About Misma
Misma Hemming is a counsellor who helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions and other life challenges. She has ten years of experience and works with a wide range of concerns including parenting, eating and intimacy-related issues, bipolar, ADHD and career worries.
Misma writes plainly and aims to make the first step easier for people who feel overwhelmed. She trained in psychology, holding both a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
Background and approach
Misma has delivered care in the United Kingdom health service, in universities, for charities and in independent practice. Her background gives her experience of different settings and of practical day-to-day difficulties people bring to sessions. In sessions she adapts the conversation and the plan to the person in front of her.
She focuses on what is useful now and on skills people can use between meetings. Her manner is respectful and calm, and she aims to be sensitive to each person's story. Misma works collaboratively to set aims and choose approaches that suit each client’s goals and preferences.
She recognises that taking the first step can feel daunting and offers steady, practical support to build change over time. Her practice considers emotions, behaviour and life circumstances together. Misma helps people manage anger, cope with life changes, and improve self-esteem through straightforward conversation and agreed tasks between sessions.
Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits
Misma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life problems and skills people can use between sessions. One common approach emphasises identifying patterns in thoughts and behaviour, then testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and low mood. This helps with worry, self-esteem and coping with change. Another approach centres on trauma-informed methods that validate experience and build practical strategies to manage stress reactions and intrusive memories. That work aims to restore a sense of control and reduce distress.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Misma works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and preferences. She will review progress and adapt the plan so the approach stays helpful over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls suit longer conversations and visual contact. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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