Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am an integrative therapist, accredited and based in the UK, with 10 years of experience offering one-to-one sessions in private practice. My style is empathic and sensitive, responsive to what each person brings to the session. It could be a particular problem such as anxiety or depression, or you could be looking for help with a more vague sense of something being wrong. I would like to help you to not only find unique solutions to your difficulties, but to support you towards feeling more fully alive, centred and empowered.
My integrative training, combining humanistic and psychodynamic modalities, CBT and mindfulness allows me to adapt my approach to the unique needs of each individual. I have a special interest in working with neurodiversity, in the body and mind connection, and in issues related to climate and ecological concerns.
Therapy with me is:
Collaborative – We are equal partners with a common goal but different roles. I bring my knowledge, experience and skills which enable me to have some insight and intuition about the nature of your concerns, but I won’t offer ready made answers or advice of what you should do. This is for us to discover together. You use your own knowledge of yourself and your circumstances, and a sense of what feels right for you. Therapy works best if you also bring your curiosity and openness to finding out something new, willingness to engage with therapy and to tolerate not knowing, some patience with and trust in the process.
Relational – The encounter between us will be an important source of information and material for our work. I aim to connect with you with authenticity and integrity, balancing personal engagement with a more observing stance.
Transparent – I welcome your curiosity about what, how and why of therapy, and am happy to discuss what we are doing at any point.
Containing – I hold a strong therapeutic frame with clear boundaries for both of us which we agree on at the beginning. While this can feel restrictive and unnecessary in good times, it offers a solid container within which we can feel safe enough to go deep into our experience.
Integrative – Therapy happens on different levels from holding a safe space to be heard and to reflect; to getting in touch with less familiar aspects of yourself; to finding a sense of meaning and purpose in your life. My training allows me to combine humanistic and psychodynamic approaches, while also using aspects of CBT, mindfulness, body psychotherapy and transpersonal thought.
Staying with experience – In my view this is the most powerful tool for change and healing, and underpins everything that happens in therapy. I maintain ongoing regular mindfulness practice and bring this into sessions as a reliable way of reconnecting with our source of aliveness and deep knowing. My approach to therapy is based on the assumption that body and mind are fully interconnected.
For a life fully lived it requires that we redeem unwanted and rejected parts of ourselves. I offer safe and containing space in which to slow down, reflect and connect with deeper layers of your life and being. We do so with compassion and respect for your reality and your preferences; whilst placing the quality of our relationship at the heart of the process.
Training, qualifications & experience
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling 2015
In addition to my private practice, I have several years of experience working with a wide range of issues in both long-term and time limited therapy. I have worked as a bereavement counsellor for Brent Bereavement Service and as an integrative therapist for the short-term counselling service at a leading mental health charity.
My further professional development is mainly experiential, including workshops, peer support group, regular mindfulness practice, personal therapy and supervision.
My background is in teaching, working with children with special educational needs and also in holistic complementary therapies.
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Ivana Sharp is an accredited integrative therapist based in the United Kingdom, offering one-to-one sessions in private practice with ten years of experience. Her approach is warm, empathic and responsive, shaped to fit what each person brings to the session whether the concern is a clear diagnosis such as anxiety or depression, or a more diffuse sense that something is not right.
She aims to help people discover solutions suited to their circumstance and to support them toward feeling more alive, centred and empowered. Ivana’s integrative training brings together humanistic and psychodynamic work with elements of CBT and mindfulness, enabling her to tailor interventions to an individual’s needs. She has a particular interest in neurodiversity, the connection between body and mind, and issues related to climate and ecological concern.
Ivana describes her work as collaborative – she and the client are equal partners with different roles. She contributes professional knowledge, experience and clinical intuition without offering ready-made answers, and she encourages clients to draw on their own understanding of themselves. Her relational stance means the therapeutic encounter itself becomes important material for the work, and she seeks to connect with authenticity while maintaining a reflective, observant position.
Transparency is a feature of her practice and she welcomes questions about what is happening in therapy and why. She maintains a clear therapeutic frame with agreed boundaries, providing a containing structure that supports deeper exploration when needed. Her integrative perspective allows therapy to operate on multiple levels – from holding space to be heard, to accessing less familiar parts of the self, to working toward meaning and purpose.
Staying with experience is central to Ivana’s method and underpins the change processes she offers. She keeps an ongoing mindfulness practice and incorporates this into sessions as a way of reconnecting with aliveness and deeper knowing. Ivana works with compassion and respect for each person’s reality and preferences, placing the quality of the therapeutic relationship at the heart of the process.
Qualifications include an Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling achieved in 2015. In addition to her private practice she has worked as a bereavement counsellor for Brent Bereavement Service and as an integrative therapist for the short-term counselling service at a leading mental health charity. Her continuing professional development is mainly experiential and includes workshops, peer support, regular mindfulness practice, personal therapy and supervision. Her background also includes teaching and work with children with special educational needs.
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