Misma Hemming
Calm, practical therapy for life challenges
About Misma
Misma Hemming helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and difficult life changes. She supports those facing grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, addictions and eating concerns. Misma also works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, bipolar symptoms, anger, low self-esteem, career questions and ADHD.
She offers practical, compassionate support tailored to each person. Misma has a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She has around ten years of experience working across the NHS, universities, charities and independent practice.
Background and approach
That breadth means she has seen a wide range of difficulties and ways people try to cope. Her style is straightforward and respectful. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on small, manageable steps.
Misma aims to adapt the pace and techniques to suit individual needs rather than use a one-size-fits-all approach. In conversations she listens for patterns that keep problems going and helps people try alternative ways of responding. Practical tools and short-term goals are used alongside space to work through difficult feelings.
Misma encourages realistic changes that fit everyday life. People who decide to work with Misma can expect a calm, non-judgemental atmosphere. She supports people through the early steps of change and through setbacks.
Her aim is to help people build skills they can use after therapy ends.
What Misma works with
Sessions & fees
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing thoughts and behaviours that keep distress going. Cognitive-style approaches help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical alternatives, which can ease anxiety and low mood. Trauma-informed methods provide a steady pace for working through painful memories and build skills to manage strong emotions. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will choose techniques and adjust them as progress is made so the plan fits each person. Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a shorter break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, reflective writing between sessions or people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family and travel commitments.| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
