Louis Allday

My practice is informed by real-world experiences across varied and challenging settings. Through my ongoing work at the Macmillan Horizon Centre, I sit alongside individuals navigating serious illness, grief, physical vulnerability, and profound questions of meaning. Having worked within large organisations, I also understand the subtle and overt pressures of corporate life, from chronic burnout to the struggle of maintaining your identity inside rigid institutions. Additionally, having completed a PhD, I know the landscape of academia–including the multi-faceted pressures, isolation, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism that often accompany doctoral research and higher education. I also bring a particular focus to the complexities of fatherhood and the unique difficulty of juggling competing family, personal, and professional responsibilities.

Underpinning all my work is an explicitly anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and socially conscious ethos. Our well-being does not exist in a vacuum; the structural inequities and harms of our society deeply shape our day-to-day experiences. In our therapeutic relationship, every part of your identity, background, and lived experience is welcomed, validated, and held with care. Whether you are moving through a major transition in life, seeking clarity amid academic or professional burnout, struggling with aspects of parenthood, or simply needing a safe space to rest and reflect in what can feel like an overwhelming world, we will move together at your pace.

Life can feel heavy when you are navigating complex existential questions, health challenges, or simply trying to process the weight of an unfair world. If you are feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or disconnected from yourself, you don’t have to carry it all on your own. I offer a warm, gentle, and grounding space where you can slow down, take a breath, and feel heard. Trained in Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Brighton, my approach is centred on empathy, non-judgmental curiosity, and helping you reconnect with your own capacity for healing and growth.

Get in touch to arrange an initial 20-minute online consultation free of charge, and we can take it from there. I offer short- and long-term therapy and can work online if preferable.