Kemi Folarin

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and grief
• Career and workplace

About Kemi

Kemi Folarin works with practical life issues and emotional difficulties using an integrative style that draws on person-centred and psychodynamic ideas. He is a BACP counsellor with five years' experience working with individuals across a range of concerns.

Kemi offers client-led sessions that focus on what matters most to the person in front of him. He encourages clients to explore current problems and underlying patterns, and to draw on their own resources to move forward. Sessions progress at the client’s pace and aim to increase self-awareness and decision-making.

Areas he addresses include career questions, coping with life changes, stress and anxiety, addictions, depression and low self-esteem. He also works with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting and relationship concerns, anger, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related issues. Additional focus areas are isolation and loneliness, seasonal affective disorder, self-love, women's issues, workplace problems and young adult issues.

Kemi’s background includes a degree in Psychology and Sociology and a masters in Youth and Community, plus leadership experience as a chief executive of a charity serving children, young people and the wider community since 2007. He is the author of The Best H.E.L.P Book, which outlines practical examples of learned practice.

In sessions he helps clients identify beliefs that get in the way, try new ways of responding, and accept what cannot be changed. The emphasis is on clear, practical steps and building awareness so clients can make choices they feel comfortable with.

How his approaches translate to online counselling

Kemi uses client-centred ideas which focus on listening, reflecting and following what the client brings. This approach helps when someone needs a place to talk things through and be heard, and it supports issues like self-esteem and relationship concerns.

He also draws on psychodynamic concepts to gently look at patterns from the past that affect current feelings and choices. That can help with repeated relationship difficulties, grief responses and long-standing emotional issues.

Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want clear, short-term goals and practical steps. These methods suit career questions, workplace problems and situations where clients want to try specific changes and measure progress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. He will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and then agree a way of working together. The plan can change as the sessions progress, so the approach stays relevant to the client’s needs.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, avoid travel time and have quicker check-ins when that helps. It can also allow shorter or phone-based conversations when bandwidth or time is limited.

Topics Kemi lists

• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Isolation and loneliness
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-love
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Kemi

Does he work with anxiety?

Yes. He addresses anxiety and stress with approaches that increase awareness and practical coping skills.

What kind of counselling does he offer?

He works integratively, drawing on client-centred and psychodynamic ideas and using solution-focused methods when helpful.

What experience does he have?

He has five years' experience as a counsellor and prior leadership experience as a chief executive of a charity since 2007.

Is he accredited and where is he based?

He is BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does he offer sessions for international clients?

Yes. He accepts international clients.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with him?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.