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This episode is primarily relevant to professionals. In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S., LPC, LCAS interviews Howard Rachlin, PhD about his work in the area of self-control. In this episode they discuss: How self-control and willpower are conceptualized from a behavioral perspective  An overview of the research literature pertaining to discount functions  Applied implications of this experimental work for helping clients with addictions and other behavioral problems involving self-control  HOWARD RACHLIN, PhD BIOGRAPHY Dr. Rachlin obtained a PhD at Harvard University in 1965. He is currently a Research Professor and an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University. He has written six books including Behavior And Mind ( 1994) and The Science of Self-Control (2000) and published more than 100 journal articles. His research focuses on self-control and social cooperation in humans and nonhumans from the perspective of teleological behaviorism.