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.
Why Chronic Conflict Avoidance Doesn’t Work
We have all heard of people who avoid any type of conflict when dealing with others. The standard reason that is usually given is that they do not want the other person to be angry with them or they think it would lead to an argument that would be very upsetting to them. Often, such avoidance leads to some initial relief. On the back end, however, it results in just the opposite. An issue that is avoided only gets added to previous unresolved issues, making the problem bigger. WithRead More