Ivana Sharp
Compassionate integrative counsellor for healing and clarity
About Ivana
Ivana Sharp welcomes people who are carrying anxiety, grief, depression or the stress of life changes. She writes in plain terms and helps people who feel something is wrong, even if they can’t yet name it. Ivana uses a steady, relational style so conversations are honest and grounded.
She draws on ten years of practice and a background in counselling to guide the work. Ivana trained to an Advanced Diploma level in Humanistic Integrative Counselling in 2015 and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Background and approach
Her practice blends humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive approaches with mindfulness and body-focused ways of working. She aims to meet each person where they are and adapt her approach to fit individual needs. She often focuses on how past relationships and attachment shape current experience.
Issues she commonly supports include abandonment, attachment difficulties, dissociation and problems around communication and dependency. She also has an interest in neurodiversity, chronic health and the links between body and mind. Ivana has experience in both short-term and longer-term work and has provided bereavement counselling and short-term integrative therapy within charitable services.
Ongoing professional development for her includes peer groups, supervision and mindfulness practice. In sessions she aims for a collaborative, transparent relationship where people can slow down, reflect and get in touch with parts of themselves that feel stuck. Her goal is to help people feel more centred and empowered as they find their own solutions.
What Ivana works with
Sessions & fees
How Ivana’s approaches translate to online therapy
Ivana uses an integrative mix that brings together humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive tools. Humanistic work focuses on being heard and understood and helps when someone needs empathy and a non-judgemental space. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past relationships shape current patterns and can help with attachment problems and repeated relationship difficulties. Cognitive-based techniques provide practical ways to notice and change unhelpful thinking and coping patterns, useful for anxiety and low mood.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what has worked before. Together they will try different ways of working and adjust the approach over time so it fits the person’s needs and pace.
Online formats make this flexibility easier. Video calls let people read facial expression and tone for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer to write, want frequent brief contact, or need to fit therapy into a busy day. These options help make therapy more accessible while keeping the focus on building a helpful working relationship with a registered or accredited professional.
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
