The stigma around mental health disorders is slowly breaking down. More people are learning about mental health issues, but while many people understand anxiety and depression there are still many misconceptions about borderline personality disorder (BPD). BPD is not easy…
Did you know the Delray Center for Healing now offers a trauma resolution program? If you were already aware of this, you’re probably also familiar with trauma resolution. However, if you didn’t know the Delray Center for Healing now offers…
Couple and family therapy is a branch of psychotherapy instilled in various treatment programs. These therapies work with both families and/or couples in intimate relationships to learn how to nurture change (in the terms of systems of interaction between family…
Codependency is defined as an unhealthy love and a tendency to behave in overly passive or excessively caretaking ways. These behaviors negatively impact one’s relationship or quality of life and often involve placing a lower priority on your own needs…
Occurring in many forms, but most commonly; lotteries, casinos, bookmaking, card rooms, and bingo, gambling is defined as betting something of value when the outcome is uncertain. Compulsive gambling or gambling addiction is characterized as an impulse control disorder. It…
The tendency to behave in excessively caretaking or overly passive ways that negatively impact one’s relationships and their quality of life is known as codependency. With other behavioral habits such as denial, low self-esteem, excessive compliance, and/or control patterns, codependency…
Developed by Marsha M. Linehan, a psychology researcher at the University of Washington, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a system of therapy used to treat those struggling with borderline personality disorder (BPD). There are a number of dialectical behavior therapy…
Established by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a program that has evolved into a common form of complementary medicine with the ability to address a variety of problems since its inception…
The process of discontinuing the practice of inhaling a smokeable substance is smoking cessation. Generally, it is helpful in treating those suffering from tobacco addiction. However, smoking cessation programs help people stop using due to the development of strong physical…
A continuous disturbance of personality function in a person by depth and variability of moods is borderline personality disorder (BPD). The co-existence of extreme, abnormal moods have been evident in writing from authors such as Homer, dating back as far…
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder. It’s often identifiable by poor attention, distractibility, and impulsive behaviors of an individual. The use of stimulants to aid in this disorder date back to the late 1930s….
Coined in the mid-1970s after being used in a working group finding presented to the Committee of Reactive Disorders, the term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) became formally recognized in 1980. Fortunately, there is help for those living with post traumatic stress…
Dr. Rodriguez founded the Delray Center in 2003 and built it on a foundation of core clinical, professional, and ethical principles that are adhered to still to this day. Dr. Rodriguez founded the Delray Center in 2003 and built it on a foundation of core clinical, professional, and ethical principles that are adhered to still to this day.
