Dr. Arbore is the Program Director and Founder of the Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention and Grief Related Services (CESP), which later merged and remains today as the Institute on Aging. He currently holds the position of Director of CESP concurrently with Director of Education and Professional Training. Patrick received his Masters in Psychology from San Francisco State University and his Ed.D in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco.

Prior to developing CESP, Patrick held the position of part-time lecturer

for the college of Notre Dame, now Notre Dame de Namur University. He was a full time lecturer and co-taught Counseling Skills and Graduate Practicum at the University of San Francisco, and was the former Geriatric & Grief Program Director for eight years at the San Francisco Suicide Prevention Center. Patrick has developed countless trainings covering a variety of topics including Elderly Suicide Prevention, Youth Suicide Prevention, Building Volunteer Programs, Grief and Loss, Crisis Intervention Techniques, Elderly Depression and Hopelessness, Burnout and its Consequences and delivered them all throughout the United States.

Patrick's passions extend beyond trainings and presentations on the many issues of Aging to include research and numerous publications throughout his career. He was the Co-Recipient of the 2002 American Society on Aging's Gloria Cavanaugh Award for Excellence in Training and Education in Aging, received the 2000 Certificate of Appreciation at the Northern California Training Consortium, as well as the 1998 American Society on Aging's Award for Outstanding Contributions to aging-related advocacy, teaching or research on the national level and has created visibility for the field and for the ASA, among others.