Our team

Three directors, one shared commitment to accessible support.

Adaptive Path brings together clinical leadership, community partnership experience and thoughtful governance. Meet the people helping shape the organisation.

Patrick Breheny
Director and Clinical Lead

Patrick Breheny

Patrick leads Adaptive Path’s clinical work. He is a BACP- and NCPS-accredited counsellor, holds a BSc (Hons) in Therapeutic Counselling and is EMDR trained.

His focus is on making high-quality counselling clearer and more accessible while maintaining appropriate assessment, safeguarding and clinical boundaries.

Mike Koch
Director and Community Partnerships

Mike Koch

Mike is a Director of Adaptive Path and Chair of NSM Foundation, a registered charity supporting children and young people to build confidence, develop their capabilities and find positive direction.

His community work has included school talks, personal-development programmes, peer mentoring, activity days and fundraising. He brings experience in relationship building, community fundraising and partnership development.

Colette Shaw
Director and Psychotherapist

Colette Shaw

Colette is a Director of Adaptive Path and an experienced psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. She completed four years of advanced clinical psychotherapy training at the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy and was clinically endorsed in 2008.

Her approach is grounded in Transactional Analysis and adapted to individual needs. Her experience includes supporting people with trauma, abuse, relationship difficulties, childhood experiences, depression, low self-esteem, panic, stress and anger.