About (Maria)
(Maria) Asuncion Fernandez Hemoso helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, depression and trauma. She also supports those facing relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career change and workplace fatigue. Asuncion welcomes people from LGBT backgrounds and those coping with bipolar disorder or ADHD.
Asuncion works in a down-to-earth way. She treats each person as the expert in their own life.
How (Maria) works
Sessions focus on practical steps and simple skills that can be used between meetings. Taking the first step is often the hardest part and she offers steady support during that process. She draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based methods and cognitive behavioural techniques to help people notice patterns and try small changes.
Dialectical behaviour skills can be used when emotions feel overwhelming. Client-centred work provides a calm space to talk things through at a steady pace. Across 14 years of practice she has worked with many common concerns including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, body image, caregiver stress and communication problems.
That experience informs how she tailors sessions to what each person actually needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Language offered is English and she practises from the United Kingdom. Asuncion supports people who want coaching-style help as well as those looking for longer therapeutic work.
Her aim is to help people build coping skills and clearer direction for everyday life.
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What (Maria) works with
The areas below are the ones (Maria) selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches and online therapy options that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It often involves clarifying what matters most to you and taking small actions that align with those values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help when people struggle with trust, intimacy or recurring relationship difficulties.Choosing the best approach is usually a joint decision. The therapist will work with you to agree goals and try methods that feel right. If something does not help, you can try a different method or blend approaches to suit your needs and preferences.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation over distance. Phone sessions can be easier when you need less bandwidth or want a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing, need flexible timing or want to reflect between messages. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when travel or other commitments get in the way.
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