Author: Shocki, PhD, LMFT, LCSW
Dr Shocki has over thirty years experience in the behavior health field. He has founded and directs the Life Source Center, Inc., located in Plantsville Connecticut. Services include behavior health counseling dealing with relationship issues, persons struggling with various anxiety and depressive maladies and those individuals struggling to develop improved stategies to cope with the world around them. Dr. Shocki has also written a book entitled "Take Charge of Your Life or Someone Else Will" The book is available electronically free upon request at lifesourcecenter @aol.com.
“The Lost Art of Listening”
THE LOST ART OF LISTENING You can find courses in “Communication” at most colleges and universities but try to find one on ” Effective Listening”. Far too often, we heard people complain that true listening is a lost art. Along with this line of thinking, one can easily ask when was the last time one felt listened to? Listening means, in this case, feeling understood and validated. Most of us think we are good listeners. However, in reality we are often distracted by external things around us like television,Read More