Holistic Psychotherapy For
Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP)
High sensitivity is not simply a matter of being easily affected by one’s surroundings. Rather, it is a distinctive and profound way of engaging with life. At the Holistic Psychotherapy Center, we tailor our approach to help highly sensitive people (HSPs) navigate the challenges of anxiety, trauma, and other emotional hurdles without exacerbating their heightened sensitivity. Through our holistic methods, HSPs can embark on a genuine healing journey that respectfully embraces their unique experiences.
Recognizing Triggers
Learning to recognize sensory and psychological signs before they become overwhelming.
Developing Boundaries
Developing skills of how to establish boundaries that protect from sensory and emotional overload with confidence and respect.
Self-Care Practices
Prioritizing self-care and incorporating techniques like meditation, visualization, and stress-reducing breathwork to restore balance in body and mind.
At the Holistic Psychotherapy Center we help Highly Sensitive People understand and navigate their experiences of heightened feelings and sensations. We understand that many HSPs are more prone to stress, anxiety, and emotional overload. This often causes deeper psychological issues and even physical issues like fatigue or mysterious pains and ailments.
Since many HSPs have been told repeatedly that their reactions are “not real” or merely signs that they’re being overly self-centered or irrational, we begin by validating our patient’s feelings and experiences. We also teach patients proactive planning techniques to help release tension and regulate the nervous system, to avoid overstimulation, and help HSPs set boundaries to protect themselves from overstimulation and stress. These tools and strategies help to maintain a long-term sense of balance and groundedness.
We address the root of the issue individual HSPs face, while carefully avoiding retriggering them. While many therapists may use Cognitive therapy (CBT) we work within the boundaries of the HSP and integrate a variety of Holistic methods, from Energy Therapies to breathwork. This all helps regulate the nervous system and enables transformative work in a safe space.
Symptoms of HSPs
Overwhelmed By Crowded Spaces / Easily Startled / High Levels Of Anxiety / Avoidance Of Social Situations / Extreme Sensitivity To Criticism / Persistent Sadness Or Depression / Emotional Exhaustion From Interactions / Excessive Worry About Future Events / Compulsive Overthinking / Difficulty Handling Stress / Frequent Feelings Of Inadequacy / Intense Fear Of Failure / Chronic Fatigue / Difficulty Concentrating / Emotional Outbursts / Sleep Disturbances / Intense Irritability / Feelings Of Isolation / Obsessive Thoughts / Phobias / Panic Attacks / Social Withdrawal / Low Self-Esteem / Excessive Guilt / Hypervigilance / Fear Of Rejection / Emotional Numbness / Avoidance Of Conflict / Reliance On Substance Use To Cope / Self-Harm Behaviors.
High Sensetivity Treatment
The Holistic Way
Modalities For Treating HSPs
Somatic Therapy helps release tension from the nervous system, allowing for a greater sense of calm.
Utilizes gentle techniques to balance and restore energy flow, reducing triggers that might lead to overstimulation.
Builds resilience and enhances awareness, self-understanding, and acceptance of one’s sensitive nature.
Learning how to find or create environments that minimize overstimulation and promote comfort.
Muscle testing helps HSPs identify stressors and sensitivities, enabling personalized strategies to manage their unique sensory and emotional responses.
Muscle testing helps HSPs identify stressors and sensitivities, enabling personalized strategies to manage their unique sensory and emotional responses.
Identify and alleviate tension in the body to manage stressful and anxious episodes.
Learning to appreciate the broader context of your life’s events so that daily stresses don’t overwhelm you. Awareness of the big picture helps minimize triggering events.
Breathwork can help manage triggers by calming the mind and body, and providing an immediate tool to relieve stress and anxiety.
Proprietary therapeutic method developed by Dr. Uri Kenig to break vicious cycles of dysregulation in the nervous system.
Our therapeutic approach recognizes the delicate nature of high sensitivity. We aim to minimize overwhelming feelings and empower HSPs to take control, learn to navigate through life, and thrive.
Holistic therapy for HSPs involves a combination of somatic tools, energy therapy, and traditional talk therapy, tailored to empower and build resilience while addressing your specific needs. Techniques such as nervous system release exercises help calm sensory overload. Integrating practices like visualization, breathing, and r strategies to create physical, mental, and emotional boundaries in managing daily stresses. Recognizing signs of overstimulation early and teaching HSPs to adapt to their environments can prevent the escalation of stress and anxiety.
FAQ
High Sensitivity is a distinct and profound way of engaging with life, characterized by being easily affected by one’s surroundings, leading to heightened feelings and sensations. It includes emotional overload, stress, and physiological issues like fatigue.
HSPs often experience higher levels of anxiety, emotional overload, and deeper psychological issues. Common symptoms include overwhelming feelings in crowded spaces, extreme sensitivity to criticism, persistent sadness, and emotional exhaustion from interactions.
The center provides a variety of holistic methods tailored to HSPs, including Somatic and Energy Therapies, Muscle Testing, Breathwork, Tapping (EFT), Meridian Therapy, and Empowering Talk Therapy.
Unlike CBT, which focuses on reframing negative thoughts, Holistic Psychotherapy for HSPs focuses on validating feelings, releasing tension in the nervous system, and employing energy-balancing techniques to manage sensitivity without retriggering the patient.
Self-care practices include meditation, visualization, controlled breathing, and setting boundaries to avoid sensory and emotional overload. These help maintain balance and manage daily stresses effectively.
The center teaches HSPs to recognize triggering signs before they become overwhelming and provides strategies to effectively use calming techniques to manage these triggers.
Specific modalities include Somatic Therapy to release tension, Energy Therapy to restore energy flow, Environmental Adjustment Strategies to reduce overstimulation, and Muscle Testing to identify personal stressors.
Yes, HSPs can benefit significantly from creating or seeking environments that minimize overstimulation. Strategies include recognizing signs of overstimulation early and adapting environments to promote comfort and prevent stress escalation.
Techniques include nervous system release exercises, visualization, breathing techniques, and energy balancing. These help calm sensory overload and manage stress, fostering resilience and daily coping capacity.
HSP’s people have a highly sensory intelligence that we help channel for good: to improve mental and physical health, career and job performance, relationships, and self-growth. HSP is a gift, when you know how to use it!
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Hours
Weekdays – 9AM – 7PM (pacific time)
Sundays – Closed
Legal Holidays – Closed
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