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R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S., was interviewed by Orville Williams, DDS on “The Dentist is in the House!” The interview was recorded live as part of Dr. Williams’ weekly radio program focused on dental health.  The show aired 2-21-12 on WRES 100.7 - a radio station serving the Asheville, NC area.

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In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Marc Branch, PhD about Null-hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST). Topics they discuss include:

• Common misunderstandings about NHST 
• What p really is 
• Side effects of NHST 
• Logical problems with NHST 
• Reasons NHST remains prevalent despite the many known problems 
• Alternatives to NHST 

MARC BRANCH, PhD BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Branch is best known for directing one of the country’s active programs in behavioral pharmacology. He has conducted a long line of research on agents such as pentobarbital, d-amphetamine, and cocaine. His research has primarily been concerned with behavioral factors that influence whether and the degree to which tolerance develops in the face of repeated exposure. His work has been supported continuously for 30 years by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and has been published in flagship journals in both behavior analysis and pharmacology. In recognition of this consistent track record of excellence, he has been the recipient of a coveted research career award from NIMH. He is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society.

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In this important discussion Dr. Judith Beck discusses important criteria agencies should consider when looking for and hiring a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy trainer.

JUDITH S. BECK, PhD. BIO

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., is the Director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, a non-profit organization in suburban Philadelphia that trains mental health professionals, nationally and internationally, in Cognitive Therapy. She is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and currently divides her time among teaching and supervision, administration, clinical work, program development, research, and writing. Dr. Beck has written nearly 100 articles and chapters and made hundreds of presentations, nationally and internationally, on a variety of topics related to cognitive therapy. 

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In this episode R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S., interviews Ennio Cipani, PhD about his function based diagnostic system.  Specifically, they discuss:

• Function versus topography 
• An overview of his function based diagnostic system 
• The utility of a function based diagnostic system 
• The advantages of a function based diagnostic system relative to the DSM taxonomy 

ENNIO CIPANI, PhD BIOGRAPHY

Ennio Cipani, Ph.D., a graduate of Florida State University, is a licensed psychologist 

and a full professor at National University- Fresno. He has published numerous articles, 

chapters, instructional materials and books (available from amazon.com, search Cipani) 

including Classroom management for all teachers: Evidence-based practice (3rd edition, 2008) and Punishment on 

Trial (2004). He has given many workshops and continuing education courses focusing on the effective 

management of problem child behavior. Dr. Cipani has been doing in-home and 

school based behavioral consultations for families and school personnel since 1982.

He has dealt with many families and a variety of behavior problems, conducting assessment

and intervention activities in homes and classrooms. 

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In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S., interviews Patrick C. Friman, PhD about Boys Town.  Some of the  items discussed include:

• The history of Boys Town 
• The behavioral underpinnings of the Boys Town approach to intervention 
• The Teaching Family Model 
• Clinical outcomes realized at Boys Town 

PATRICK C. FRIMAN, PhD BIO

Dr. Patrick C. Friman is Director of Clinical Services at Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home (Boys Town) and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.  He also served as Director of Clinical Training and Associate Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada at Reno and formerly held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, and University of Kansas Schools of Medicine.  He is an internationally recognized expert in the application of behavior analytic methods to behavioral medicine.  

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In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S., interviews Elizabeth Loftus, PhD about her research.  Some of the items they discuss include:

• An overview of her research program 
• The misinformation effect 
• The relationship between one’s confidence in a memory and it’s accuracy 
• How false memories are constructed 
• Implications of her work for psychotherapy 

ELIZABETH LOFTUS, PhD BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Loftus attended UCLA and originally majored in Mathematics. Dr. Loftus was planning on being a math teacher when she discovered psychology while attending UCLA. In 1966, she received her Bachelor of the Arts in Math and Psychology from UCLA. After graduating from UCLA Dr. Loftus enrolled at Stanford in the Master's program. While attending Stanford, Dr. Loftus became interested in long term memory. There is a story that Dr. Loftus mentions in, The Myth of Repressed Memory, having to do with her mother's death. Some 20 years after her mother drowned in a swimming pool her family was having a get together at her Uncle's house and a relative mentioned to Dr. Loftus something about her having been the one to find her mother in the swimming pool. After that moment Dr. Loftus began remembering things about finding her mother in the pool, several memories flooded back to her that she did not know that she had in her memory. A few days after being told that she had been the one to find her mother, her brother called and told her that the relative had gotten the information wrong and that her uncle, not her, had been the one to find their mother in the swimming pool. This event in Dr. Loftus' life gives more fuel to the battle she is fighting about memory and how easy it is to create false memories. Until that day, Dr. Loftus had no memories of finding her mother in the pool, but as soon as she was told that it had been her, all kinds of memories of the event were "recovered."  In 1967, Dr. Loftus received her M.A. in psychology and then in 1968 she married her now ex-husband, George Loftus. Dr. Loftus received her Ph.D. (also from Stanford) 1970 (Born, 1997). 

From 1970 to 1973 Dr. Loftus was an Assistant Professor and Graduate Faculty at New School University. From 1973 to 2002, Dr. Loftus has been employed with the University of Washington holding such titles as Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor. Dr. Loftus was also an Adjunct Professor of Law for the University of Washington between 1984 and 2002. Between 2002 and the present Dr. Loftus has been an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington for the Psychology department as well as the School of Law. Dr. Loftus received grants from the National Institute of Mental Health between 1971 and 1974 for her reseearch and in 1973 Dr. Loftus published her first book, Human Memory. For Dr. Loftus 1974 was a busy year, she worked for the Department of Transportation (until 1976) was a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Experimental Psychology, and she published an article on memeory which thrust her into the courtroom as an expert witness. For one year (1975-1976) Dr. Loftus was a fellow of the American Council on Education and in 1976 Cognitive Processes was published. Dr. Loftus has been a member of the National Science Foundation and a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science (Loftus, 2008). 

Eyewitness Testimony was published in 1979 and also that year Dr. Loftus became Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. Also during 1979, Dr. Loftus began her research on repressed memories and eyewitness account due to the alarmingly high rates of childhood abuse and trauma. In 1980, Dr. Loftus published Law and Human Behavior and in 1981 Dr. Loftus found surprising information into how we remember and also why we forget. In 1983, Dr. Loftus was honored by being invited to present her work on memory to the Royal Society in London. Dr. Loftus and her husband Geoffrey Loftus were divorced in 1991. The Myth of Repressed Memory was published in 1994 with Remembering Dangerously right behind it in 1995. Dr. Loftus received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Academy of Forensic Psychology also in 1995 (Loftus, 2008). 

Dr. Loftus has been awarded six different honorary doctorates beginning in 1984 and receiving the last in 2006. She received her first honorary doctorate in 1982 from Miami University in Ohio. The second was received from Leiden University in the Netherland in 1990. Her third honorary doctorate, in 1994, came from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and was an honorary doctorate of laws. In 1998, she received her fourth honorary doctorate from the University of Portsmouth in England. The fourth and the fifth honorary doctorate were in 2005 and 2008, respectively and were from the University of Haifa in Israel and the University of Oslo, respectively. 

Dr. Loftus has been of service to many different societies and has also served as President of many of these organizations. In 1984, she served as President of the Western Psychological Association (she also served as President for this organization in 2004-2005). She served as President of the American Psychology-Law Society in 1985 and as President of Division 3 (Experimental) of the American Psychological Association in 1988. From 1998 to 1999, Dr. Loftus served as President for the Association of Psychological Science (APS). 

Dr. Loftus has received many awards due to her work, in fact she has received so many that I am only able to mention a few of them here. In 1996, she received the American Association of Applied and Preventative Psychology (AAAPP) Award for Distinguished Contributions to Basic and Applied Scientific Psychology (Loftus, 2008). She received the James McKeen Cattell Fellow from APS in 1997 for "a career of significant intelletual contributions to the science of psychology in the area of applied psychological research." In 2001, Dr. Loftus received the William James Fellow from APS for "ingeniously and rigorously designed research studies...that yielded clear objective evidence on difficults and controversial questions." The National Academy of Sciences bestowed the inaugral Henry & Bryna David Lectureship award in 2002. This is an award for the "application of the best social and behavioral sciences research to public policy issues." In 2004, Dr. Loftus was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, then in 2005 she was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Also in 2005, Dr. Loftus won the Grawemeyer Prize in Psychology with a gift of $200,000. The prize was to honor ideas of "great significance and impact." Dr. Loftus was elected tothe American Philosophical Society in 2006. Most recently Dr. Loftus was named the 58th of the 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th century and was also the top ranked woman.

This episode is relevant to professionals, students and those with an interest in the real world applications of the science of human behavior.

In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S., interviews Alan Poling, PhD about his work training African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis.  Some of the items they discuss include:

• The extent of the world’s landmine problem 
• Why it’s advantageous to train rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis relative to other procedures 
• The behavioral procedures involved in training rats for this work 
• The economic impact of his work in this area 
• And more! 

ALAN POLING, PhD BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Poling received his B.A. in 1972 from Alderson-Broaddus College, his M.A. in 1974 from West Virginia University, and his Ph.D. in 1977 from the University of Minnesota. He joined the faculty at Western Michigan University in 1977 and earned the rank of Professor of Psychology. Dr. Poling began serving as an Interim Associate Dean in the College of Arts of Sciences in 2003 and was named Interim Chair of the Department of Mathematics in 2004.

His primary research interests are in psychopharmacology and behavior analysis; grants from the National Institutes of Health and Department of Education have supported much of his work. A Fellow of Divisions 3, 25, and 28, Dr. Poling has published 11 books and over 250 articles and book chapters and served as the research advisor of 28 Ph.D. recipients. He was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of West Virginia University in 1999 and a Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Western Michigan University in 1996. In 2003, Dr. Poling received the Western Michigan University College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Achievement in Research and Creative Activity Award.

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In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Drs. Susan Orsillo and Lizabeth Roemer about their mindful approach to anxiety.  They are the authors of the new book :The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: Break Free From Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life," just published by Guilford. Guilford is pleased to offer our listeners a 20% DISCOUNT on the book.  Simply visit www.guilford.com/p/orsillo for more details about the book and to order, and use promotional code 4P at checkout. While on www.guilford.com you can search and browse more than 1,000 titles on a wide range of topics–including CBT, mindfulness, and much more.  Promotional code 4P saves you 15% on all titles when you order online!

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• What mindfulness is and how it can be helpful to those struggling with anxiety 
• Practical strategies for those struggling with anxiety 
• How those struggling with anxiety can integrate mindfulnes 

BIOGRAPHIES

Susan M. Orsillo, PhD is Professor of Psychology at Suffolk University in Boston. In collaboration with her doctoral students in clinical psychology, she has developed a number of prevention and treatment programs that integrate acceptance and mindfulness with evidence-based behavioral approaches. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and two children.

Lizabeth Roemer, PhD is Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she is actively involved in research and clinical training of doctoral students in clinical psychology. With her doctoral students, she explores the role of mindfulness, acceptance, and skillful action in promoting optimal functioning in response to external and internal stressors. She lives in the Boston area with her husband.

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In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Steven C. Hayes, PhD about several aspects of his work. Some of the topics they discuss include:

• Functional Contextualism
• Exposure conceptualized from a habituation model vs. a psychological flexibility model
• Whether Cognitive Therapists interested in ACT need to abandon cognitive restructuring
• The importance of Philosophy of Science
• The influence of JR Kantor in the ACT/RFT work
• The dissemination of ACT in the 3rd World
• Mediation Analysis

STEVEN C. HAYES, PhD BIO

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., is Nevada Foundation Professor and Director of Clinical Training at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of 36 books and over 500 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering, and has developed "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" a powerful therapy method that is useful in a wide variety of areas. His popular book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life (New Harbinger, 2005) was featured in Time Magazine among several other major media outlets and for a time was the number one best selling self-help book in the United States. Dr. Hayes has been President of several scientific societies and has received several national awards, such as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.

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In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Rob Zettle, PhD about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the treatment of depression. Some of the topics they discuss include:

• His early work with Steve Hayes and the initial development of ACT and RFT 
• The comparative trials of CT vs. ACT in the treatment of depression 
• The ACT approach to depression as well as current directions in this area 
• And much more! 

ROB ZETTLE, PHD BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Zettle is a tenured professor in the clinical psychology program at Wichita State University. Dr. Zettle was Steven Hayes' first doctoral student and thus has had extensive training in ACT (>20 years). Students who enter the clinical psychology doctoral program at Wichita State University and work with Dr. Zettle can receive training in ACT.

The common thread running through Dr. Zettle's research is an attempt to better understand the roles that languaging and verbal behavior play in the initiation, maintenance, and alleviation of human suffering from a functional contextualistic perspective. Some of the research projects are more basic in nature, while others are more explicitly applied and clinical in their focus. More basic research projects focus on the development of both self-report and behavioral ways of assessing processes that contribute to psychological flexibility/rigidity as well as experimentally manipulating these same processes in impacting analogues of clinical forms of human suffering, such as anxiety and mood disorders. More applied research projects compare the clinical outcomes and related processes associated with traditional cognitive-behavioral interventions in treatment of depression versus ACT and related acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches.