Aldona Olchanowska, BACP
Aldona Olchanowska is a counsellor with two decades of experience helping people navigate loss, relationship strain, anxiety and other life stresses.
About Aldona
Aldona Olchanowska is a counsellor with two decades of experience helping people navigate loss, relationship strain, anxiety and other life stresses. She works in English and Polish and offers therapy to people from diverse backgrounds. Her style is warm and straightforward so conversations focus on what matters to the client now.
Aldona trained at Warsaw University and North Dakota State University, and also studied clinical social work at the University of Denver.
Background and approach
Her academic background spans special education and counselling, and she has worked in treatment and educational settings in Poland, the USA and the United Kingdom. This mix informs her practical approach to common problems. She uses an integrative, client-centred way of working that starts from the person in front of her.
Sessions aim to build understanding, reduce distress, and find workable changes for daily life. Motivational interviewing techniques may be used to help people find their own reasons to change. Systemic ideas also inform her work when family patterns and communication matter.
That can help when people are dealing with blended family issues, family of origin matters, or repeated conflict cycles. Aldona also supports people with grief, addiction concerns, eating and sleep difficulties, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her practice affirms LGBTQ+ identities and welcomes clients coping with neurodiversity, caregiver stress, ageing concerns and abandonment or attachment issues.
She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging so people can choose the format that suits them.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 383282 | May 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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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 counselling
- 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
Ways of working Aldona names
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How her approaches work online
A client-centred approach means conversations focus on the person’s needs, values and pace. In practice the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the client decide what matters most and which small steps to try next. This approach works well for anxiety, low mood and relationship worries.Motivational interviewing is used to help people resolve mixed feelings about change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to draw out a person’s own reasons for change, which can be helpful for addictions, lifestyle shifts or when motivation feels blocked. Systemic ideas bring attention to patterns between people and can be useful when family roles, blended family issues or communication problems are important.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that suit the person and the issue. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the client move forward.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as scheduling flexibility and easier access from different locations. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be quicker to arrange, and live chat or text-based messaging suit short check-ins or clients who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Aldona help with?
She helps people with relationship and family issues, grief, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain and many related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is client-centred and practical, focusing on understanding the person and finding steps that fit their life. She may use motivational interviewing to support change and systemic ideas when family patterns matter.
How long has she been practising?
Aldona has 20 years of professional experience working in treatment and educational settings across Poland, the USA and the United Kingdom.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English and Polish and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so clients can pick the format that fits their routine.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.