Aldona Olchanowska, BACP

Aldona Olchanowska is a professional counsellor and psychotherapist with 20 years of experience, offering an integrative, person-focused approach to therapy. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which indicates membership in the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. Aldona has practised in a variety of treatment and educational settings in the USA and Poland and now lives and works in London.

Aldona's formal training includes five years at Warsaw University in Poland where she completed an MS in Special Education, three years at North Dakota State University in the USA where she earned an M.Ed. in Counselling and Guidance, and one year of study in Clinical Social Work at the University of Denver. Her clinical experience includes placements in a university psychiatric hospital and additional training across several psychotherapeutic schools. This background supports an integrative style that draws on Person-Centered and Humanistic modalities to address clients holistically.

She works with a wide range of concerns including relationship and family difficulties, grief and loss, depression and anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, neurodiversity, eating and sleeping issues, parenting and caregiver stress, ADHD, bipolar and intimacy-related problems. Aldona’s practice is age, race, faith and LGBTQ+ affirmative, and she treats people with respect, sensitivity and compassion. She believes therapy takes effort but can help clients create meaningful, desired change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Aldona draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, empathetic space where the client’s experience guides the work. This approach focuses on listening, understanding and helping people make sense of their feelings, which can be useful for relationship issues, self-esteem and coping with life changes.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help clients explore their own motivations for change. That approach offers structured, collaborative conversations that can support progress with addictions, behaviour change and stages of recovery.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Aldona works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the style as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible match.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to access consistent support across time zones and busy schedules. These options provide flexibility for arranging appointments, allow continuity for international clients, and let people choose the mode of communication that feels most comfortable for them.