Educational Background
B.A.             University of California, Los Angeles
M.S.W.      University of California, Los Angeles

Ulises Ramirez, LCSW received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Masters in Social Welfare from UCLA. He is a Mental Health Clinical Supervisor and the Director of Social Work Training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he has been a Field Instructor to MSW students since 2000.  During his tenure at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, he has provided CBT supervision to psychiatry residents and psychology externs.  From 2009 to 2013 and 2018 to 2020, Ulises has been the instructor for UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare’s CBT course.  He is also a private practitioner in Long Beach.  Ulises is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and is one of the founding clinicians of the Spanish-speaking DBT Program at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.  His interest in third-wave behavior therapies has also led him to receive intensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).    Ulises has performed training workshops and presentations on CBT and DBT with the Latino population at the Latino Behavioral Health Institute (LBHI) and at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) conferences.

Certifications:

Academy of Cognitive Therapy CBT Fellow
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Cognitive Therapist for a national study on depression (STAR D)
Prolonged Exposure Therapist
Prolonged Exposure Supervisor