Matthew completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He subsequently earned a research doctorate in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, focusing on gambling-related cognitive vulnerabilities. He later completed his professional doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University College London (UCL). During clinical training, he wrote a doctoral thesis on recovery-oriented outcome measurement among Vietnamese refugees living in the UK. After graduation, Matthew returned to his alma mater and joined the NUS Department of Psychology as an early-career award recipient.

Matthew teaches and supervises in NUS's Master of Psychology (Clinical). His clinical experience includes working with high-risk adults with severe emotion regulation difficulties, as well as adolescents with mental health concerns. His practice is informed by behavioural, cognitive, emotion-focused, and systemic approaches, alongside contemporary meditative practices.

Matthew currently oversees all Continuing Education and Training professional certificate programmes in the Department of Psychology. His ongoing research focuses on strengthening competency-based training and professional development for practitioner psychologists and community mental health workers. Specific interests include enhancing supervision capacity, and improving case formulation and CBT competence within mental health services.