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Vilardaga, R., Hayes, S. C., Levin, M. E., & Muto, T. (2009). Creating a strategy for progress: A contextual behavioral science approach. The Behavior Analyst, 32, 105-133.
Vilardaga, R., Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., Pistorello, J., Levin, M. E., Hildebrandt, M. J., ... & Bond, F. (2011). Burnout among the addiction counseling workforce: The differential roles of mindfulness and values-based processes and work-site factors. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 40(4), 323-335.
Vilardaga, R., Rizo, J., Palenski, P. E., Mannelli, P., Oliver, J. A., & Mcclernon, F. J. (2020). Pilot randomized controlled trial of a novel smoking cessation app designed for individuals with co-occurring tobacco use disorder and serious mental illness. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22(9), 1533–1542. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz202
Villagrá Lanza, P., & González Menéndez, A. (2013). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for drug abuse in incarcerated women. Psicothema, 25(3), 307-312. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2012.292
Villagrá Lanza, P., Fernández García, P., Rodríguez Lamelas, F., González-Menéndez, A. (2014). Acceptance and commitment therapy vs. cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of substance use disorder with incarcerated women. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70, 644–657. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22060

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Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Rinner, M. T. B, Firsching, V. J., Benoy, C., Brogli, S., Walter, M., Bader, K., & Gloster, A. T. (2019). “Choose change”: design and methods of an acceptance and commitment therapy effectiveness trial for transdiagnostic treatment-resistant patients. BMC Psychiatry, 19, 173. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2109-4
Villanueva, V., Cruz, A., Eslava, D., & Valdivia-Salas, S. (2018). Relation between agressive behavior and psychological inflexibility during adolescence: Preliminary findings. Informació Psicológica, 115, 108-119.
Villarreal, Y. R., Stotts, A. L., Paniagua, S. M., Rosen, K., Eckmann, M., Suchting, R., & Potter, J. S. (2020). Mindfulness predicts current risk of opioid analgesic misuse in chronic low back pain patients receiving opioid therapy. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 111-116. doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.08.011
Villatte, J. L., Vilardaga, R., Villatte, M., Plumb Vilardaga, J. C., Atkins, D. C., & Hayes, S. C. (2016). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy modules: Differential impact on treatment processes and outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 77, 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.12.001 Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, J. L., Villatte, M., & Hayes, S. C. (2012). A naturalistic approach to transcendence: Deictic framing, spirituality, and pro-sociality. In L. McHugh & I. Stewart (Eds.), The self and perspective taking: Contributions and applications from modern behavioral science, (pp. 200-215). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Villatte, M. & Monestès, J.L. (2010). La Théorie des Cadres Relationnels: La place du Langage dans la Thérapie d'Acceptation et d'Engagement. Revue Québécoise de Psychologie, 31(3), 85-104. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M. (2015). Evaluating In‐Session Therapist and Client Behaviors from a Contextual Behavioral Science Perspective. The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science, 303-319.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., & Freixa i Baqué, E. (2009). L’étude de la Théorie de l’Esprit au sein de la Théorie des Cadres Relationnels : Une revue de la littérature sur les réponses relationnelles déictiques. Acta Comportamentalia, 17, 117-136. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., & Freixa i Baqué, E. (2009). L’étude de la Théorie de l’Esprit au sein de la Théorie des Cadres Relationnels : Une revue de la littérature sur les réponses relationnelles déictiques. Acta Comportamentalia, 17, 117-136.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2008). Assessing deictic relational responding in social anhedonia: A functional approach to the development of Theory of Mind impairments. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 4(4), 360-373. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2008). Assessing deictic relational responding in social anhedonia: A functional approach to the development of Theory of Mind impairments. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 4(4), 360-373.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2010). Adopting the perspective of another in belief attribution: Contribution of Relational Frame Theory to the understanding of impairments in schizophrenia. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41, 125-134. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2010). Adopting the perspective of another in belief attribution: Contribution of Relational Frame Theory to the understanding of impairments in schizophrenia. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41, 125-134.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2010). Assessing perspective taking in schizophrenia using Relational Frame Theory. The Psychological Record, 60, 413-424. Download restricted to ACBS members.
Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G. (2010). Assessing perspective taking in schizophrenia using Relational Frame Theory. The Psychological Record, 60, 413-424.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J. L, & Monestes, J. L. (2014). Understanding and using Relational Frame Theory in experiential clinical practice. In J. Stoddard & N. Afari (Eds). The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: The Complete Guide to ACT Metaphors and Experiential Exercises. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J. L., & Hayes, S. C. (2016). Mastering the clinical conversation: Language as intervention. New York: The Guilford Press.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J. L., & Hayes, S. C. (2018). A reticulated and progressive strategy for developing clinical applications of RFT. The Psychological Record, 68(1), 113–117.
Villatte, M., Villatte, J., & Hayes, S. C. (2019). Mastering the Clinical Conversation: Language as Intervention. New York: The Guilford Press.
Villirillo, C., Perdighe, C., Cirimbilla, E., & Franceschini, G. (2021). Promuovere la felicità: uno studio pilota con un campione di ragazzi con Disturbo Specifico di Apprendimento [Promoting happiness: a pilot study on adolescent’s sample population with Specific Learning Disorder]. Psicoterapia cognitiva e comportamentale, 27(1), 17-44. DOI: 10.14605/PCC2712102