About Me

Saeed Khalilirad

Experience

I have many years’ experience working therapeutically with adults across different stages of life, both within the NHS and in private practice. Throughout my career, I have worked across a range of NHS mental health services, supporting people through both short-term and longer-term difficulties. I have also worked within educational settings, providing psychotherapy to university students and staff.

Alongside my private practice, I currently work within an NHS mental health service. My private practice is based in East and Central London, with sessions also available online, allowing me to work with clients more flexibly.

Before training as a psychotherapist, I spent several years working in the creative industries, including fine art, graphic design and advertising, alongside leadership roles across a range of sectors. These experiences continue to shape my therapeutic work and give me a particular understanding of the pressures that can arise in professional life.

I work with people experiencing work-related stress, performance anxiety, workplace conflict, burnout and difficulties maintaining a healthy work-life balance. For many of us, our work is closely connected to our identity, sense of purpose and self-worth, and difficulties in this area can have a significant impact on our emotional wellbeing. I bring both professional and personal understanding to exploring these challenges, while remaining grounded in a psychological and therapeutic framework.

I have also been recognised for my work in promoting diversity, inclusion and belonging, receiving an award within my NHS Trust and being shortlisted for the national NHS70 Parliamentary Awards. These experiences reflect something that is central to how I work: creating a warm, respectful and inclusive therapeutic space where people feel heard, understood and able to be themselves.