Author's Bios
DR. ALLAN MARKLE, PH.D.
Dr. Markle is an adjunct clinical professor at Rosalind Franklin University, and recently retired from his position as a psychologist at the VA Medical Center in North Chicago, Illinois, where he conducted weight control programs for more than twenty years. He has also retired from his private practice and his position of coordinator of the Student Counseling Center at Rosalind Franklin. He is married, the father of twin boys, and the grandfather of two beautiful girls. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Georgia State University.
Prior to those positions, Dr. Markle was the Coordinator of the Behavior Dysfunction Clinic at the same VA facility and was a member of the faculties at Barat College and the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. Before moving back to the Chicago area, he was the Coordinator of the Outpatient Division at the Huntsville-Madison County Mental Health Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He has also taught at Georgia State University, Lake Forest College, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has been a consultant for numerous athletes and teams, businesses, and social service organizations. He was also the Chair of the Alabama Coalition for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse.
Dr. Markle has more than 20 publications in professional journals in the areas of social psychology, treatment programs, and improving motivation. Articles about him and his research have appeared in such magazines as Family Weekly, Human Behavior, and Playboy, and he has appeared on numerous radio and television talk shows. He has written or co-authored several books, including Positive Parenting (Monte Sano Press), Author's Guide to Journals in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Social Work (Haworth Press), and Achievement Motivation Training. In his "spare" time, Al is a professional bowler, competing on the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour. Some of the many honors he has received include his presence in five different Who's Who listings and his enshrinement in the Illinois and Lake County bowling Halls of Fame.
DR. C.J. HABBEN
Dr. C.J. Habben is a licensed clinical psychologist with an impressive history in the treatment and understanding of psychological, emotional, and behavioral disorders. He initially developed the CHANGE Program for smoking over a decade ago using the best available methods and revised it over the years in his work with converting smokers into non-smokers. As a former smoker himself, he searched through the best available research to find the most effective techniques that have the best chance of working in the transformation into a new life without cigarettes.
In psychology, he has served as an American Psychological Association division president, a doctoral-program professor, consultant, and editor and writer for professional publications. In addition to his regular work in the treatment of behavioral and emotional disorders at a nationally-recognized medical center, he has written several publications and books, presented to numerous professional audiences at national and regional conventions, and taught other future doctors in the treatment of psychological disorders. He hopes that you have the same success with the CHANGE Program that he and his patients have enjoyed.