The Highly Sensitive Person in Psychotherapy
Recorded Saturday 25 July 2020
A Workshop with Dr Elaine Aron, Dr Art Aron and Dr Michael Pluess
CE Credits: 5 hours
We often think of highly sensitive people as having less structured boundaries than others: their heightened responses can be confused with poor ego function, with personality or mood disorders. But in this conference we will be looking at new work with Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) as those who have an innate trait of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS).
Highly Sensitive People may be super-perceptive, but they also face the considerable and persistent challenges of processing multiple stimuli in depth. They can be easily overwhelmed, including by the therapy relationship itself.
READ MORE...To avoid the risk of misdiagnosis – of a borderline or trauma issue, for example – the therapist’s understanding of the SPS’s inner world, and especially how it resonates with their childhood experiences, is crucial. When attachments have been good, the highly sensitive person may flourish; when adverse, they are more prone than others to depression, anxiety and shyness in adulthood. Therapeutic work may need to include dealing with overstimulation and setting boundaries; managing stronger emotional reactions, particularly in relation to criticism; low self-esteem; and the need to reframe even a good childhood and work history.
As well as considering the importance of making accurate differential diagnoses our presenters will also consider many aspects of a highly sensitive person’s needs: how to discuss the trait with them or their families; sensitivity and gender; issues in relationships; challenges at work, and differences in sexual style.
Useful link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_sensitivity
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- NBCC
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- ASWB
- NYSED (Psychology)
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SCHEDULE
00:01:04
Dr Michael Pluess
Individual Differences in Environmental Sensitivity: Risk, Resilience and Implications for Treatment
01:10:08
Dr Elaine Aron
Clinical Implications of the Research for Assessment
02:21:35
Dr Elaine Aron
Most Typical Clinical Issues Related to the Trait
03:12:49
Q&A with Dr Elaine Aron
03:39:15
Dr Art Aron
Highly Sensitive People in Relationships, Including the Therapist
03:59:25
Q&A Dr Art Aron and Dr Elaine Aron
04:05:59
All speaker panel Q&A
04:36:58
End