Aldona Olchanowska, BACP

Aldona Olchanowska is a seasoned counsellor and psychotherapist who brings decades of practice across multiple countries to her London-based work. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which indicates she follows the association's ethical framework and professional standards. Her academic background spans special education and counselling, including a Master of Science in Special Education from Warsaw University, a Master of Education in Counselling and Guidance from North Dakota State University, and additional study in clinical social work at the University of Denver. Clinical placements have included work in a university psychiatric hospital and a range of training environments in different therapeutic approaches.

Aldona uses an integrative, person-centered and humanistic approach, tailoring methods to each person's needs and drawing on a breadth of psychotherapeutic training. She has supported people with relationship and family conflicts, food-related and sexual concerns, trauma and abuse, neurodiversity, grief and loss, depression and anxiety. Her work emphasizes practical, collaborative steps toward change while honoring each client’s pace and life context.

Having worked in the USA and Poland before establishing practice in London, she offers culturally informed care and welcomes clients from varied backgrounds. Her practice is affirming of age, race, faith and LGBTQ+ identities, and she aims to provide respectful, sensitive and compassionate support. Aldona views therapy as a collaborative effort that requires commitment but can lead to meaningful, desired changes in life and relationships.