During my postgraduate training in psychotherapy and my first years in practice, I kept coming across a specific type of client that I experienced as particularly sensitive, thoughtful, intuitive, ...

In 1997, psychologist Elaine Aron introduced the Highly Sensitive Person Scale, which has been used to measure a trait called sensory-processing sensitivity. Aron categorized people with high ...

Have you ever wondered why certain people in your life seem to react more intensely to the world around them? Whether it’s a spouse who needs total silence after work, a friend who gets overwhelmed by ...

High sensitivity is one of the most misunderstood traits in the world. People often see sensitivity as fragility or emotional instability, when in reality it is a sign of deep awareness, heightened ...