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Mycore Psychological Consulting
Mycore Psychological Consulting

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1-2-1 Psychotherapy

Thoughtful psychological support for people carrying system load.

 There are times when coping strategies are no longer enough.


You may still be functioning well on the outside, working, caring for others, making decisions and meeting expectations. While privately feeling wired, overwhelmed, disconnected, exhausted or unsure why things have become harder to manage.


Mycore offers confidential, individual psychotherapy for adults who want to understand the wider pattern, not simply reduce a symptom.


Sessions are available in person in Chester on the boarders of North Wales and remotely across the UK and Europe.

Starting point...

Begin with confidential conversation. 


An initial enquiry provides an opportunity to briefly discuss what you are looking for and whether Mycore is likely to be the right fit. 

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Psychotherapy for Complex Lives

When life becomes more complex than it looks

 People come to therapy for many different reasons. Sometimes there has been a clear event. Sometimes the pressure has built gradually over time.


1-to-1 psychotherapy may be helpful when you are navigating:


  • Anxiety, overwhelm or emotional exhaustion 
  • Burnout, high-functioning distress or decision fatigue 
  • Trauma, grief, loss or significant life change 
  • Relationship strain, separation or changing family roles 
  • Chronic pain, fatigue, health anxiety or changing physical capacity 
  • Chronic illness: cancer, fibromyalgia, FND
  • Neurodivergence, identity and sensory or executive-function pressures 
  • Menopause, hormonal transition or shifting confidence 
  • Work-related stress, leadership demands or difficulty switching off 
  • A sense that you are no longer quite yourself 


You do not need to be in crisis to seek support.

A psychological formulation-led approach

 Understanding the pattern before deciding what may help. Support at Mycore begins with careful listening and formulation.


Rather than treating thoughts, emotions or physical symptoms in isolation, we consider how different parts of your experience may be interacting:

  • Current pressures and life context 
  • Health, sleep, pain, fatigue and changing capacity 
  • Past experience, memory and learned protective responses 
  • Relationships, work, responsibility and identity 
  • Nervous-system patterns, threat responses and recovery 
  • The practical conditions needed for greater steadiness and agency 


This creates a clearer starting point for therapy ,one that is tailored to you rather than shaped around a generic programme.


Understanding the pattern is often the beginning of changing it.

ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL

Limited, high-touch support Depth and continuity matter.

A limited number of individual appointments are held at any one time to protect continuity, clinical quality and the depth of the work.

This is not a high-volume therapy service. It is a thoughtful, tailored approach for people who value experienced psychological support and a clear, collaborative process.

How sessions work

 Confidential, considered and paced around your needs.

Sessions provide a private space to think, feel, reflect and make sense of what is happening.


The work may integrate psychological therapy, trauma-informed practice, nervous-system education, practical capacity planning and evidence-informed approaches appropriate to your needs and goals.

There is no expectation to disclose everything immediately. Therapy is paced carefully, with attention to safety, readiness and what feels manageable.


Available formats

In-person adult & couples psychotherapy
Held in a private setting in Chester, on the borders of the North Wales coast.


Remote psychotherapy
Secure online sessions available across the UK.


Psychological formulation sessions
A focused consultation for people who want to understand complexity, clarify priorities and consider the most appropriate next step.

Areas of particular experience

Mycore’s work is especially informed by experience in:

Trauma and complex stress responses 

Grief, bereavement and life transition 

Burnout and sustained high-pressure roles 

Neurodiversity-aware psychological support 

Chronic illness: Cancer,  ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, FND

Sleep, fatigue, pain and changing capacity 

Menopause-informed psychological care 

Nervous-system regulation and brain–body communication 

Health complexity and biopsychosocial formulation 

Work-related strain, leadership pressure and decision fatigue 


The approach is psychologically grounded, neuroscience-informed and attentive to the whole context of a person’s life.

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Logical first choice for life's complexities

Because the problem is not always the whole picture.

People often seek therapy when something has changed: sleep has become more fragile, work feels harder to carry, anxiety is louder, confidence has dipped, relationships are under strain, or the body no longer seems to recover in the same way.


At Mycore, the work does not begin with assumptions or a one-size-fits-all treatment plan.

It begins by understanding you in context.


That means considering not only thoughts and emotions, but also health, sleep, life history, work, relationships, identity, neurodivergence, stress physiology, nervous-system responses and the practical demands you are carrying.

A more complete psychological view

Mycore offers a formulation-led approach to psychotherapy.


Rather than asking only, “What is wrong?” the work also explores:

  • What has changed in your capacity? 
  • What pressures are your system responding to? 
  • What patterns may have developed to protect you? 
  • What is maintaining the current difficulty? 
  • What support, adjustment or therapeutic work may help most? 

This creates therapy that is more precise, collaborative and relevant to the reality of your life.

Depth without losing practicality

 The work is psychologically grounded and informed by contemporary neuroscience, trauma-informed practice, autonomic regulation, sleep, memory, health complexity and biopsychosocial formulation.


It moves beyond simplified explanations of stress or nervous-system function, while remaining practical and human.


Therapy may include space to reflect deeply, alongside support with boundaries, pacing, emotional regulation, communication, recovery and rebuilding a sense of agency.

Discreet support for high-functioning lives

  Many people who come to Mycore are still functioning well in important areas of life. They may be leading, caring, working, parenting or supporting others — while privately carrying distress, fatigue, fear, grief or uncertainty.


You do not need to be in crisis to seek meaningful support.


A limited number of appointments are held at any one time, allowing for continuity, thoughtful preparation and a high-touch therapeutic relationship.


The aim is not to make you cope with more. It is to understand what your system has been carrying, restore flexibility where possible, and help you move forward with greater clarity and agency.

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