Treatment for Highly Sensitive People in Oakland, CA

For the deeply feeling, quietly intuitive, and often misunderstood.

Do you feel everything—maybe too much?

If you’re a highly sensitive person (HSP), the world can feel overwhelming. The lights too bright. The sounds too loud. The energy in a room too heavy. You might find yourself absorbing everything around you—emotions, moods, tension—without quite knowing how or why.

You may crave solitude and beauty, while also longing for connection. You might feel like you were born without the protective armor others seem to wear. And somewhere along the way, you may have started to believe that something was wrong with you.

Let me say this clearly: There is nothing wrong with you. In fact, your sensitivity is a strength—though it may not have always felt like one.

Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)

Being highly sensitive isn’t a flaw or disorder. It’s a temperament trait, researched by psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron, shared by about 15–20% of the population. If you’re an HSP, your nervous system is more finely tuned—you process sensory input and emotional experiences more deeply.

You may:

• Notice subtle changes in your environment

• Feel overwhelmed by noise, crowds, or chaos

• Need more time alone to decompress after socializing

• Be deeply moved by art, music, or nature

• Struggle with conflict, criticism, or overstimulation

• Sense what others are feeling before they say a word

This is not a problem to be solved. But in a fast, loud, and often insensitive world, it can feel like one. Many HSPs grow up in families or cultures that didn’t know how to nurture this trait. You may have been told to “toughen up,” “stop overreacting,” or “be less emotional.”

Over time, you may have learned to hide your true self. To people-please, to over-function, or to shut down altogether.

The Hidden Wounds of Sensitivity

If you’ve been misunderstood or misattuned to for most of your life, it makes sense if you feel anxious, disconnected, or emotionally exhausted.

You may be navigating:

• Chronic overwhelm or burnout

• Shame around your needs or emotions

• Self-doubt or hypervigilance

• Difficulty setting and maintaining boundaries

• Depression or a sense of spiritual loneliness

• A longing for deeper meaning and connection

These struggles don’t mean you’re broken. They’re signals from your nervous system—and your soul—that something needs care, not correction.

Therapy for HSPs: A Different Kind of Healing

Not all therapy is created equal for highly sensitive people. You need something slower, deeper, and more attuned. You need a space where your emotional and spiritual sensitivity is welcomed—not pathologized.

As a highly sensitive therapist myself, I know how important it is to feel seen without needing to explain your depth. I offer therapy for HSPs in Oakland and online across California, grounded in Jungian depth psychotherapy, relational safety, and soul-centered care.

Why It Matters to Work With a Highly Sensitive Therapist

When you’re highly sensitive, it’s easy to feel misunderstood—even in therapy. Many HSPs have tried therapy before, only to feel rushed, analyzed, or subtly dismissed. You may have felt like you had to justify your intensity or minimize your needs.

But when you work with a highly sensitive therapist, something shifts. There’s a shared language. A felt sense of resonance. You don’t have to translate your experience—it’s already understood.

I bring not just professional training but lived experience. I know what it’s like to feel everything deeply, to crave meaning, and to carry grief that doesn’t have words. I also know the gifts of sensitivity—intuition, creativity, insight, empathy—and how to help you reconnect with them.

Depth-Oriented Treatment for Highly Sensitive People

I offer HSP counseling that goes beyond surface-level symptom relief. My approach is rooted in depth psychology, which means we don’t just treat what’s happening on the surface—we listen for what your inner world is trying to express.

In our work together, we might explore:

• Early life experiences that shaped your sensitivity

• Protective patterns like perfectionism or people-pleasing

• The inner critic and internalized messages of “too muchness”

• Your relationship with creativity, solitude, and intuition

• Dreams, symbols, and unconscious material that want your attention

We move slowly. Gently. With reverence for your unique rhythm.

Tools We May Use in HSP Therapy

Depending on your needs, therapy for highly sensitive people might include:

• Dreamwork: Listening to your dreams as messages from the soul

• Somatic awareness: Learning how to stay grounded and embodied in emotional moments

• Shadow work: Reclaiming disowned parts of yourself that still carry vitality

• Inner child healing: Tending to early wounds with care and compassion

• Active imagination: Using metaphors or images to connect with your unconscious

These tools support integration—not just of pain, but of beauty, intuition, and authenticity.

HSP Counseling for Women, Caregivers & Intuitive Souls

Many of the people I work with are sensitive women—caretakers, artists, teachers, therapists—who have given so much of themselves that they’ve lost touch with their own center. Some are also highly intuitive or spiritually sensitive, navigating awakenings, grief, or longing that don’t quite fit in ordinary conversation.

You may be someone who’s held it all together for everyone else. And now you’re wondering: Who’s holding me?

This is your space to unravel, to rest, and to remember.

What You Can Expect From Therapy With Me

Therapy with me is:

• Relational: We co-create safety and trust together

• Soulful: We attend to what’s meaningful, symbolic, and alive

• Non-pathologizing: I won’t try to “fix” your sensitivity—I’ll help you honor it

• Flexible: We follow what arises, rather than force an agenda

Over time, HSP therapy can help you:

• Feel more grounded and steady in daily life

• Set and maintain boundaries that honor your energy

• Reclaim your voice, your truth, and your pace

• Trust your intuition and inner knowing

• Live with more authenticity, creativity, and self-compassion

You’re Not “Too Much.” You’re Deep.

You don’t have to keep bracing yourself against the world. You don’t have to keep hiding your sensitivity just to survive. What if your deep feeling, your attunement, your softness—what if all of it was sacred?

What if this was the beginning of coming home to yourself?

Begin Highly Sensitive Person Treatment in Oakland or Online

If you’re looking for a therapist who understands the complexity of sensitivity—not just intellectually, but from the inside out—I invite you to reach out.

I offer depth psychotherapy and treatment for highly sensitive people in Oakland and across California via telehealth.

Your sensitivity is not a problem. It’s an invitation.

Let’s begin the journey inward—together.

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