About Misty
Misty Humphrey is a Kansas-based licensed counselor who helps people who are struggling with anxiety and stress. She brings eight years of hands-on experience and focuses on clear, practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. She emphasizes a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings.
Misty uses techniques that are evidence-based and practical. She incorporates Accelerated Resolution Therapy along with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior skills to reduce overwhelming symptoms and improve coping.
Background and approach
Sessions typically focus on manageable goals, skill practice, and small behavior changes. She has worked with people facing trauma and abuse, depression, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Additional areas of attention include codependency, first responder issues, guilt and shame, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety and phobia.
Misty aims to help people build confidence and regain motivation. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She listens first, then suggests tools that fit the person’s situation and daily routine.
Practical skill-building and guided processing are common parts of her work. Misty encourages anyone who feels stuck or overwhelmed to reach out. She supports clients through the early steps of change and helps them find steady ways to cope and move forward.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Misty uses a few practical, evidence-based techniques that translate well to online work. Accelerated Resolution Therapy focuses on processing distressing memories and images using guided techniques to reduce their emotional intensity. This approach can help with trauma, intrusive memories, and strong reactions tied to past events.Cognitive behavioral skills involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new behaviors. These skills help with anxiety, mood shifts, and social fears by teaching concrete strategies people can practice between sessions. Dialectical behavior skills emphasize emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to manage intense feelings and improve daily functioning.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. Sessions often blend methods and adjust over time based on what is helping.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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