The Highly Sensitive Person Trait

According to psychologist and researcher, Elaine Aron (PhD), 20% of the population has what she dubbed the “Highly Sensitive Person” trait. Such individuals tend to experience more distress at stimuli such as loud noises, strong scents, hunger, pain, and temperature variations. They also react more strongly to emotionally charged events, whether positive or negative, and find themselves exhausted by life changes and activities such as multi-tasking in busy environments and attending loud parties. This has led HSP’s to be unfairly labeled as shy, difficult, “high maintenance,” and “too sensitive,” leading them to believe they are defective. But there are wonderful benefits to being an HS P – they tend to have deep inner lives, a heightened awareness to aesthetic beauty, tend to be tuned into subtle changes in the environment, and others tend to find them wise, empathetic and intuitive. The key to living life fully as an HSP is accepting and managing your inherent challenges by avoiding the overstimulation that regularly threatens your equilibrium and calm, while appreciating and maximizing the unique strengths your sensitivity affords you. Taught by a licensed clinical mental health counselor, this class will cover the basic characteristics of the HSP trait and then move on to provide a forum for discussion on how best to manage the
difficulties of navigating an overwhelming world. HSPs (and those who have the sometimes difficult task of loving them) will come away with new confidence that their experiences are normal and new tools to manage and appreciate their sensitivity better. A materials fee of $1 has been included in the registration fee.
Wed. – November 9 & 16 – 2 Nights
6:00 – 8:00pm – $36