Aldona Olchanowska, BACP

Aldona Olchanowska is a BACP-registered counsellor and psychotherapist based in London who brings 20 years of clinical experience to her practice. She trained in Poland and the United States, completing a Master of Science in Special Education at Warsaw University and a Master of Education in Counselling and Guidance at North Dakota State University, followed by a year of clinical social work study at the University of Denver. Her background includes clinical placements in a university psychiatric hospital and a range of therapeutic trainings, which inform her integrative, person-centered way of working.

Aldona works with individuals and families on relationship and family difficulties, grief and loss, depression and anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, LGBT issues, and a wide range of life transitions such as parenting, aging, and separation. She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and eating-related issues, neurodiversity and ADHD, bipolar disorder, and caregiver or compassion fatigue. Her approach combines client-centered listening with motivational techniques and systemic thinking to address both personal experience and relational patterns.

Fluent in English and Polish, Aldona offers an affirming practice that welcomes people of all ages, faiths, races, and gender identities. She frames therapy as a collaborative process that asks for commitment and effort from the client while aiming for meaningful, sustainable change. As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she follows professional standards for ethical care and practice.