Sean Ransom, Ph.D.

Dr. Sean Ransom, the founder of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Center of New Orleans, trained in CBT at the University of South Florida, a member institution of the Academy of Clinical Psychological Sciences, where he received his doctorate. He received additional training with the founders of CBT at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research.

Dr. Ransom’s doctoral research was performed at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, one the nation’s top cancer hospitals, where he studied the positive personal changes claimed by people dealing with breast and prostate cancer. After completing a clinical internship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Dr. Ransom was appointed in 2006 to the faculty of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Brigham Young University’s Hawaii campus. In 2009, Dr. Ransom began serving as a clinical faculty member in the Tulane University Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and led the Patricia Trost Friedler Center for Psychosocial Oncology. For the past several years, Dr. Ransom has also been on the faculty of the LSU Behavioral Health Center Department of Psychiatry, where he has taught CBT to psychiatry residents.

Dr. Ransom has applied behavioral and cognitive-behavioral approaches to diverse sets of problems, such as medical illness, relationship difficulties, mood problems, spiritual concerns, stress and anxiety. He has been trained in mindfulness-based therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, as well as Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Dr. Ransom has been a member of the Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, the nation’s premier hypnotherapy research association, and is currently a member of the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. He is licensed as a clinical psychologist in Louisiana and Hawaii, where he also founded and continues to help lead the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Center of Hawaii.

Dr. Ransom has presented nationally and internationally and is the author of numerous research articles on coping with cancer, social cognition, cultural psychology, post-traumatic growth, and other notable topics. His research has been published in well-respected journals such as the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Cancer.

Dr. Ransom is involved in local community service through numerous organizations, including his church and the New Orleans office of the American Cancer Society, where he has volunteered to lead support groups for individuals with cancer and their loved ones.