ABOUT ME
I am a first-generation Nigerian immigrant, who arrrived in the UK aged ten. A UKCP member Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in formation at the Philadelphia Association, a Transpersonal Coach, and Group Facilitator, I have been leading groups since 2001, transitioning in 2021 to working one-to-one.
My psychotherapy formation is at the Philadelphia Association, which was founded in 1965 by R.D Laing and colleagues, influenced by existentialist philosophy and the anti-psychiatry movement, to offer a distinctly alternative approach to psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Britian that challenges the mischaracterisation of mental pain and suffering as ‘illness’.
I help people move towards the experience of a life that feels better than good. Characteristics of such a life, I believe, ought to include lessening of mental pain and emotional suffering, with greater psychic freedom.
Pluralistic training in philosophical approaches, analytical theories and transpersonal psychology support an enlivened way of working with hidden spheres of un/consciousness. I regard the body as the site in which change is anchored and my work is informed by an intrarelational phenomenological approach, developed by me. This prioritises bringing conscious perception, beyond affect, to the felt sense of being in relationship with oneself and in connection with the body.
Critically engaged, I do not disregard the social. I work outside of a pathology narrative, aiming to extend sovereignty to those experiencing distress.
“Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.”
― Pema Chödrön
I have suffered my own share of anguish, having experienced periods in which I felt imprisoned in my own life by the choices available to me.
At the age of 30, shaken to change, I made a decision to try a new way. I have had a singular focus since this point, and that is experimenting with how to realise a life in which existential conditions, such as those that bring on suffering, self-alienation, isolation and despair, might be actively transmuted in service of self, into expressions of intimacy, trust, safety, and embodied awareness.
I do this work because I believe when one has space and time to comprehend one’s distress, it is possible to begin to construct a new way of being, developing a renewed ability to listen and hear ourself.
I see clients in-person in London NW3 and Kent TN13, and online. If you would like to work with me or have questions about therapy, coaching, fees, appointments or equitable access provisions, I offer free 20-minute phone or video consultations, to help you and I decide whether we are a good fit.
You can email hello@radicalheart.co, fill in the Contact form, or click the button below to book a slot that works best for you.