Rev. Peggy Ann "Serena" Hemmer, LCSW
Compassionate social worker for life transitions
Book with PeggyWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Peggy works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Peggy
Rev. Peggy Ann "Serena" Hemmer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 21 years of experience. She guides people through stress, anxiety, anger, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
Serena combines practical talk with creative methods to help people find clearer ways to cope and move forward. Her approach blends attachment work with cognitive and behavioral tools. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions often include straightforward skills practice, reflection, and concrete steps to manage strong emotions like anger. Serena brings a broad clinical background that includes work in county and state mental health and substance abuse services. She has worked in residential treatment centers and maintained a independent practice since 2006.
That range of settings gives her a practical sense of what helps people make steady changes. She leans on creativity when it serves clients, drawing from movement, expressive arts, and guided imagery to make sessions feel more accessible. Her style is collaborative and respectful, inviting clients to try tools and notice what helps.
Based in Florida, Serena offers sessions in English. She supports concerns such as parenting stress, sleep problems, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, grief around aging and caregiving, and issues tied to self-esteem and forgiveness.
What Peggy works with
Everything Peggy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Peggy's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Peggy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships. Online sessions can help people understand patterns in how they connect and practice new ways of relating in everyday life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions clients learn tools like thought records and behavioral experiments and can apply them between meetings to reduce anxiety and manage anger.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills are useful for intense feelings and relationship strain and can be practiced in short coaching-style check-ins by text or during video sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has worked before. Together they adapt methods so sessions feel useful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy lets people connect from home or work with more scheduling flexibility. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing coaching and reminders between appointments.
Questions people ask about Peggy
What kinds of problems does Serena help with?
She supports people managing anger, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, ADHD, grief, chronic illness, and career or life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and grounded. Sessions mix talk, skill practice, and creative methods so clients can try practical ways to manage emotions and improve relationships.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of clinical experience, including work in county and state mental health systems, residential treatment centers, and independent practice since 2006.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, FL LCSW, and her practice is located in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from another country?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How do fees and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.