Program Committee Chairs

David Gillanders, D.Clin.Psychol.

David Gillanders is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, member of the British Psychological Society, Health & Care Professions Council, Association of Clinical Psychologists (UK), British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy and a founder member of the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science. He is Head of Clinical & Health Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. He leads a programme of research into the application of contextual behavioural science to living well with ill health, as well as research into training, supervision and basic measurement in behavioural science. He has published more than 35 peer reviewed articles and several book chapters, and is co-author of the self-help book, Better Living with IBS. He is a peer reviewed ACT trainer with ACBS. The peer review is the international association’s mark of high quality, high fidelity ACT training.

Louise McHugh, Ph.D.

Dr. Louise McHugh is an Associate Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland and a world leading researcher in the area of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Relational Frame Theory. She is a Fellow of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) and has published over 80 papers in the area of CBS. She was an editor for the New Harbinger text The Self and Perspective Taking and author of the amazon best seller A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self. She is a Recognized Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer and an Action Editor for the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science.

If you have questions about your submission(s), please contact David and Louise. 

RFT Track Chair: Lynn Farrell

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