Olapeju (Paige) Fowora

Olapeju (Paige) Fowora is a professionally qualified integrative counsellor and psychotherapist who blends psychodynamic work with a client-centred approach to support people in understanding themselves more clearly. She helps clients identify repeating patterns from the past that can act as defence mechanisms and may no longer serve them.

She holds the view that each person is the expert in their own life and describes her role as an “airport” - a supportive place that offers tools and guidance for different parts of a person’s journey. Olapeju has 10 years of experience providing therapy and 15 years' experience working within mental health with children and families.

Her background includes work in the NHS, UK charities, family justice services and the local authority, and she has supported a diverse range of people with varied needs, life-changing disabilities and complex trauma. She offers support for feelings of being lost, displaced, anxious or lonely, and for deep sadness following the loss of a loved one, recognising how overwhelming these emotions can become.

Olapeju appreciates that each person’s experience of the world is unique, bringing different challenges as well as strengths and gifts. She emphasises the importance of a collaborative relationship that enables exploration of a client’s story in a safe and confidential way, believing that this relationship can become the foundation for developing a trusting relationship with oneself.

In session she provides an empathic ear without judgement, maintains confidentiality, and offers practical tools to support personal growth. Clients are treated with unconditional positive regard as they work through their concerns.