Matthieu Villatte

Matthieu Villatte, PhD is a Research Scientist and Clinical Trainer at the Evidence-Based Practice Institute of Seattle, WA in the United States.

He obtained his doctoral degree in France, with an emphasis on Relational Frame Theory (a branch of contextual behavioral science studying language and cognition), and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Nevada, Reno under the mentorship of Steven Hayes, PhD, before working as Assistant Professor at the University of Louisiana for two years.

He is the co-author of Mastering the Clinical Conversation: Language as Intervention, and of the first manual published in French on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. He is associate editor of the Journal of Contextual Behavior Science.

Matthieu Villatte also authored and co-authored chapters in several books on contextual behavioral science such as The Self and Perspective Taking, The Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science, Mindfulness and Acceptance for Counseling College Students, The Big Book of ACT Metaphors, Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory and Research, Working with Emotions in CBT, Faire Face a la Souffrance, Pleine conscience et Acceptation: Au Cœur Processuel de la Troisième Vague des Thérapies Comportementales et Cognitives.

Matthieu Villatte is a peer-reviewed trainer in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy recognized by the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). He has facilitated over 70 workshops on the clinical applications of Contextual Behavioral Science in the US, Canada, Australia, South America, and Europe.