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.
“When Cognitive Dissonance Resists Effective Change”
What are the reasons we make the same old mistakes in life and continued to be clueless as to the reasons why? Theories range from being creatures of habit, lack of motivation, poor insight, just to mention a few. Regardless, the common ground seems to be cognitive dissonance. This occurs when people experience conflicting needs or wants about themselves and those around them. One example is being torn between wanting to make a healthy choice and finding it easier to take the line of least resistance by choosing aRead More