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	US INDUSTRY TODAY Resolving Conflict According to Michele Lifland, a licensed clinical social worker and the founder of Creative Mind Management, “There is currently major growth in the industry of on-site problem management and conflict resolution in the workplace. Short-term, solution-oriented coaching by trained and licensed therapists has many benefits and has become a viable alternative or complement to traditional long-term therapies and self-improvement plans.”
	CRAIN’S Shrink-ing Reimbursements Michele Lifland gave up her traditional psychotherapy practice to launch Creative Mind Management, a short-term counseling service. Under its banner, Ms. Lifland makes house calls to people in need of professional support.
	COSMOPOLITAN 4 Habits of Do-It-All Divas “Women who really have their lives under control are not people pleasers, “ says Michele Lifland, president of Creative Mind Management. “Similarly, if you’re asked to do something that isn’t necessary for work or personal reasons or at all enjoyable to you, just don’t do it.”
	PARENTS Body Blues “Sexuality is linked very closely to our self-image,” says Michele Lifland. “If a woman’s self-image changes drastically after pregnancy, she might push her husband away physically.”
	CBS HEALTHWATCH Losing Weight: Why Are You Afraid? “People remain overweight until they work through the psychological issues with which they have been using their weight to cope,” reports Michele Lifland. “The weight is the symptom, not the problem. When people are able to work through the inner psychological problems, the weight becomes secondary in its influence on someone’s life.”
	NEWSDAY Defeating the ‘Diet Mode’ “It’s a psychological issue,” said Michele Lifland, founder of Creative Mind Management. “Hating one’s body is based on neurosis. It’s not logical. When people come to me wanting to lose weight, I help them work on their self-esteem, not their weight.” Some of her clients do lose weight once they are happier with themselves; others learn to accept their weight.
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