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About Sue Cleland |
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Sue Cleland
B.A., B.Soc.Wk.,M.A.A.S.W.Acc.
Mental Health Accredited Social Worker |
Sue Cleland, Director of the Anxiety & Stress Management Service of Australia is a professional Social Worker who is committed to decreasing the stigma of mental illness in our society and is well known as a strong advocate for people who live with Anxiety Disorders. Sue lived with Social Anxiety Disorder for twenty years before receiving treatment and has now fully recovered. During her recovery, Sue recognised a need in Australia for more easily accessible treatment, information, education, guidance, understanding and support for people who live with Anxiety Disorders in our community. As a result of this recognised need, in 2000 Sue Cleland established the Anxiety & Stress Management Service of Australia, where she developed a 24 session comprehensive anxiety management program, which she has been teaching to individuals and groups since. |
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Sue's recovery program is unique, drawing on her own personal experience of living with an anxiety disorder, and empirical evidence proven to be successful in treating anxiety. Some of the organisations Sue has facilitated her recovery program for over the past decade include the Department of Vietnam Veterans, Commonwealth Rehabilitation Services, Brisbane City Council, the Relaxation Centre of Queensland, and the Mental Health Association of Queensland. The 'Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, Fear & Worry Recovery Program is now available in DVD format for individuals to complete in the privacy of their own home, and for practitioners to facilitate with their clients.
More recently, Sue has established another branch of her private practice the Shyness and Social Anxiety Service of Australia which provides specific recovery programs to those whose lives are debilitated by social anxiety.
Sue has had her work in the area of anxiety featured in the 'The Australian', 'Courier Mail', 'Sydney Morning Herald', 'Good Medicine Magazine', many other community organisation papers and magazines, as well as appearing on 'What's Good For You' television show in 2006, partaking in a documentary on anxiety, and is also a regular guest speaker on many local and national radio shows. Sue is often asked to be a guest speaker at mental health forums, and established the first support group for people who live with Social Anxiety Disorder in Queensland. You can read Sue Cleland's personal story of recovery from Social Anxiety Disorder in the Personal Story section of this site.
Sue Cleland's story of recovery along with 30 other people from around the world has recently been published in a book called 'Overcoming Panic and Anxiety Disorders' by Jenna Glazter. Each story has a commentary by Dr. Paul Foxman, the Director of the Centre for Anxiety Disorders Vermont U.S., and author of Dancing with Fear. Here is what he said about Sue's story and the services she provides:
"Sue's story about social anxiety explains the condition more vividly and comprehensively than any textbook on the subject. She emphasises a number of key features of social anxiety, and her website provides more helpful suggestions than many therapists have in their repertoire." |
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