Kemi Folarin

Kemi Folarin is a qualified integrative counsellor and the founder of Free to Talk, practising in the United Kingdom with five years of therapeutic experience. She holds a degree in Psychology and Sociology, a master’s degree in Youth and Community, and is the author of The Best H.E.L.P Book, which stands for Holistic Examples of Learned Practice.

As an integrative counsellor, Kemi combines Person Centred and Psychodynamic approaches, drawing on different modalities to meet each client’s needs. Her practice emphasises a safe, non-judgmental environment where people can feel comfortable, listened to, and understood while placing attention on their own priorities.

In the counselling room her role is to support exploration of what is happening for each person, helping to build deeper self-awareness and encouraging clients to use their inner resources to reach desired outcomes. Sessions are led by the client and proceed at a pace that suits their needs.

Kemi treats every client as an individual with potential to grow in self-awareness and work toward goals such as letting go, moving forward, or reconnecting with oneself. She offers a warm, friendly space to discuss a wide range of concerns without judgment, inviting clients to be authentic and to examine both internal and external conflicts.

Before focusing on counselling she was the CEO of a charity working with children, young people and the wider community since 2007. Throughout her career she has been committed to helping others develop positive belief changes that enable them to recognise what they want, change what they can, and accept or make peace with what they cannot change. Outside of her professional life she enjoys travelling and reading personal development books.