Therapy for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) & Intuitive Empaths
Therapy that honors your sensitive nervous system without asking you to become less sensitive.
Feeling deeply isn't a flaw.
You may notice what others miss, process experiences deeply, or feel strongly affected by noise, conflict, relationships, or other people's emotions.
My approach helps you understand your nervous system while honoring your body, heart, and mind.
What Does “Highly Sensitive” Mean?
Psychologist Elaine Aron introduced the term Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) to describe people who tend to process internal and external experiences deeply.
Common characteristics include:
Depth of processing
Emotional responsiveness
Sensitivity to stimuli
Overstimulation
Awareness of subtleties
Need for recovery time
High sensitivity is a temperamental trait—not a mental health diagnosis.
“Empath” is also not a clinical diagnosis, but some people find the term useful for describing their emotional attunement to others.
You may experience:
Sensory overwhelm
Emotional flooding
People-pleasing
Perfectionism
Overthinking
Difficulty separating your emotions from others'
Social exhaustion
Strong reactions to conflict
Difficulty transitioning between roles
Feeling chronically “on”
Shame about being “too sensitive”
When Sensitivity Becomes Overwhelming
Somatic Experiencing® for Highly Sensitive People
Rather than asking you to suppress or override what you feel, SE helps us become curious about how your body responds to the world around you.
We may work with:
Orienting · Resourcing · Tracking · Titration · Pendulation · Protective Responses · Nervous-System Regulation
The goal isn't to make your nervous system less sensitive.
It's to help your nervous system have greater capacity for what it senses.
Sensitivity,People-Pleasing & Boundaries
Sensitivity can make you highly attuned to changes in other people's emotions.
That awareness can be a strength—but it can also become hypervigilance or people-pleasing.
Therapy can help you create more space between what you notice and how you automatically respond.
You can remain caring and empathic without carrying responsibility for everyone around you.
Motherhood can be especially intense for a sensitive nervous system.
You may experience:
Sensory overstimulation
Emotional intensity
Difficulty separating your child's distress from your own
Increased stress reactivity
Perfectionism and guilt
Boundary challenges
Emotional exhaustion
Limited restorative time
My background in Perinatal Mental Health and Somatic Experiencing® allows us to consider both the psychological experience of motherhood and what your nervous system may be carrying.
Highly Sensitive Mothers
How Therapy Can Help
Understand your body's signals without becoming overwhelmed.
Body Awareness
Boundaries
Work with guilt and anxiety around saying no.
People-Pleasing
Explore automatic appeasement patterns.
Emotional Differentiation
Trauma + Implicit Memory
Explore experiences that may contribute to present-day sensitivity.
EMDR + IFS
Nervous-System Regulation
Recognize activation earlier and build capacity for recovery.
Recognize what belongs to you and what belongs to someone else.
Process difficult experiences and understand protective parts.
Relationships + Parenting
Build capacity for co-regulation, communication, boundaries, and repair.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. High sensitivity is generally understood as a temperamental trait, while anxiety involves excessive fear, worry, or physiological activation.
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Yes. They are different experiences, but they can coexist.
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No. “Empath” is not a clinical diagnosis.
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No. The goal is to increase your capacity to navigate stimulation, emotions, relationships, and stress while staying connected to yourself.