Patrick is a Social Worker who has been working at Hunter Primary Care since April 2022.
Prior to and whilst completing his social work training, Patrick gained experience working in community services settings with children, young people, families and adults from diverse backgrounds including First Nation’s Communities and persons from Culturally and Linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Patrick operates from a strength based and trauma-informed approach that seeks to work collaboratively with individuals to establish effective strategies to help them respond to the challenges they face, such as stress management, depression, anxiety disorders, grief and loss, anger issues and substance misuse concerns.
Patrick has interests in therapy approaches including Solutions Focused Brief Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and plans to continue to build his therapeutic skills as he undertakes Mental Health Accreditation.