About Elena
Elena Ciortescu is a psychotherapist who centres somatic awareness alongside talk-based work to help people cope with anxiety, depression and major life changes. She uses an integrative style that pays attention to both the body and the story someone brings. Elena aims to make sessions practical and straightforward so people can feel steadier between meetings.
She draws on a mix of approaches including attachment-based and client-centred ways of working. That means she pays attention to relationships, how you were cared for, and what you need now.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building safety, noticing physical reactions, and practicing small changes that support daily life. Elena has ten years of experience across independent practice, education and the charity sector. She has supported people with grief, trauma, work stress, identity shifts and long-term mood difficulties.
Her background means she is used to working with diverse life stories and practical challenges. Her listed credential is NCPS, which is given here as provided. Elena offers sessions in English and Romanian and is based in the United Kingdom.
She also works with people located outside the UK when that fits the client and practical arrangements. In therapy she combines clear listening with curiosity about how feelings show up in the body. People can expect a calm, down-to-earth tone, and focused steps to help manage symptoms and rebuild confidence.
Elena also facilitates group work online for shared learning and peer support.
How somatic and relational approaches work online
Elena blends somatic awareness with attachment-based and client-centred methods to help people feel steadier in daily life. Somatic work involves noticing how stress and emotions register in the body - such as tightness, breath changes or tension - and using simple exercises to reduce those reactions. It can be useful for anxiety, trauma reactions and overwhelming states.Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early care experiences shape current trust and closeness. This approach helps when relationship habits, fear of abandonment or communication problems are getting in the way. Client-centred therapy offers a warm, non-judgemental space where the person’s goals and pace guide the work, which suits those who want a steady, supportive process.
Finding the right mix is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and adapt methods over time. That means exercises might be tried, reviewed and changed to fit what helps most.
Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video and phone let you work through body-based noticing and conversation in real time, while chat and messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, reflections or to practice skills between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- 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
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Romanian