I am UK credentialed, with 4 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients while supporting them in navigating romantic / family relationships / past trauma, working lives and academia . I have worked with clients with ADHD, Autism and Dyslexia issues. Relationship issues, LGBTQ+ related issues, family conflicts, trauma, abuse, eating disorders as well as body dysmorphia, gender transitioning, and coping with grief and loss. I believe in creating a safe accepting space, free of judgement while treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. I am a therapist who is sensitive yet will guide you towards a solution to that which is worrying at the moment. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic brain injury, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #403060
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Ivana Cooke. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Ivana is wonderful. In roughly half a year, she helped me understand and handle my impulses and emotions much better. She listens to me and gently guides the direction of our conversations without ever jumping to conclusions or giving simple answers. She lets me come to the conclusions myself, while providing advice and helpful material when I'm stuck or falling into unhelpful patterns. Her ability to empathize and help with refocusing is amazing.
Written on Nov 04, 2024 after therapy with Ivana for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and adhd
Amazing therapist
Written on Sep 09, 2024 after therapy with Ivana for 4 months on issues concerning relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues
Ivana has really helped me already. She is easy to talk to and gives me different ways to improve my situation. I would recommend her to anyone.
Written on Aug 21, 2024 after therapy with Ivana for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and career difficulties
She is brilliant. Easy to talk to and understand exactly what you are saying even when you feel you're struggling to explain things. Calmly challenge your negative core believes and open to refer you in right path rather than holding you in a wrong way
Written on Aug 01, 2024 after therapy with Ivana for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and self esteem
Really thoughtful and intelligent Therapist
Written on Jul 26, 2024 after therapy with Ivana for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Working with Ivana has been great. She's been helping me understanding my feelings and been amazing listening to my struggles and frustrations.
Written on Apr 02, 2024 after therapy with Ivana for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes