About
About Yebanji Naiyeju — UKCP Psychotherapist at Roots & Rise
I believe therapy is, at its heart, a quiet conversation between two people — one in which you can be fully heard, without performance or judgement.
My work is humanistic and existential. That means I trust that you are the expert on your own life, and that the questions you carry — about meaning, identity, belonging, love — are worth taking seriously.
I bring cultural awareness, warmth, and honesty into our sessions. You are welcome exactly as you are: your background, your beliefs, your contradictions, your full self.
Integrative
I draw on humanistic, existential, attachment and relational traditions — shaped to your needs, not the other way around.
Culturally aware
Identity, heritage, and the systems we live within matter. Therapy should make room for all of you.
Non-judgemental
There is nothing too small, too messy, or too strange to bring. We move at your pace.
Organisations & Families
PACE Support
PACE — Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy — is a therapeutic model that helps adults build safe, healing relationships with children who have experienced relational trauma, neglect, or attachment disruption.
Developed by clinical psychologist Dan Hughes, it is used worldwide by foster carers, adoptive parents, residential teams, schools, and social care professionals to support children who struggle to trust, regulate, or connect.
Playfulness
A light, warm tone that disarms fear and builds connection — not about being funny, but about not taking everything seriously.
Acceptance
Seeing the child beneath the behaviour. Accepting their inner world without judgement, even when setting boundaries.
Curiosity
Wondering together about feelings and behaviours rather than lecturing or interrogating. Curiosity invites reflection.
Empathy
Feeling with the child — helping them know that their pain, fear or confusion is real, shared, and survivable.
For organisations
Reflective practice and training for teams working with children and families in care, adoption, education, or mental health settings. PACE-informed supervision helps staff stay regulated, connected, and effective under pressure.
- Team training and workshops
- Reflective group supervision
- Attachment and trauma-informed consultation
- Case discussion and formulation support
For parents & carers
One-to-one and small-group support for parents, foster carers, and kinship carers who want to deepen their understanding of their child's inner world and respond in ways that heal rather than escalate.
- Parenting support sessions
- Understanding challenging behaviour
- Building trust and emotional safety
- Repair after rupture
Ready when you are.
The first step is often the hardest. Let's make it gentle.
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