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Dr. Hal S. Doctor of Philosophy

Grand Blanc, Michigan
Biography I am Dr. Hal Sommerschield. I have my Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology from Michigan... Full Bio
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12 ways for Thinking Your Way into Better Health by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Christina Long from NursingDegree.net had a wonderful article entitled “It’s All in the Mind: 75 To Think Your Way into Good Health. I loved her title and her wo ... Read on »
Therapeutic Benefits of Laughter by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Have you heard about laughter therapy? Laughing makes life fun and enjoyable. Laughing is good no matter where it occurs. Laughter is also very important for good health.I l ... Read on »
I WANT FREEDOM FROM by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health New Year’s Resolutions-what has happened to your New Year’s resolutions? It does not matter what your resolutions were. What matters is whether you are going to ... Read on »
15 Mental Fitness Resolutions for 2009 by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health New Year’s Eve and the dawning of the new year has become the time for renewing our lives. We resolve to set goals to improve specific areas of deficiencies in our live ... Read on »
2009 Resolution: Choose Health Instead of Smoking by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health New Year’s Eve is approaching. Soon it will be time for your 2009 Resolutions. Some of you are smokers and may be tempted to make a resolution to stop smoking. Truste ... Read on »
It Is Okay! by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Acceptance-what is acceptance? Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk to more than one client about acceptance. The first client was struggling with depression and anger pre ... Read on »
Nothing Is As Bad As It Seems! by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health On September 16, 2007 I wrote this post at the North Star Mental Fitness Blog. As I read it again, I realize that it is very pertinent and relevant to today’s economic ... Read on »
Do You Live within the Environment Created by Your Choices? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health This is a very important question for you to answer. Who or what is determining the environment where you live? As we all know we are in a recession. The economy is bad. Pe ... Read on »
Does Long-Term Psychotherapy Work? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health In the age of managed care, long-term psychotherapy has become a dinosaur. Managed-care prefers short-term treatment. Now there is research that shows the effectiveness of l ... Read on »
Positive Thoughts to Give You a Boost by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health As our economy drifts into recession, we do not have to sink into depression. No matter how bad or good situations become, we always have choices!In any and every situation, ... Read on »
Women Are Bearing The Brunt of Financial Stress by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health The 2008 Stress in America Findings indicated that women are more and stressed out over the economy than men. Statistics reported in this post are from the APAPractice.org ar ... Read on »
Health, Mental Fitness And Your Unconscious Mind by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I read a very interesting article on the unconscious mind by Doctor Edward Leyton. Doctor Leyton’s article was “ The Power of the Unconscious Mind”. In th ... Read on »
“What Is the Bridge Over Troubled Economical Times? by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Remember Simon and Garfunkel’s famous song Bridge over Troubled Waters!Most of us are now looking for a bridge over our bad economic times. We look outside of ourselves ... Read on »
Little Irritating Things by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health It was the third time she had been diagnosed with cancer. An elderly woman with a history of depression. I met with her, her husband and daughter. We met together to suppor ... Read on »
10 Ways To Transcend the Disastrous Economy by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health In order to cope with the declining economy and the disastrous effects on our lives, we need resilience. When we have major trauma in our lives, we experience stress. Emotio ... Read on »
HEALTH STARTS IN THE MIND AND FLOWS TO THE BODY by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I am indebted to Jennifer Nicole Lee for the above title of this post. Jennifer wrote a post entitled “ Health Starts in the Mind and Flows to the Body-Retain Your Mind ... Read on »
If You Can’t Be Honest, You Can’t Change! by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health There are many ways that people “mess up” their lives. Unfortunately, ” when many people try to stop “messing up”, they ”mess up”?On ... Read on »
The Mental Fitness Solution For Emotional Overeating by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Healthabits had a very insightful post “ Emotional Eating: When Diets Don’t Work “.When you stop and think about it, emotional overeating can prevent any die ... Read on »
Mental Fitness and Maintaining Weight Loss by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Do you know what the four reasons are for failure to maintain weight loss? Yahoo Health had an article from The Capessa Blog: Sharing the Wisdom of Women entitled Four Reason ... Read on »
When the One You Love Won’t Get Help by Dr. Hal S. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I had a heart wrenching response to my post, Too Many Problems. A woman was very concerned about her mother who is struggling with emotional problems. Her mother has been u ... Read on »