Aldona Olchanowska

Aldona Olchanowska is a counsellor who helps people facing anger, relationship strain and life transitions. She offers calm, straightforward support for stress, anxiety, depression and grief. Sessions are aimed at making daily life easier and helping people find practical ways to cope.

Aldona brings twenty years of experience working in different countries, including the USA, Poland and the United Kingdom. She holds a Master of Education in Counselling and Guidance and a Master of Science in Special Education, and she is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Her approach is person-centred and respectful. Aldona listens first, helps clients name what matters, and then works with them to try new ways of responding. She draws on motivational interviewing to support change and systemic ideas to look at how relationships affect feelings and behaviour.

People consult her for a wide range of concerns such as anger, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, intimacy and sexual issues, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues linked to ageing, abandonment, attachment and family-of-origin problems.

Aldona offers an affirming practice for people of all backgrounds, including LGBT clients. She speaks English and Polish and aims to make sessions clear and practical. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to the therapist's schedule.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and working at their pace. It is about a therapist listening without judgement, reflecting what matters, and helping people discover their own solutions; this can help with anger, low mood and self-esteem.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational style that supports change by exploring a person's own reasons and goals. It helps with ambivalence around behaviours such as addictions, eating concerns or breaking unhelpful habits.

Systemic Therapy looks at patterns between people and how relationships shape feelings and behaviour. This perspective can be useful when family dynamics, communication problems or parenting stress are involved.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, and then together they will decide which methods to use. That collaborative choice is revisited as therapy develops.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the available formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people choose times that suit their routine and manage appointments alongside work or family commitments.