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Cooperative Communication
Cooperative Communication for Mindful Self-Awareness A range of factors contribute to the individual needs of every person on the path to recovering from addiction. Age, gender, and socioeconomic backgrounds all come into play in determining how to best overcome a...
Case Management and Referral Services
The act of accepting one's need for therapy is a very big step, and so much more. It's often said that admitting the need for assistance in the first place is the first big step on the road to recovery, but even that might not be giving it enough credit. It's more...
AccuDidge: A West Coast Recovery Centers Exclusive
The National Acupuncture Detoxification Association was founded in 1985. Its mission is simple: advance the evidence-based use of acupuncture for the treatment of addiction disorders. The organization was founded by Dr. Michael Smith of New York's Lincoln Hospital,...
Pharmacogenetic Testing
Staying on the cutting edge of medical techniques and assuring that our clients benefit from the advances of modern science is an important and necessary aspect of our services. We use an individualized approach to medication prescription and offer our clients a new...
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Develops Life Skills for Lasting Success
Within the practices of cognitive behavioral therapy, several organized series of therapeutic approaches exist. These methods of approaching behavioral challenges, such as body image disorders and addiction, are rooted in the concept that dysfunctional behaviors are...
The Problem of False Belief Systems
What is a Belief System? Beginning in the mid-20th century, the previously philosophical concept of beliefs began receiving heightened amounts of scientific scrutiny. The idea of beliefs being deeply influential with regard to a person's view of reality soon took root...
Finding Wholeness
Refuge Recovery presents a self-enabling path for overcoming the challenges inherent to addiction recovery. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. ?Bil Keane, creator of Family Circus The dictionary...
Women?s Treatment in North County
West Coast seeks to remedy the limited availability of?gender-responsive?care for women with substance use disorder in need of behavioral healthcare in San Diego County. West Coast is the number one provider of gender-responsive care in North and Central San Diego...
Radical Acceptance
Experiencing negative and painful emotions is unfortunately a part of our life. Many of us are never taught how to accept or cope with these emotions, so when we do experience them, we feel out of control and ill-equipped to face them. When we experience an intense...
Holiday Relapse Prevention
Winter is a great time to reconnect with friends and family. The season is all about sharing and giving. If you are like others working through their sobriety, wintertime can also bring back enticing memories of alcohol-filled gatherings, holiday parties and snow...