden bulls several times and is interested in competing at a rodeo!
