THERAPY for HSPs & EMPATHS
A healing space for deep feelers to overcome exhaustion and embrace more joy | Therapy for HSPs & Empaths in Sacramento and California
As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and/or Empath, you’re a deep feeler and thinker who is creative, attentive, thoughtful, and detail-oriented.
Your sensitivity is a gift, but it may also lead to feelings of overwhelm and emotional drain. I specialize in helping individuals like you find balance, build emotional resilience, and honor your unique strengths. Together, we’ll navigate these challenges, embracing your sensitivity in a way that allows you to thrive rather than feel overwhelmed.
Being highly sensitive in and of itself is not something that needs to be “fixed.” Rather, when you experience friction with your sensitivities, this leads to imbalance and feeling like you’re just trying to get through life and struggling to feel present. For you, this probably looks like:
Your attention to detail leads to overthinking and re-playing situations, worrying you’ve let someone down or said the wrong thing
Feeling frustrated when feedback from a partner or family member shatters your self-esteem and brings out that relentless inner critic
Struggling to say “no,” and falling into patterns of people-pleasing and exhaustion
Experiencing emotional exhaustion due to overwhelming emotions—both your own and those you absorb from others
Feeling overstimulated, unbalanced, and struggling with transitions and decisions.
In addition to the everyday load of navigating sensitivities, you might also carry harmful narratives around sensitivity. Maybe this looked like growing up hearing comments like “don’t be so sensitive,” which left you feeling misunderstood or unseen. Perhaps you’ve internalized shame around being sensitive, leading to negative self-talk and internal criticism about your sensitivity.
These challenges can make it hard to fully embrace your sensitivity as a strength, but with the right support, you can heal your relationship with your sensitivity.
Therapy with me may be a great fit if you:
Often feel overwhelmed by your emotions and unsure of how to process them
Struggle to bounce back from criticism or disagreements with loved ones
Feel burnt out in various aspects of your life, such as relationships, work, and self-care
Experience social anxiety and overstimulation/ sensory overload often
Struggle with overthinking and get stuck in rumination patterns
Find it difficult to make decisions and frequently struggle with transitions and changes in life
Therapy tailored to supporting your needs as an HSP:
As someone who identifies as highly sensitive, I know what it’s like to navigate the various ways that heightened sensitivity impacts your every-day life. Therapy starts with exploring your relationship with sensitivity, shaped by feedback from caregivers and societal messages. Maybe you learned from a young age that being sensitive was a weakness or deficit, and as a result, shame, resentment, and frustration have shown up, leaving you feeling at odds with your sensitivity. Together, we’ll heal those wounds so you can tend to and nurture it without so much noise of internal conflict.
We’ll also address the impact of past experiences that may have shaped how you see yourself. Highly sensitive people often feel the effects of relational and attachment traumas more deeply. Using approaches like EMDR, I help you shift away from negative core beliefs into more supportive ones, so you feel more confident and connected to yourself. From there, we’ll explore ways to regulate your emotions, protect your energy, and reduce overwhelm while understanding what triggers burnout.
This can look like:
Crafting emotional regulation skills and strategies to manage overwhelming emotions and overstimulation
Addressing burnout holistically to help with overall stress so you can feel more fulfilled in relationships, intrapersonally, and at work
Strategies to establish boundaries and self-care practices, and communicate your needs
It’s possible to heal your relationship with your sensitivity rather than feeling stuck in resentment and exhaustion.
Change through therapy tailored to your needs as an HSP can look like:
Reconnecting with your body and emotions & attunement to how your sensitivity shows up in your body
Healing your relationship with your sensitivity, allowing you to embrace your sensitive strengths
A greater sense of self-acceptance and positive self-talk
Catching yourself before going down a shame spiral and rumination
Increased mindfulness of what triggers overwhelm and strategies to deal with it
Greater confidence ability to navigate overstimulation and social situations
Learning how to express your needs to loved ones and navigate differences in sensitivity within your relationships
Cultivate resilience & a renewed sense of confidence to find harmony with your sensitivity.
A note about HSP Language: It’s important to acknowledge the controversy of HSP language within the neurodiversity community. While intended to provide helpful language, some have expressed it oversimplifies the varied experiences within neurodivergent identities. My practice celebrates individual uniqueness and affirms neurodiversity. The use of this term isn't meant to dismiss or perpetuate unhelpful narratives but to support individuals navigating their sensitivities. I hope you find ways to articulate your sensitivity that feel empowering to you.