Beyond the Game: The Private World for Elite Recovery

Elite football has never been more physically, mentally or publicly demanding. As the mental strain intensifies, Montrose has become a strategic, confidential choice for players and managers addressing issues such as burnout, suicidal thoughts, family detachment, addictions and ADHD without disrupting their careers.

Montrose is not your average rehab. It is a private ‘one client at a time’ residential clinic for high-performance minds, where mental health treatment is delivered with the same precision athletes expect from elite performance programmes. Our clinical model delivers clinical precision ensuring robust treatment and compassionate care.

Guests arrive quietly between fixtures, injury periods, during international break or when life demands recalibration. Not to step away from the game, but to stay in it with control, clarity and to maintain longevity. Intuitively crafted to ensure continuity in fitness and club strategy.

Residential Recovery in the Peak District

Nestled within the quietness of the Peak District, Montrose provides a one-client-at-a-time model to guarantee absolute discretion and confidentially. Only one guest, one team, one focus.

We create uniquely tailored programmes based on our belief that precision must be applied for each guest to reach their potential and allow them to overcome their challenges and limiting beliefs. We are perfectly positioned to guide our guests through a journey of recalibration, self-discovery, healing…leading to longevity.

Montrose creates tailored care programmes which are fully customisable. Guests will have the opportunity to add therapeutic and lifestyle specialists and experiences such as breathwork, outdoor pursuits, cold-water swimming, reiki, DNA and Brainhealth testing, epigenetics, private dining experiences, and more.

During guest stays, they will receive the full attention of a dedicated clinical and support team, ensuring a deeply compassionate and expertly guided process. Alongside this clinical care, your environment is curated with the same precision. A private chef prepares bespoke meals aligned to your nutrition plan, supporting physical restoration, cognitive clarity and nervous-system balance.

You will be supported by a dedicated concierge manager or live-in staff, with housekeeping, fitness guidance, meditation practice and private therapy integrated discreetly into your schedule — creating a private retreat where every element is designed to rebuild strength, stability and performance from the inside out.

Close to Home, yet off the radar.

Montrose draws inspiration from high performance environments where privacy, precision and ultra-personalised medicine sets the global benchmark. We lead with the core principle: one client, one team, total discretion, supported by an elevated hospitality and clinical standard. We embody the precision, privacy and excellence in care approach, adapted for elite British and international individuals who require both sanctuary and world-class clinical rigour.

A UK pioneer in ultra-private care Montrose refines it for a new generation of elite clients. We integrate medical excellence with therapeutic depth, trauma-informed practice and advanced longevity science that delivers deep and lasting change whilst prioritising dignity and autonomy.

Our model exists for individuals who cannot access conventional services without risk to reputation, performance or emotional safety. Every aspect of care is highly personalised. From psychiatric oversight and psychological treatment to somatic therapies, performance coaching and confidential recovery mentorship.

Providing this standard to the UK means clients avoid international travel, media visibility or professional downtime. Instead, they receive privacy, discretion and intelligence-led care within the grounding landscapes of the Peak District.

ADHD & Neurodivergence: Playing to the Advantage

ADHD can be a defining force in elite football. When understood, it fuels instinct, speed, creativity and hyperfocus in high-pressure moments. These traits are often seen across many top performers.

But when undiagnosed or unsupported, the same wiring can drive impulsive decisions, emotional volatility, and attempts to self-regulate through gambling, stimulants or spending. What looks like “lack of discipline” is often a nervous system under strain, not a character flaw.

At Montrose, ADHD isn’t treated as a problem, it’s treated as potential. With private specialist diagnostics, tailored treatment programmes and support, we help athletes turn neurodivergence into clarity, control so they can use it to their competitive edge.

Addiction & Mental Health: The Hidden Cost of Pressure

In elite football, dependency rarely begins in crisis. It begins in adrenaline crashes, isolation, scrutiny, expectation and silence. Gambling, gaming, alcohol, stimulants, pain medication and sleeping pills often emerge not from recklessness, but from a nervous system fighting to cope under relentless pressure. What looks like “loss of control” is often an exhausted mind seeking relief where rest was never permitted.

At Montrose, addiction and burnout are treated with precision and without judgement. Clients may undergo medical detox and advanced psychological treatment, supported by nervous-system recalibration, performance-aligned recovery work and trauma-informed therapy.

For those who benefit from structured, values-based recovery frameworks, 12-step principles can be integrated discreetly and privately into treatment, not as a one-size-fits-all model, but as a powerful foundation for accountability, identity strengthening and emotional resilience. Where appropriate, clients connect with experienced 12-step practitioners, sponsors and lived-experience mentors who understand the psychology of elite environments and the importance of discretion.

Every element is delivered one-to-one and with total privacy. There are no groups, no exposure, no enforced narratives, only a confidential pathway towards stability, clarity and long-term recovery. The work is not simply to stop a behaviour; it is to rebuild internal strength and emotional regulation so performance and wellbeing can thrive, on and off the pitch.

Begin your journey today

For those ready to reclaim clarity, authority and longevity, Montrose is not an escape.
It is a return to self, stronger, calmer, future ready.

Begin your journey with us today. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, addiction or neurodiversity, reach out to us.

Business Support Manager: Sophie Horn

[email protected]

+44 (0) 1144 990 500