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Dr.
Michelle R. Callahan is a relationship expert, coach, developmental
psychologist, and writer. She
is the savvy, “tell it like it is” psychologist and life coach
television audiences turn to when they are looking for straight talk on
relationships, life makeovers, mental health and empowerment.
Dr. Michelle is known for empowering her clients to maximize
success and realize their full potential.
Her broad experience, intuitive insight, strategic vision, and
holistic approach to coaching and consulting promote her clients’
personal and professional growth, and life satisfaction.
Dr.
Michelle is an expert in the following areas: family and romantic
relationships, mental health, stress and coping, women’s health and
career development. Her first
book on relationships will publish in early 2009 from Crown Publishing.
Dr. Michelle is the Counselor and Life Coach for the upcoming
reality show Queen Bees on The N. She
was the Co-Host and Life Coach for BET’s inside-outside makeover show REMIXED!. A regular guest on NBC’s Today Show, Dr. Michelle
has also appeared on The Oprah
Winfrey Show, the CW’s America’s
Next Top Model, MTV’s TRL:
Total Request Live, Food Network’s
Day to Day with Rachael Ray, Vh1’s
All Access: Britney’s Shocking Moments ‘07’, Fox’s
Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, TV One’s Baisden
After Dark and WE’s Cinematherapy.
She was the Resident Relationship Expert for the Ricki Lake show and has made several appearances on The
Tyra Banks Show, Vh1’s The Fabulous Life Of…, CNN’s Nancy
Grace, CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, Court TV’s Closing
Arguments with Nancy Grace, and the daily news live on MSNBC.
She has also appeared in television projects for NBC Enterprises,
BRAVO, Oxygen, A&E: Arts & Entertainment, TLC: The Learning
Channel, the United Kingdom’s Channel 5 and Global Canadian Television.
She served on the Editorial Board of Women’s Health Magazine, has
appeared on radio shows across the nation, and has been featured or quoted
in magazines and newspapers including Cosmopolitan,
Seventeen, US Weekly, Men’s
Health Best Life, Ebony and The Washington Post. At
Yale University, Dr. Michelle hosted and produced a weekly two-hour radio
talk show covering issues of interpersonal relationships, careers, and
physical/mental health.
As
an internal and external consultant to Fortune 500 companies, Dr. Michelle
provided executive coaching, training and strategic organizational
development consulting in areas including leadership development, conflict
resolution, performance management, diversity, talent management, career
management, mentoring, and employee relations.
Dr. Michelle has provided client services for organizations such as
MTV Networks, The New York Times, Vh1, BET and Nickelodeon.
Dr. Michelle also worked as a Vice President at J.P. Morgan Chase
& Co. As an instructor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Michelle
taught Introductory and Developmental Psychology courses. She has
presented at several national conferences of many professional
associations including the American Psychological Association, The Society
for Research in Child Development, The Society for Research in Adolescence
and the National Council on Family Relations.
Dr.
Michelle has conducted extensive research on the effects of violence in
relationships on the mental health and coping skills of children,
adolescents and adults. She
has also researched the risk factors for teenage pregnancy, sexually
transmitted diseases, HIV and AIDS. Her
original research has been published in journals such as The Leadership
Journal, American Journal of Public Health, and the Journal of Adolescent
Research.
Dr.
Michelle received her Ph.D and M.A. in Psychology from the University of
Michigan and her B.A. in Sociology from Boston College.
She was a National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral
Research Fellow at Yale University.
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