Meet Patrick
Welcome to Think Blue Tree! I'm Patrick.
I’m passionate about helping people navigate the challenges life throws at us and build lives that feel more fulfilling and meaningful!
When I’m not working with clients, you’ll usually find me outdoors. Climbing, canyoning, or just spending time in nature is my happy place. I’m also part of a specialist canyon search and rescue team, where we take on some of the country’s most technical rescue missions.
Before that, I led a large outdoor club in Australia, guiding hundreds of people through challenging experiences and seeing firsthand how courage, fear, trust, and resilience show up for all of us.
Before this work, I built a wide background across trades, sales, project management, 3D design, music, outdoor leadership, and community work. I’m grateful for that mix of experience because it keeps my work grounded in real life. I’ve seen how pressure, uncertainty, fear, conflict, motivation, and resilience show up in very different settings, and that shapes the practical way I work with clients today.
That experience lit the spark that eventually led me here. I found myself wanting to work with people one-on-one, helping them through life’s emotional and mental terrain, not just the physical kind.
I also spend a lot of time reading, reflecting, and exploring ideas. I’m drawn to philosophy, psychology, and the deeper questions about how we live, grow, struggle, and change. I love a good board game, quiet chats, and books that engage the mind. Alongside my outdoor work, I’ve helped lead a crisis support group of over 600 people and spoken at events on mental health, growth, and human behaviour.
Over the years, I’ve come to see that people are not just looking for someone to ask, “How did that make you feel?” or simply hand them a few tools. They want someone who can help bring the work to life. Someone who can help them experience change, not just talk about it.
Like most people, I’m no stranger to struggles. I’ve had my share of hard moments, and I know how vulnerable it can feel to ask for help. Looking back, I often wish I’d done it sooner. We can lose so much time stuck in our heads, waiting until things are “bad enough” or hoping we can figure it all out alone.
That first step can feel like climbing a mountain, but it can also be the beginning of something better.
Through this work, I’ve had the privilege of helping hundreds of people overcome challenges, reconnect with what matters, and take meaningful steps toward better lives.
These experiences shape how I work with clients. My approach is practical, supportive, and focused on real life. My aim is to offer a space that feels steady, respectful, and genuinely useful, where we can work with what is happening in your real life without judgement.
Training, Supervision and Professional Standards
My work is grounded in evidence-based mental health coaching, behavioural science, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
I completed a comprehensive two-year training pathway with PREKURE, qualifying as a Certified Mental Health Coach and Master Coach. This training focused on health behaviour change, mental wellbeing, lifestyle factors affecting mental health, and practical coaching approaches for issues such as mood, anxiety, stress, sleep, resilience, and emotional wellbeing.
I have also completed hundreds of additional hours of professional development and training in approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural approaches.
I am a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, the international community connected to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and contextual behavioural science.
Alongside my training, I complete regular professional supervision with a registered psychologist and engage in specialist supervision for areas such as workplace wellbeing and couples coaching. This supports safe, ethical practice, ongoing development, and clear referral pathways when someone needs support outside my current scope.
My work is therapeutic in style, while staying grounded in my current scope as a Mental Health Coach.
Qualifications and professional standards:
PREKURE Certified Mental Health Coach
PREKURE Certified Master Coach
Member, Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
Over 300 hours of Professional development and training in ACT, Motivational Interviewing, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural approaches
Regular professional supervision with a registered psychologist
Specialist supervision in areas including workplace wellbeing and couples coaching
So while this page is about me, I’m much more interested in you. Let’s work together to get you unstuck, reconnect with what matters most, and take meaningful steps forward.
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