You have the power to change your life.
I’m here to help you navigate the challenges.
Ela Vasilescu
Person-Centered Professional Counselor
Ela Vasilescu
Person-Centered Professional Counselor
You have the power to change your life.
I’m here to help you navigate the challenges.
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
Aristotle
Counseling is a powerful tool to centre you in the present moment, build resilience, and develop a stronger sense of self, enabling you to lead a more fulfilling and authentic life.
Empowering You to Thrive
I believe that you hold the answers to your struggles deep within yourself. My goal is not to direct you but to walk alongside you as you navigate your life’s challenges, supporting your journey of self-exploration and growth and helping you unlock those answers in a safe, compassionate, and nonjudgmental environment.
Those uncovered answers will help you build resilience and develop a stronger sense of self, enabling you to lead a more fulfilling and authentic life.
My Approach
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Carl Rogers
Each individual has a unique set of strengths—superpowers. These superpowers might not always be obvious, especially when life feels noisy, overwhelming or uncertain, but they are there, waiting to be discovered.
Inspired by the principles of Carl Rogers, my counseling approach centres around you. I embrace the core values of empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard, welcoming you in a space where you can feel heard and understood. Here, your thoughts, feelings, and experiences are the most important, and you are supported to find your own path forward.
My superpower
It’s crucial to find a counselor that’s a good fit.
The Power of Listening
Listening is at the heart of what I do. I believe that the keys to unlocking certain emotional challenges begin when you are genuinely listened to, without interruption, judgment, or preconceived notions. This approach fosters a connection that encourages self-acceptance, personal insight, and lasting change.
Counseling in Florence
Experienced in helping with:
- Dealing with difficult emotional responses
- Defusing and debriefing after an intense emotional event
- Grounding techniques to centre yourself back into the present moment
- Exploration of personal strengths and how to apply them
- Cycles of overthinking and procrastination
- Exploring what is meaningful to you
- Finding tools to build self-esteem and confidence
- Discovering healthy habits to apply in your daily routine
- Motivation and productivity, stress and burnout, feeling overwhelmed and procrastination
- Communication in relationships and relationship dynamics
- Developing a more positive mindset, understanding and working with negative thoughts and feelings
- Culture Shock – settling into Florence– speaking/not speaking Italian – Italian culture, Culture culture
Certified Professional Counselor
Registration number A3375-2024
P.IVA: IT06571170486
Areas of specialization
Emergency
Personal and relational well-being
Narrative - autobiographical
Languages
English
Italian