Aldona Olchanowska, BACP
20 years in practice
Aldona Olchanowska is a counsellor and psychotherapist with two decades of experience.
License and registration
- BACP
- 383282 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English, Polish
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About Aldona
Aldona Olchanowska is a counsellor and psychotherapist with two decades of experience. She speaks English and Polish and works from the United Kingdom. She aims to help people facing relationship strain, low mood, anxiety, grief or life changes in a practical, down-to-earth way.
Aldona draws on Systemic Therapy and Client-Centred ways of working to look at how relationships and patterns affect daily life. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, manageable steps and clear conversation rather than medical language. Her background includes study in Poland and the United States, with a Master of Science in Special Education and a Master of Education in Counselling and Guidance. She has worked in treatment and educational settings and practised in hospital and community contexts.
Aldona holds BACP membership and follows that professional framework. People come to her for many issues including family conflict, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, addiction concerns, trauma and intimacy-related difficulties. She also supports those dealing with stress, compassion fatigue and attachment or abandonment worries.
Aldona aims to offer a respectful, LGBTQ+ affirmative space. In sessions she listens first, then helps people map patterns and try different ways of responding. Work may include talking, reflecting on relationships, and setting small goals between meetings.
She encourages steady progress and realistic expectations.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Aldona lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Aldona names
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Online support
How Aldona’s approaches work online
Aldona uses Systemic Therapy to look at relationships and patterns that shape a person’s day-to-day life. This approach helps when family dynamics, communication problems or repeated cycles are part of the issue. Client-Centred Therapy is about being heard and understood; it gives people space to tell their story and find their own direction. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to change by exploring their ambivalence and building motivation for practical steps.Choosing an approach is a shared process. Aldona will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted over time if something needs to change or a different focus would help more.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is useful for a full conversation and non-verbal cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is low or a quicker check-in is needed, and messaging can fit into a busy day or provide shorter, written reflections. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life while keeping the focus on what helps each person move forward.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Aldona help with?
She supports people with relationship and family issues, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions and intimacy-related concerns. Other areas include eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain and compassion fatigue.
What is her style in therapy?
Her style is practical and conversational, combining a Systemic perspective with client-centred listening and motivational interviewing. Sessions focus on understanding patterns and setting small, achievable steps.
How long has she practised?
She has around 20 years of professional experience working in treatment and educational settings across different countries.
What formal credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I meet in my preferred language?
Sessions are offered in English and Polish to accommodate bilingual speakers.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are accepted, and sessions can be arranged across different time zones where possible.
How do payments and costs work?
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