06/29/2025
The WCCBT is excited to announce that Professor Ross G. Menzies, from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), has been appointed President-Elect of the Confederation. Dr Menzies has an international reputation in a range of areas including OCD, fears and phobias, death and existential issues, stuttering, eTherapy and the development of automated, scalable treatment programs. In addition to his large clinical load, Ross has published 11 books, and more than 200 chapters and journal papers in a long and distinguished career. He’s received continuous research funding from national competitive sources for more than three decades. Dr Menzies has won many prestigious awards, most recently the Williams James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. His term as President of the WCCBT will run from 2026 to 2029.
Prof. Menzies is the current Treasurer of the WCCBT. He is a long time member of the Board and Executive Committee of our association, having served as the Australian representative since the foundation of the confederation. The three-time President of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), he was the Convenor and President of the 8th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy in Melbourne, 2016. Dr Menzies’ term as President of the WCCBT will begin at the close of the 11th World Congress in San Francisco in June next year.
