Questions and answers

Individual therapy if you are struggling with anxiety, stress, low mood or a difficult time in your life. Couple therapy if you want to work on your relationship together. Coaching for a goal or a difficulty in your working life. Supervision if you work with people yourself and want to reflect on that work. Workshops for teams and organisations. If you are unsure, the first appointment helps to decide.

The practice is at Werdertorgasse 15/7, 1010 Vienna. Individual therapy, coaching and individual supervision are also possible online; couple sessions take place at the practice or in hybrid form, not entirely online.

In English, German and Romanian. Workshops are held in English or German.

Choose a session on the booking page, pick a free time and enter your details. You pay online on a secure Wix payment page or, where offered, at the session. You can also get in touch by phone or email. Workshops, and supervision for groups and teams, are arranged on request.

For psychotherapy, the Austrian health insurance (ÖGK) can refund part of the fee for individual sessions when there is a mental health condition that needs treatment. Coaching, supervision and workshops are not covered.

Please cancel at least 24 hours in advance, by voicemail or text message. If an appointment is not cancelled in time, the session fee may be charged.

The first session gives you clarity about your situation and possible next steps. We focus on what matters most to you right now, look at underlying patterns and outline first directions for change. You also see how we would work together, and then decide at your own pace how to continue.

For psychotherapy, the Austrian health insurance (ÖGK) can refund part of the fee, 33.70 EUR per individual session, when there is a mental health condition that needs treatment. The details are on gesundheitskasse.at under "Psychotherapie".

Yes. Individual sessions take place at the practice in Vienna or online. The "Mondays Special" session is online only.

In English, German or Romanian.

Packages bundle several sessions at a lower price: a start-up package of three sessions for new clients, and seven-session programs for stress and for anxiety. They are listed below and on the session packages page.

Please cancel at least 24 hours in advance, by voicemail or text message. If an appointment is not cancelled in time, the session fee may be charged.

No. Some couples come early, to deal with disturbing patterns as soon as they appear. Others come in a crisis, or to explore whether their relationship can still work or whether separating is the better option.

Often communication and conflict, a loss of connection or intimacy, infidelity and trust, cultural differences between partners, parenting and patchwork families, or the future of the relationship.

Yes, openly and in a safe, non-judgemental setting.

Couple sessions are longer than individual ones. The length and fee of each session are shown above.

Yes: a start-up package of three sessions for new clients, and a program of seven sessions. Both are listed below and on the session packages page.

Please cancel at least 24 hours in advance, by voicemail or text message. If an appointment is not cancelled in time, the session fee may be charged.

Coaching is for people without a clinical condition who want to reach a goal in their professional or personal life. It is goal-oriented and short-term. Therapy is the right setting when anxiety, depression, panic or exhaustion affect your life, and it can take longer. If you are not sure, the first appointment helps to decide.

Usually six to eight sessions over a short period.

Conflicts at work, work-related stress, balancing work and personal life, job loss and finding new work, dealing with negative feedback, adapting to change, assertiveness at work, and significant career decisions.

Yes, at the practice in Vienna or online.

Yes. For coaching for several people, or combined with a workshop, please get in touch for a customised offer.

Supervision is about your work with other people: cases, roles, relationships and the team. Therapy is about your own life and wellbeing. Coaching is about your own goals at work. Supervision can touch on you personally, but always in relation to your work.

For anyone who works closely with people: psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, coaches, social workers, doctors, nurses, teachers and educators, and the teams they work in.

That depends on your training institution or professional association, which set their own rules. Please check their requirements before we start, and tell me what you need.

Yes. As a psychotherapist I am bound by professional confidentiality. For team supervision commissioned by an organisation, we agree at the start with the team and its leadership what stays in the room.

Individual supervision takes place at the practice in Vienna or online. For groups and teams we agree on the setting together.

In English, German or Romanian.

As often as your work needs. Individual sessions are booked one at a time. For groups and teams we agree on a regular rhythm at the start.

Individual supervision can be booked online at the fee shown above. Group, team and case supervision for institutions is priced on request.

For leaders, teams and employees of organisations of any kind.

In English or German.

Mag. Elena Padurariu, psychotherapist, coach and supervisor, together with Lisa Christandl, leadership coach and consultant.

Yes. The workshops below are a starting point. Tell us about your team's situation and goals, and the content is planned with you. Team development and individual coaching for leaders can be added.

Length, group size and place are agreed with you when we plan the workshop.

The price depends on the format, length and group size. Please request an offer.