Faculty

Raúl (Paul) Rodriguez, MD

Founder

• • • Practicing physician since 1981
    • Board-certified in psychiatry and neurology, as well as addictions treatment
    • Member of the resource faculty for the College of Counseling and Health Care of the University of the Nations, and involvement in missions and missions training, since 1986
    • Over thirty years of experience training and supervising students and professionals in the fields of medicine and counseling/psychology
    • Over twenty-six years of experience with the evaluation and treatment of the full spectrum of psychiatric disorder, severe personality disorders, and addictive disorders—as well as with the victims of loss, trauma, prostitution and the sex-trafficking industry
    • Over twenty-three years of experience in the development, application, and refinement of a foundational, biblically based and Christ-centered integrative model of psychotherapy, counseling, leadership, mentoring and discipleship
    • Staffed the first Medical Discipleship Training School (Jan-March 2012), at the University of the Nations, Kona campus, Hawaii, under the Leadership of Dr. Bruce Thompson
    • Active member of Member Care East Coast Network (MEC-Net) Core Team—a multi-specialty team dedicated to providing guidance, training, resources and treatment options to those who are actively serving in the mission field
    • Professional resource for individual, as well as marriage and family, restoration ministries since 2012
    • Clinical Consultant and Supervisor since September 2011: Providing overseas clinical consultation and psychotherapy supervision for professional serving worldwide for missions organizations and NGO’s (non-governmental organizations), especially those working with cases of severe trauma and loss, as well as with victims of hostage situations, genocide, and human trafficking
    • Fluent in Spanish