Due to popular demand, Cindy Gale is returning to offer more useful insights about this subject. You do not need to have attended the first webinar as she will give a brief recap and focus this session on a Transactional Analysis approach for working with HSPs that she has developed over the last 10 years.
A highly sensitive person (HSP) is someone with a natural, innate temperament trait characterised by being more responsive to environmental and internal stimuli. They have a genetic, biological difference in nervous system physiology. It is inherited by approximately 1 in 5 of humans and over 100 other species.
Those with this trait notice more subtleties and process information very deeply. Noticing more subtleties means that HSPs can sometimes become more easily overstimulated than others, for example by prolonged stimulation, like intense, or chaotic sounds, sights. They can also be more easily overwhelmed by prolonged negative stress or just being around other people for too long.
The difference is quite profound, their trait creating a filter through which everything HSPs think, feel and do, is processed deeply, including many bodily responses-for example, HSPs are more sensitive to pain, caffeine, medications, temperature, light, sounds, and hunger.
Why is this relevant to therapists? Research suggests that HSPs make up about 50% of clients who seek counselling and psychotherapy and yet this is a little known trait in our profession. HSPs often get misdiagnosed by mental health professionals and treated in ways that are sometimes not helpful and at other times damaging. HSPs are more reflective, have faster reflexes, process more slowly but thoroughly, and tend to be highly conscientious, in and out of the therapy room.
In Part 1, we shared:
- How to identify an HSP client during the intake and assessment process
- How some issues present differently for HSP clients
- Some helpful and not so helpful approaches to working with HSPs
- Latest research on HSPs relevant to psychotherapy
Course Content
Presenter
Cindy Gale has specialised in therapy for HSPs for 8 years and also runs support groups for HSPs.
She is a Certified Transactional Analyst, has a Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling, MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and MBA. Cindy will be offering supervision in working with HSP clients soon.
She is a Climate Aware Practitioner and volunteers with the Climate Psychology Alliance providing therapeutic support around climate distress.
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