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NOTICE: We cannot currently offer Educational Psychology services. We can provide - Cognitive Assessments, SpLD Assessments, and Dyslexia Assessments.

Chronic fatigue syndrome

We support children and young people by providing assessments and interventions for those with needs surrounding chronic fatigue syndrome.

What is chronic fatigue syndrome?

Chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), can often be characterised by extreme tiredness, although there are many indicators and needs related to chronic fatigue syndrome in children and young people, including:

A child or young person may benefit from having a psychological assessment or intervention if they display any of the following signs:

Chronic fatigue syndrome can affect an individual’s learning, mental health and wellbeing, and when specific needs have been highlighted, they can then be targeted through holistic interventions.

Our services can be carried out following one of our initial discussions, please see our process below.

Our process

At HSR Psychology we ensure that we meet the needs of children and young people. To achieve this we ensure that any specific assessments, intervention, or direct work, is only carried out following an initial discussion.

An initial discussion allows us to understand the background and your expectations of our involvement. Having an initial discussion ensures any services we provide appropriately identify or address needs.

Our process for any specific assessments, intervention, or direct work is as follows:

Step 1: Contact us

We will usually be contacted by the child or young person, parent or carer, or another professional (eg education or health).

You can contact us or complete a referral



Step 2: Arrange an initial discussion

An initial discussion allows us to understand the background and your expectations of our involvement. Arrange an initial discussion



Step 3: Review our recommendations

Following an initial discussion we will send you an email that includes:

  • Next steps recommendations - to provide a bespoke package of support. For example:
    • Assessments
    • Reports
    • Information gathering
    • Meeting
    • Interventions
    • Consultancy
    • Reviews
  • Costing - we will provide costings for any services recommended.


Step 4: Let's get started

On receipt of the next steps recommendations and costing you can decide how to proceed. Once you have decided contact us to arrange the chosen services.



How are needs related to chronic fatigue syndrome assessed?

There can be different needs related to chronic fatigue syndrome, therefore we provide different assessments for different needs. Our assessments can include observations, interviews and carrying out specific assessments. Different areas of need can be assessed using the following assessments:

Full cognitive assessment

Our cognitive assessment is carried out to assess for cognitive difficulties related to chronic fatigue syndrome. Some of the areas which may be assessed during a cognitive assessment include:

Cognitive assessments also provide a profile of strengths and weaknesses, which enables us to provide strategies tailored to use strengths and support areas of need.

Mental health assessment

Our mental health assessment can assess for various mental health difficulties like anxiety, depression and self-esteem issues. By identifying mental health needs we are able to provide interventions tailored to the child or young person.

Resiliency assessment

Our resiliency assessments provide an insight into a child or young person's ability to cope. A resiliency assessment will allow us to predict how an individual will react to a chronic fatigue episode and we will be able to provide relevant support.

What happens after an assessment?

Following an assessment, we can provide a profile of an individual’s strengths and difficulties or highlight their areas of need. Following an assessment, a report can be provided with the findings and may include recommendations. 

Our psychologists might recommend a specialist intervention to target particular areas of needs, or to work on coping strategies using identified strengths.

What interventions do we support?

Our team support many interventions. Interventions to support needs related to chronic fatigue syndrome can include:

Understanding chronic fatigue syndrome in more detail and learning how to provide appropriate support helps children and young people to be happy, safe and ready for life’s challenges. We offer psychoeducation of needs to parents/carers and education staff to raise awareness of needs related to chronic fatigue syndrome.

We also provide consultancy and recommendations in relation to environmental strategies or support. To find out about interventions which we can support, please contact us.

Arrange an Initial Discussion

Arrange an Initial Discussion to find out how we can help. The initial discussion lasts 1-1.5 hours, comes with a written recommendation summary and is a starting point to identify needs. The cost is £300.

  • No waiting lists
  • Experienced psychologists
  • Includes recommendation summary

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Chronic fatigue syndrome can impact multiple areas of a child or young person’s daily life, such as mental health and learning. Early needs identification can lead to effective intervention to provide strategies and techniques. To book an initial discussion, or to find out more, then please contact us to speak to a member of our team


What makes us different

Access to a named psychologist

Focus on mental health and wellbeing

Joined-up approach

Bespoke services to meet needs

Multidisciplinary team

Holistic approach

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Flexible, consistent, and competitively priced

We provide bespoke solutions to suit all budgets and requirements for children and young people aged 0-25 in homes, education settings and the community. Our clinical, educational and child psychology services are cost effective.

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Make a referral

To make a referral and arrange an initial discussion please complete our referral form.

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Contact us

Ready to get started? The next step is to speak to our team to find out more about the services we provide and how we can help. Call us on 0161 820 9229 or email office@hsrpsychology.co.uk

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