Aldona Olchanowska

Aldona Olchanowska is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. She offers supportive, straightforward therapy for people facing relationship strain, grief, depression, anxiety and eating and food-related issues. Aldona speaks English and Polish and draws on long clinical experience to help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She trained in Warsaw and in the United States, gaining a Master of Science in Special Education and a Master of Education in Counselling and Guidance, and also studied clinical social work. Aldona is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Her approach is integrative, with a focus on person-centred ways of working, motivational interviewing and systemic ideas. In sessions she listens closely, helps people identify their priorities, and supports small changes that add up over time. She talks through practical steps as well as feelings, so clients leave with ideas they can try between sessions.

Aldona has worked across treatment and educational settings in Poland, the USA and the UK. That background informs how she responds to family conflict, attachment and body image concerns, trauma and neurodiversity-related issues. She describes therapy as a collaborative process that asks for effort but can lead to lasting change.

Her practice is affirming of different ages, races, faiths and LGBTQ+ identities. People who want a compassionate, experienced counsellor for difficult life changes often choose to start a conversation with her.

How Aldona's approaches translate to online therapy

Aldona uses person-centred (client-centred) work to place the person's experience at the heart of sessions, listening deeply and asking questions that help people clarify what matters to them. Motivational interviewing is about helping people find their own motivation for change, which can be useful for shifts in eating, addiction or lifestyle habits. Systemic therapy looks at relationships and patterns, helping people spot how family dynamics or communication habits affect current struggles and choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the way she works as those needs change over time.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow follow-up conversations from different locations. It also means sessions can be shorter or scheduled around work and caring commitments, which helps people keep therapy sustainable alongside everyday life.