Aldona Olchanowska, BACP

Counsellor Aldona Olchanowska is a BACP member with 20 years' experience. She works in the United Kingdom and supports people with relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, stress and addictions. Sessions are offered in English and Polish and she accepts international clients.

Aldona draws on client-centred approaches to keep the conversation focused on the person in front of her. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people consider change and systemic ideas to look at how relationships and family patterns affect current problems. In practice she combines these methods rather than using one model alone.

She trained in Poland and the United States and has worked in a range of clinical and educational settings. Her background includes work in psychiatric hospital settings and further study in counselling and social work, which inform her straightforward way of working with complex issues.

Common topics she addresses include grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, intimacy and commitment difficulties, bingeing and body image, ADHD-related struggles, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with abandonment and attachment themes and with blended family and carer stress.

Aldona’s approach is conversational and practical. She helps people talk through feelings, identify patterns, and try different ways of coping. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and on small steps that fit their life.

People who choose her often want clear discussion and practical thinking about relationships, family roles and life changes. Referral or clinical diagnosis is not part of this description; prospective clients are asked to check current session options before booking.

How her approaches work for online counselling