Kemi Folarin, BACP

Kemi Folarin offers a warm, person-centred approach that helps people talk through life changes and everyday struggles. He focuses on what matters to each person and aims to build stronger self-awareness and practical steps forward. Kemi describes therapy as a space to be listened to and understood without judgement, where pace is set by the client.

He draws on client-centred, psychodynamic and solution-focused ways of working. That means sessions can include exploring past patterns, looking at how current thoughts and feelings affect daily life, and setting clear, practical goals. The mix is used to match the approach to the issue rather than to fit a single method.

Areas Kemi helps with include stress, anxiety and depression, as well as workplace pressures, career decisions and coping with life changes. He also supports people experiencing grief, trauma and addiction concerns. Other focuses are parenting challenges, relationship and family stress, self-esteem, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related difficulties.

He has five years' experience and holds BACP accreditation, which is shown as BACP. Before counselling he led a charity supporting children, young people and communities, and he has a degree in Psychology and Sociology plus a Masters in Youth and Community. He is also the author of The Best H.E.L.P Book.

Sessions are offered online for people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Kemi uses a collaborative style - helping people identify what they want, change what they can, and make peace with what they cannot change. He encourages gentle, steady progress toward clearer choices and healthier routines.

Therapeutic approaches suited to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and priorities. The counsellor listens deeply and helps people find their own solutions, which can be especially useful for building self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that developed over time and how these affect current feelings and relationships. Talking through these patterns can help people understand recurring reactions and make different choices in day-to-day life.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on simple, achievable goals and small steps forward. It is practical and goal-orientated, so it can be helpful for stress, workplace issues and making changes in routine.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kemi will talk with each person about their goals, needs and preferences and together decide which methods to use. That collaborative planning means the approach can change as progress is made.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or times with limited bandwidth, live chat allows quicker exchanges during a busy day, and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflections between appointments. These options help people fit counselling around work, study and family life.