Olapeju (Paige) Fowora, BACP

Olapeju (Paige) Fowora is a BACP-registered counsellor with a decade of experience in mental health. She describes her role as a supportive presence who listens without judgement. Paige aims to help people untangle painful patterns and find practical ways forward when life feels overwhelming.

She draws on psychodynamic ideas alongside a client-centred way of working. That means she will look with you at repeating patterns from the past and gently question how those patterns might be affecting your present. The emphasis is on the person in front of her - people are treated as experts in their own lives while she offers tools and perspective.

Her background includes work across the NHS, charities, family justice services and local authority settings. That experience includes supporting people affected by complex trauma, life-changing disability and varied mental health challenges. She brings that practical experience into sessions while keeping the pace guided by each person’s needs.

Paige lists a broad range of concerns she supports, including grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, self-esteem, anxiety, stress and parenting strains. Jealousy is also noted among her areas of focus. She also works with themes such as attachment, abandonment and family-of-origin issues.

In sessions she aims to offer an empathic ear and practical tools. The working relationship is described as collaborative, with the aim of helping people build a safer, kinder way of relating to themselves.

Approaches that shape online work

Client-centred therapy focuses on understanding your experience and following your agenda. The counsellor offers empathic listening and helps people make sense of their feelings and choices. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings and actions and helps you try small changes to reduce distress and improve routines. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative way to explore ambivalence and find personal reasons to change behaviour.

Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with you about goals and preferences and recommend methods that fit your situation. That choice is made together and can shift as your needs change.

The original profile did not specify which online formats are provided, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can help fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins at convenient moments, and make it easier to schedule sessions around work or family commitments. Therapists and registered or accredited professionals often find online sessions help maintain continuity of support when in-person meetings are difficult to arrange.