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Elena Padurariu

Hi, there! I am Mag. Elena Padurariu

I offer structured support for anxiety, stress, burnout, and relationship challenges.

If you are feeling overwhelmed, mentally exhausted, or stuck in recurring patterns, you are not alone. Many of my clients are high-functioning individuals who manage responsibilities well on the outside, but experience ongoing stress, anxiety, or tension in their relationships.

My approach combines systemic therapy, hypnotherapy, and coaching to help you understand underlying patterns and create practical, sustainable change.

Elena Padurariu, smiling, sits on a grey sofa beside a turquoise cushion, her chin resting on her hand

Different settings

My work rests on a deep experience with people and relationships. I apply it in different settings: your personal life, your professional role, the work of professionals who help others, and teams and organisations.

For your personal life

Individual Therapy

I share a special bond with those who recognise the significance of nurturing their emotional and mental well-being, understanding that it's as crucial as caring for their physical health.

Clients often approach me with challenges such as:

  • Stress management, burnout, post burnout recovery
  • Anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety
  • Depression and low motivation
  • Facing difficult decisions in their lives
  • Life-changing situation such as divorce, break up, infidelity, or loss of a close person
  • Adjustment problems due to relocation
  • Difficulties in managing different roles in life
  • Low self-esteem and self-confidence, inability to set and pursue life goals

For your personal life

Couple Therapy

Over the years, I've developed a keen interest in supporting couples facing various stages and challenges.
I firmly believe that each of us deserves to be part of a healthy relationship—to feel loved and appreciated while having the courage to make tough decisions, express our desires, and set boundaries.

Couples seek support in my office for various reasons:

  • Struggle with communication
  • Find conflict resolution challenging
  • Experience a loss of connection or intimacy
  • Face infidelity or trust issues
  • Contemplate on the future of their relationship
  • Face the challenges of a patchwork family
  • Feel overwhelmed by performing different life roles
  • Deal with an open relationship

For your professional role

Coaching

As an individual coach, my focus is on helping people improve the quality of their personal and professional lives. I work with clients to identify and achieve specific goals, overcome difficult situations, and enhance their overall performance and life satisfaction.

Clients often approach me with challenges such as:

  • Conflicts at the work place
  • Work-related stress
  • Balancing work and personal life
  • Managing job loss and of finding new employment
  • Dealing with negative feedback
  • Adapting to personal or professional changes
  • Developing assertiveness skills within a professional setting
  • Significant professional life decisions

For professionals and organisations

For everyone who works with people

Supervision

Supervision for anyone whose work is with people: teachers, social workers, doctors and nurses, psychologists, counsellors, coaches and therapists. On your own, in a group or as a team, it is a place to step back and look at what the work asks of you: a difficult case, a conflict in the team, your role, your own limits.

For teams and organisations

Workshops

Interactive workshops for leaders, teams and employees, grounded in positive psychology. Held in English or German, together with leadership coach Lisa Christandl.

The practice

Werdertorgasse 15/7, in Vienna's first district: a bright room with high ceilings in a classic Viennese building.

The practice room: a sofa, two armchairs and a small table under a chandelier, with a tall window at the far end
Two armchairs facing each other across a low table, with a painting and a sideboard behind them
The bright window bay with a desk, beside an armchair and a low table
A green velvet sofa under three framed prints, with a flipchart in the corner

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My Recent Posts

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Finding Calm & Balance

· 3 min read

The first things we drop when we’re stressed are often the things we need most

I see this pattern often in my practice: when work gets heavier, the first thing to go is everything that keeps a person balanced. People start skipping the evening walk, we have no time for our friends, the guitar is laying in a corner, gathering dust, conversations with a partner resume to logistics or watching TV because we are too tired to listen and engage. The instinct makes sense: leave away the "non-essentials," free up time and energy to face the workload. But what actually happens...

Understanding Your EmotionsBetter Conversations

· 4 min read

When someone around you is angry: How to stay grounded without taking it on

Anger changes the atmosphere in a room. A voice becomes louder, movements become sharper, or someone starts pacing, sighing or speaking with visible irritation. Even when the anger is not directed at us, our own body may tense. We become alert, we may want to calm the person down, defend ourselves or leave the room. This reaction doesn't necessarily mean we are overly sensitive. Our nervous system continuously reads facial expressions, tone of voice, posture and movement for signs of safety...

Better ConversationsStronger Relationships

· 3 min read

The Stories We Tell Ourselves During Conflict

Many people come to therapy hoping to learn better communication skills: to argue less, express themselves more clearly, and finally feel understood. Yet in years of working with couples, one pattern stands out: communication itself is rarely the biggest obstacle. What gets in the way is less visible than that. In conflict, we stop being curious about our partner’s inner world and start assuming instead. “You don’t care.” “You’re doing this on purpose.” “You always think I’m the problem.”...

Questions and answers

Questions and answers

Contact

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Mag. Pth. Elena Pădurariu
Werdertorgasse 15/7
1010 Wien

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