Following a long and stimulating career of over 30 years with public mental health services, including 15 years at as a clinical director and executive director, Patrick now applies his passion and experience to improve client outcomes as a counsellor at Black Swan Health.
Patrick is experienced in providing evidence-based counselling and psychotherapy to children, young people and adults, their families and values the positive outcomes that counselling, psychotherapy, family therapy, parent coaching and couples counselling can produce for individuals and their relationships.
Patrick is an accredited mental health social worker.
Specialises in the treatment of:
- Children: developmental disorders, stress reactions, PTSD, anxiety, depression, conduct disorders.
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Relationships, including parent coaching
- Self-harm and suicidality
- PTSD
Can also help with:
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- ADHD
- Behaviour disorders
- Relationship problems
Additionally:
Patrick uses EMDR when working with clients with post-traumatic stress disorder and related conditions such as depression and anxiety. He applies proven, research-based models including cognitive-based therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) to achieve long-term mental health outcomes for his clients.
Patrick’s mental health tip:
“Recent research strongly demonstrates that compassion (for self and others) is strongly correlated with positive mental health and well-being.”
