Ivana Sharp, BACP

Ivana Sharp is an integrative therapist based in the United Kingdom with 10 years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and major life changes. She works in an empathic, sensitive way that adapts to what each person brings to the room, whether that is a clearly defined problem or a more diffuse sense that something is not right. Ivana aims to help people find practical, personally meaningful solutions while nurturing a stronger sense of aliveness, centredness and empowerment.

Her integrative training combines humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives with cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness practices, allowing her to tailor interventions to each individual. Ivana also draws on body-oriented work and transpersonal ideas to address the full connection between body and mind. She has a particular interest in neurodiversity and in concerns that relate to climate and ecological issues.

Ivana describes therapy as a collaborative process in which therapist and client bring different knowledge to the work. She balances relational engagement and reflective observation, welcoming questions about the process and maintaining clear boundaries agreed at the outset. Regular mindfulness practice underpins her work and informs a focus on staying with experience as a route to change.

Her professional formation includes an Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling awarded in 2015. In addition to private practice, Ivana has worked as a bereavement counsellor for Brent Bereavement Service and as an integrative therapist within a short-term counselling service at a leading mental health charity. Her background is in teaching, working with children with special educational needs and also in holistic complement.

Integrative approaches and online therapy options

Ivana uses several evidence-informed approaches to support people with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and life transitions. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and learning practical strategies to reduce distress and build coping skills. Mindfulness-based work offers gentle attention practices that help people reconnect with their present-moment experience, reduce reactivity and increase emotional regulation. Her humanistic, integrative stance emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and personal meaning, helping people explore values, identity and deeper layers of experience.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Ivana works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences, adapting techniques over time as the work develops. This shared exploration helps ensure the approach feels helpful and relevant.

Online therapy with Ivana is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it possible to access consistent therapeutic support without travel, and to continue work from wherever is most practical for the individual. Licensed professionals, including therapists like Ivana, can use these formats to deliver structured, ongoing care tailored to each person's circumstances.