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.

How Simple Gratitude can Improve Your Mental Wellbeing

  HOW SIMPLE GRATITUDE CAN IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL WELLBEING It is much easier to focus on what you don’t have or on the disappointments and setbacks in your life. In keeping with this line of thought, there is a tendency to minimize or take for granted the things that go well.  This colors your attitude and reinforces a negative spiral downward. Therefore, making a conscious effort to allow positive experiences, both past and present, consistently occupy your mind, makes it less likely to fall into the trap of constant negativeRead More