Aldona Olchanowska, BACP
Aldona Olchanowska welcomes people seeking help with relationships, family tensions, grief, mood changes and anxiety.
About Aldona
Aldona Olchanowska welcomes people seeking help with relationships, family tensions, grief, mood changes and anxiety. She offers calm, direct support for those facing addiction, eating or sleeping difficulties, trauma, or questions about intimacy and identity. Aldona works in English and Polish and brings two decades of experience to sessions.
Aldona trained in counselling and guidance in the United States and completed postgraduate study in special education in Poland. She also spent time studying clinical social work and has worked in treatment and educational settings in the USA and Poland.
Background and approach
Her background includes practice in a university psychiatric hospital and a range of further clinical trainings. In sessions she uses a person-centred style that focuses on the person's own goals and resources. Motivational interviewing helps when people want to make changes but feel stuck.
Systemic ideas help identify patterns in close relationships and family life that affect everyday wellbeing. She describes her work as practical and empathetic, helping people talk through painful experiences and take small steps towards change. Aldona pays attention to how family history, attachment and life events shape current difficulties.
The practice is open to people of all backgrounds and is LGBTQ+ affirmative. She supports people dealing with caregiver strain, bereavement, codependency, body image and a wide range of emotional challenges. Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on what the person wants to achieve.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 383282 | May 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Aldona works with
Everything Aldona lists, 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
Approaches Aldona lists
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Online support
Motivational interviewing is practical and goal-oriented. It helps when someone feels stuck about change by exploring their ambivalence and strengthening motivation to act. This approach is useful for issues like addictions, lifestyle shifts and long-term habit change.
Systemic therapy looks at patterns between people and within families. It can make sense of recurring conflicts, caregiving stress and communication problems by highlighting how relationships influence feelings and choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, preferences and goals, and together they will decide which methods to use. This collaborative process adapts as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexible ways to connect. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, and messaging fits brief check-ins or ongoing written support. These options help fit therapy around work, care duties and different schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Aldona help with?
She helps people with relationships, family tensions, grief, depression, anxiety and stress, as well as addiction, trauma, eating and sleeping issues and intimacy-related problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is person-centred and collaborative, using motivational interviewing to support change and systemic ideas to look at patterns in family and relationships.
What is Aldona's professional background?
She has 20 years of experience and has worked in treatment and educational settings in the USA and Poland, including clinical practice in a university psychiatric hospital.
What credentials and location are associated with her practice?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Polish, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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