Alyssa Ramírez Stege

Alyssa M. Ramírez Stege, Ph.D. (she/her/ella), is a queer Latina, U.S.-born and Mexican-raised Clinical Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology. She grew up in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico where she received her bachelor’s degree (Licenciatura) in Psychology from the Universidad de las Américas Puebla. She received her master’s and doctorate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed her doctoral internship at Pacific Psychology & Comprehensive Health Clinics in Portland and Hillsboro, Oregon. Previous to moving back to UW-Madison, Dr. Ramírez Stege was an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social, Behavioral and Human Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma.

Her research is focused on developing and incorporating culturally-grounded psychotherapeutic interventions and clinical supervision practices. Her clinical interests focus on trauma-informed care for underserved and marginalized populations, particularly Spanish-speaking Latinxs. She studies cultural conceptions of mental health and illness and is interested in understanding indigenous healing practices. She infuses her clinical and research knowledge to invite students to critically consider the multi-layered experience of mental health and wellbeing within a decolonization framework that seeks to acknowledge and dismantle the legacies of colonization and White supremacy in psychological theory and practice.

Dr. Ramírez Stege enjoys being active, dancing (including Mexican folkloric dance!) watching movies, spending time with family, eating, and cooking anything that reminds her of home. She loves exploring new places with her partner Whit and caring for their furry babies.

Dr. Ramírez Stege’s mentorship style is rooted in critical and feminist approaches to education as a practice of freedom (hooks, 1994) to help trainees “deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world” (Freire, 1970). Dr. Ramírez Stege is actively recruiting master’s and doctoral graduate students interested in Latine-centered, culturally-affirming, and Spanish-speaking training experiences through the Esperanza Bilingual Psychological Services certificate: https://esperanza.wisc.edu/