Ivana Sharp, BACP

Ivana Sharp offers a clear, steady approach for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress or major life changes. She meets each person where they are and helps them find practical ways to cope. Ivana uses simple, human language and aims to make sessions feel calm and grounded for those who are anxious or grieving.

Ivana has ten years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She practises as a counsellor registered with BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her background includes bereavement work and both long-term and short-term therapy in charity and private settings.

Her work is collaborative. She helps people notice patterns in thoughts, feelings and relationships, and then tries out different ways of responding. Sessions can include reflective conversation, mindfulness exercises and attention to how the body holds stress or emotion.

Ivana also pays attention to neurodiversity and to the link between body and mind. She supports those dealing with trauma, abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas she addresses include abandonment, attachment issues, communication problems, chronic illness and body image concerns.

She aims to make the therapy relationship straightforward and transparent. Ground rules are set at the start so sessions run with predictability and focus. Ivana encourages curiosity and practical action as part of the work toward feeling more centred and able to cope.

Accessible approaches for online therapy

Ivana draws on humanistic work that focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience in simple, practical terms. This approach helps when someone feels lost, disconnected or unsure what they need, and it creates space to reflect and find clearer choices.

She also uses techniques from cognitive approaches that look at patterns of thinking and behaviour. These give clear tools to test new ways of responding to anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits and are useful when a person wants concrete steps to feel better.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Ivana will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as therapy progresses in collaboration with the client.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be shorter or fit into a break at work and can be useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer written options for those who prefer to reflect in writing or to check in between calls. These formats aim to increase flexibility and make it simpler to maintain steady appointments.