Therapy for Highly Sensitive People
Welcome and glad you’re here! I provide therapy for highly sensitive men and women who feel overwhelmed, emotionally intense, or deeply affected by their environments. Through somatic therapy, art therapy and emotional regulation tools, we work with sensitivity as a strength, helping you feel more grounded, confident and safe in the world.
You are not ‘too much’
Many adults come to therapy believing they are “too much” — too sensitive, too emotional, too anxious, or too intense for relationships, work, or daily life. Over time, this belief can become deeply internalized. What I often see instead is a nervous system that has learned to stay in a state of high alert. When the body is stuck in fight-or-flight activation, even ordinary experiences can feel overwhelming, and it becomes difficult to rest, trust, or fully relax into oneself.
Therapy is not about fixing who you are. It is about helping your nervous system shift out of survival mode and rediscover safety, regulation, and self-compassion. As the body begins to feel safer, many people notice that the qualities they once judged — sensitivity, depth, emotional awareness — become sources of strength, intuition, and connection rather than something that needs to be managed or hidden.
My work is grounded in the understanding that highly sensitive individuals experience the world deeply, emotionally, physically, and relationally. Often, the nervous system has adapted by becoming highly alert, easily overwhelmed, or chronically activated. Rather than trying to change sensitivity, therapy focuses on supporting the nervous system so that sensitivity can feel manageable, integrated, and life-enhancing.
I integrate Somatic Experiencing and Art Therapy to gently work beyond words. Somatic Experiencing helps us notice body sensations, patterns of activation, and moments of regulation, allowing the nervous system to move out of survival responses and into greater safety and flexibility. Art therapy offers a creative, nonverbal pathway to explore emotions, identity, and internal experiences that may be difficult to express cognitively.
Together, these approaches support regulation, self-understanding, and reconnection with the body. Therapy becomes a space where you do not need to perform, analyze, or push yourself to change quickly. Instead, we move at the pace of your nervous system, helping you feel more grounded, more connected to yourself, and more able to engage with life from a place of steadiness rather than overwhelm.
My approach
Therapy focuses not only on insight, but on developing practical and embodied skills that support lasting change in daily life. Together, we work toward building:
Nervous system regulation skills to reduce overwhelm and recover more quickly from stress
Emotional awareness and regulation, learning how to feel without becoming flooded
Interoceptive awareness — understanding body signals, needs, and internal states
Self-soothing and grounding strategies you can use outside of sessions
Healthy boundaries and assertive communication
Greater tolerance for uncertainty and emotional discomfort
Improved self-compassion and reduced self-criticism
Connection between thoughts, emotions, and body experiences
Flexible coping skills rather than survival-based reactions
Relationship skills rooted in attunement and authenticity
Autonomy and confidence in decision-making
Tools for managing anxiety, activation, and shutdown states
These skills develop gradually through experiential work with the body, creativity, and relational safety — helping change feel integrated rather than forced.