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 thoughts affect feelings and feelings affect thoughts.
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? Do thoughts affect feelings, resulting in certain types of behavior? Or is the opposite true? Do the feelings trigger the thoughts, that in turn affect our behavior? Sometimes it is difficult to discern which it is because both can be so closely intertwined at the same time. Regardless, we may be putting too much stock into our thoughts and feelings if they result in our viewing ourselves and the world around us in a less than favorable light. If we wakeRead More