AYB | Health Psychology
The science and practice of living well.
Sometimes we know how we want to live, but struggle to get there.
Whether you're adjusting to a medical condition, feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns, or trying to improve your health and wellbeing, psychology can help you understand what's getting in the way and move forward.
What Brings You Here?
Most people come to AYB for one of two reasons
Living with a health condition can affect far more than your physical health.
It can impact your mood, confidence, identity, and day-to-day life.
You might be:
Adjusting to a recent diagnosis
Managing ongoing symptoms like pain or fatigue
Feeling anxious about your health
Struggling with low mood or loss of motivation
Finding it difficult to maintain routines or lifestyle changes
I offer psychological support to help you adjust, cope, and regain a sense of control.
Living with a Health Condition
Living Well & Lasting Change
On the surface, things may look fine. Underneath, something doesn't feel right.
You might be:
Knowing how you want to live, but struggling to get there
Lacking direction or motivation
Struggling to follow through with changes you want to make
Feeling disconnected from yourself or your usual way of being
Stuck in patterns you can’t seem to shift
I help you understand what’s keeping you stuck and move forward in a realistic, sustainable way.
I'm Dr Carl Bryce, a Chartered and HCPC Registered Health Psychologist.
Alongside running AYB Health Psychology, I work as a Senior Health Psychologist within the NHS, supporting people living with a wide range of long-term health conditions.
Before psychology, I served in the British Army and later worked as a Personal Trainer and Sports Massage Therapist.
That combination of experiences has shaped how I work today: practical, evidence-based, compassionate, and focused on real life.
About Dr Carl Bryce
How I Work
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to living well and managing a long term health condition.
Together we'll explore what matters to you, understand what's getting in the way, and develop practical strategies that support meaningful change.
My work draws from:
Health Psychology
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Behaviour Change Science
The focus is always on helping you move forward in a way that feels realistic, sustainable, and aligned with what matters to you.
Health Psychology
If something doesn’t feel right, you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
Book a free 15-minute consultation and we’ll talk through what’s going on and what the right next step might look like for you.
Understanding what is going on
We start by building a clear picture of what you’re dealing with, including your thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and the context around you.
This helps us identify the patterns that may be keeping things difficult.
Making realistic, sustainable changes
Together, we focus on small, practical changes that fit into your life, not unrealistic plans that are hard to maintain.
The aim is to build momentum in a way that feels manageable and meaningful.
Working with thoughts and emotions
We explore how your thinking patterns and emotional responses are affecting you, and develop more helpful ways of responding.
This might include approaches drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and related models.
Building resilience and flexibility
We work on strengthening your ability to respond to challenges, rather than feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
This includes developing psychological flexibility, self-awareness, and confidence in how you handle difficulties.
The focus is always on helping you move forward in a way that feels realistic, sustainable, and aligned with what matters to you.
Perhaps you've been living with a health condition that's affecting more than just your physical health.
Perhaps you're feeling stressed, burnt out, overwhelmed, or disconnected from the way you want to live.
Or perhaps you simply know you're capable of living healthier, better, or more meaningfully, but keep finding yourself stuck in the same patterns.
Whatever has brought you here, you don't need to be in crisis to benefit from support.
Sometimes the goal isn't fixing what's broken.
It's understanding what's getting in the way.
Why Things Can Start to Feel Harder
Things don’t usually fall apart all at once.
More often, they shift gradually, through changes in your health, stress, responsibilities, or life circumstances, until it starts to affect how you think, feel, and respond day to day.
You might notice that:
You feel more tired, overwhelmed, or mentally drained
Your motivation drops, even for things that used to matter
You find yourself stuck in patterns that are hard to change
Your confidence or sense of control begins to slip
Small things start to feel harder than they should
This isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you.
These experiences are often the result of understandable psychological and behavioural patterns that develop in response to what you’re dealing with.
Left unaddressed, these patterns can keep you stuck. But with the right support, they can be understood and gradually changed.
You don’t have to figure this out on your own.
This can include:
Adjusting to a health condition or diagnosis
Managing stress, anxiety, or low mood
Overcoming burnout or feeling stuck
Building sustainable habits and routines
Regaining direction, control, and confidence
Sessions are tailored to you, your needs, your pace, and what matters most in your life.
If this feels relevant to you, we can start with a short, no-pressure conversation.
Individual Therapy
A confidential, one-to-one space to explore what you’re dealing with and begin making sense of it.
We focus on understanding what’s going on, what’s keeping things difficult, and how you can begin to move forward in a way that feels realistic and sustainable.
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Clients with eligible insurance policies may be able to claim for their therapy sessions. Learn more.
