Professor Ross G Menzies
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Clinical Psychologist
National President
Ross is a clinical psychologist in the Graduate School of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He is a three-time National President of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), the former NSW Branch Chair. He was the Convenor of the 8th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, and is the current Treasurer of the World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT). He continues active research in anxiety and mental health and has published a dozen books and more than 200 journal papers and book chapters. He has received continuous national, competitive grant funding for over three decades and has a strong interest in existential issues and their relationship to mental health conditions. Professor Menzies was the editor of the AACBT’s scientific journal, Behaviour Change, for 17 years. He is a Fellow of the AACBT and a previous winner of the Distinguished Career Award of the association.
Ross has served on the NSW Branch and the Board of the AACBT for various periods over the last 20 years. He rejoined the Board as National President in 2023.
