Elena Ciortescu
Relational, practical therapy focused on everyday change
About Elena
Elena Ciortescu is a psychotherapist who uses relational and integrative approaches to help people manage anxiety, low mood, identity shifts and emotional overwhelm. She speaks English and Romanian and practises from the United Kingdom. Elena brings ten years of clinical experience and an NCPS credential to her work.
She starts by listening to what matters to the person in front of her. Sessions are built around the individual's experience, values and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Background and approach
That means practical conversations about what is happening now and small steps that can change daily life. Elena draws on several approaches in her work, including cognitive behavioural ideas, attachment-based ways of thinking about relationships, and client-centred methods that keep the person’s perspective central. She also uses emotion-focused and existential ideas when they match a person's needs.
These methods are applied in ways that aim to be clear and understandable rather than technical. Her background includes independent practice, education and charity-sector roles, where she supported people from a range of backgrounds. That variety has shaped a flexible style that pays attention to context and life story as well as current symptoms.
People come to Elena for a wide range of concerns such as stress, relationship strain, trauma and grief, as well as issues like sleep, eating and work-related stress. She also offers online group therapy for people who want peer support alongside therapeutic work. Starting therapy with Elena means deciding on goals together and choosing approaches that fit those aims.
The work tends to be conversational, focused on understanding patterns, and geared towards developing clearer choices in everyday life.
What Elena works with
How Elena works
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Sessions & fees
How Elena's approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how past and present relationships shape feelings and patterns. Online sessions can help people notice these patterns and try different ways of relating within everyday life. Client-centred therapy places the person's perspective at the heart of sessions, offering steady listening and collaboration to clarify values, choices and goals. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and testing practical alternatives to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Elena will discuss different methods and decide together which fits the person's situation, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative conversation that can shift as needs change over time.
Online therapy offers flexible options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and a conversational rhythm similar to face-to-face sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can suit those who prefer writing, need brief check-ins, or want to schedule therapy around work or family commitments. These formats make it simpler to keep continuity of care across locations and time zones while working with registered or accredited professionals and therapists.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English, Romanian
