Aldona Olchanowska, BACP

Aldona Olchanowska is a counsellor with two decades of professional experience. She offers calm, practical support for people facing relationship strain, grief, depression, anxiety and life transitions. Aldona speaks English and Polish and works with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.

She listens first and pays attention to what each person needs. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, manageable steps. Aldona uses client-centred listening to help people feel heard, and motivational techniques to spark change when someone feels stuck.

Aldona trained in special education and counselling, studying in Poland and the United States. She has worked in educational and clinical settings, including university psychiatric services, and draws on that variety of experience in her practice.

Her approach is integrative and humanistic, combining person-centred work with systemic ideas about how relationships and family patterns shape wellbeing. That means sessions can include discussion of family dynamics, communication patterns and practical strategies for coping with stress, caregiver strain or changes that come with ageing.

People who come to Aldona often want help with practical problems such as sleep, eating and parenting strains, or with deeper issues like attachment, abandonment and trauma. She aims to create a respectful, inclusive space for people of different ages, backgrounds and sexualities. Therapy is presented as work that takes effort but can lead to real change.

How Aldona’s approaches work for online counselling

Aldona uses client-centred Therapy to place the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. This means the counsellor listens carefully, reflects what they hear and helps clients find their own solutions. Motivational Interviewing is a practical, goal-focused style that helps when someone feels stuck and wants to change habits or behaviours. Systemic Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and family life and helps people spot repeating dynamics that affect wellbeing.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Aldona will work with each person to identify what feels most useful based on their needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around other commitments, reduce travel time and allow check-ins during a busy day. It can also offer alternatives when someone prefers not to use video, needs a shorter check-in, or has limited bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor online sessions to what helps each person engage and make steady progress.